4 DAYS SAHARA TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO FES
4 DAYS SAHARA TOUR FROM MARRAKECH TO FES
Day 1: Marrakech – High Atlas Mountains – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Ouarzazate – Dades:
After having your breakfast we pick up you 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, where we are going to have our lunch.
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 Dades valley 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 sighseeing:
Get up early for what might be the charming sunrise ever. To see the sun coming up over the dunes is something that you should see at least once in lifetime (have breakfast deep in dunes). After doing so, you trek back to the hotel and get ready prepared, we take our 4×4 (4WD car) to visit Khamlia, a village which is inhabited by black people originally from Sudan and other Sub-Saharan countries to enjoy their traditional Gnawa music.
After that, we continue our journey by visiting Mefis mines and having a mint tea with a nomadic family to taste desert life. We might have lunch there or somewhere in deep desert before or after visiting Merzouga Oasis, then going to our hotel to enjoy the rest of the day and overnight Merzouga.
Day 4: 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..
