The 4-Day Desert Tour from Fes to Marrakech is a top-rated adventure that traverses the Merzouga Sahara Desert, featuring the Erg Chebbi dunes, Azrou, and scenic sites like Todra Gorges, Ouarzazate, and Ait Ben Haddou.
This highly recommended tour includes two nights in the desert—one in a hotel and another in a desert camp—along with a camel trek and short drives. Experience the stunning southeast in just four days, spotting Barbary apes in Azrou’s cedar forest, visiting nomadic communities, and enjoying tea with a Berber family.
Note: Morocco Tours Agency offers private standard, luxury, or mixed options at competitive prices based on traveler numbers and accommodation types.
The first day of the 4-day tour from Fes to Marrakech begins in the Merzouga Sahara. Midelt, located at an altitude of 1,508 meters, is nestled between the Middle and High Atlas mountains.
The journey includes scenic stops at Azrou to see Barbary monkeys, the stunning hills of Midelt, the Tiz Ntalghamt Pass, and Ziz Gorge. After lunch, you’ll explore Ziz Valley before reaching Merzouga.
This charming town in the Sahara offers an unforgettable camel ride among the magnificent sand dunes, followed by a breathtaking sunset. Evenings feature a bonfire and delicious dinners, making for a memorable experience.
After breakfast, we’ll explore the local area, visiting a village of people from Mali to enjoy their music and lifestyle.
Next, we’ll head to the Miffis Mines to learn about their operations, followed by a trip into the stunning desert dunes. There, we’ll relax with a warm cup of tea with the local Bedouins before returning to the hotel.
On the fourth day of our desert tour from Fes to Marrakech, we will rise early to witness a breathtaking sunrise over the sand dunes, with its vibrant colors and unique shadows. After breakfast and a shower at our desert hotel, we’ll head to Tinghir and explore the spectacular Todra Gorge, known for being the highest and narrowest gorge in Morocco.
This area offers excellent hiking opportunities, riverside relaxation, and the chance to taste local Berber cuisine. Following lunch in the gorge, we will drive through the scenic Dades Valley, concluding our day at a lovely hotel perched on a mountain.
On the last day of our 4-day desert tour from Fes to Marrakech, we travel to Ait Ben Haddou, passing through Telouet.
We’ll stop to explore the historic Kasbah of Pasha Glaoui before continuing to Marrakech via the High Atlas Mountains and the famous Tizi N-Tichka pass. You will be dropped off at your accommodation around 6-7 pm.
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Yes, it’s a shared tour. You will travel with a small group from around the world.
Comfortable clothing and footwear, sunglasses, sunscreen, a hat, and a camera are recommended.
Yes, they are. Your hotel room will have private ensuite bathrooms.
It is roughly 1 hour for sunset and another hour for sunrise the following day. Time depends on season, Day light saving time, and sunset/sunrise time.
You can. a 4×4 will be offered to transfer you from Merzouga lodge to Erg Chebbi desert camp for an extra fee of 30 Euros ( Included in luxury tent option )
There will be a few sand boards available at the camp operator’s lodge to use at leisure ( Availability not guaranteed ). You can ask for one to take to the camp with you. They are free of charge