Tour from Marrakech to Fez via the desert

Waking up to see the sunrise between the dunes is the strong point of the trip.

Day 1: From Marrakech to the Gorges of Dades

We will cross the Tizi n’Tichka mountain pass, at 2260 meters high, surrounded by breathtaking views of the mountains and Berber villages scattered along the road. We will stop for lunch in the Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou, a World Heritage Site, and we will take the opportunity to visit this site where more than 20 famous films have been filmed. We will leave behind Ouarzazate passing through the valleys of Roses and Dades, the oasis of Skoura where you can see its kasbah of the seventeenth century and the Valley of the Thousand Kasbahs to the Gorges of Dades. Night at the hotel.

Day 2: From the Gorges of Dades to Merzouga

Breakfast at the hotel. Departure to the Gorges of Todra: colossal faults that rise 300 meters over a narrow valley full of palm trees and Berber villages. After lunch in the Gorges we go into the desert, on the way to Merzouga with a stop in the dunes of Erg Cherbbi to enjoy a pleasant camel ride to the jaima camp. (There are bathrooms available).

Day 3: Merzouga - Ziz Valley - Midelt - Azrou - Fez

Around 5.30 in the morning, we will get up to enjoy and admire the beautiful sunrise that the desert offers us and take pictures from a large dune, one of the best moments in the desert of Merzouga. After a typical breakfast in our bivouac, we will return in dromedaries to the lodge to shower and then we will take the road to Fes passing through the beautiful valley of Ziz, Errachidia, Midelt until the cedar forest where we will stop to visit the famous cedar of « Gouraud ». We will continue our journey through the middle Atlas to reach Fes in the afternoon, the intellectual and historical capital of Morocco, divided into 3 parts: Fes el bali (the old town), the new part built during the French protectorate and the Jewish quarter. Fes has a beautiful medina with its doors and its impressive walls, palaces … etc. End of the route.