3 DAYS SAHARA TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO FES
ITINERARY OF: 3 DAYS SAHARA TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO FES
Day 1: Marrakech- High Atlas Mountains– Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate – Ait Youl:
After having your breakfast we pick you up from your Hotel, Riad… depends on your accommodation and we start our Sahara Desert tour. Driving towards High Atlas Mountains and crossing “Tizi N Ticha” Mountain pass 2260m. Subsequently, we continue our way to Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, a UNESCO world heritage site. And then visiting the old village where a lot of movies were filmed, such as Game of thrones, Gladiator, the Bible, Lawrence of Arabia and more. After that we continue towards Ouarzazate (Hollywood of Africa) where we are going to see cinema studios. Then we continue our trip towards Ait Youl through the huge Skoura valley and Rose Valley. Arriving to our destination and overnight in our Hotel/Riad.
Day 2: Ait Youl – Boumalne – Todra Valley/Gorges – Erfoud – Merzouga Sahara Desert:
After your fabulous breakfast, we get ready to leave Ait Youl to our next destination Sahara Desert. On Ait Youl Dades-Merzouga we will pass through Berber villages scattering alongside the road. We will see Todra Valley before we arrive to Todra Gorges where we will have a short walk through its rocks and cliffs which are known to be a good destination for rock climbing. Later on we continue our drive to Merzouga passing via Erfoud “capital of fossils and dates”. Up to our arrival to the Sahara Desert you get prepared to start your camel ride crossing the Erg Chebbi dunes to arrive to your desert camp deep in Sahara Desert of Merzouga. Overnight in a desert camp..
Day 3: Merzouga Sahara Desert – Erfoud – Ziz Valley – Midelt –Ifrane – Fez:
We pick you up after having your breakfast as usual, and drive to Fez. Our journey will take us through numerous villages such as Erfoud, Aoufous…, to arrive to Ziz Valley. More lately, we start heading via High-Atlas Mountains, crossing “Tizi N Telghemt” Camel pass (1907m) to get to Midelt, and then crossing the Middle Atlas Mountains; where we meet some Barbary Apes. Afterwards, we continue our way to Fez through Ifrane which is considered as Switzerland of Morocco. Drop off in Fes, end of your desert trip..