Overview of the Tour from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga
Begin your adventure with our 3-Day Tour from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga — a journey through the heart of Morocco’s most stunning landscapes. Travel from Fes through the breathtaking Middle Atlas Mountains, explore ancient Berber villages, and cross lush valleys to reach the majestic Sahara Desert.
Ride a camel across the golden dunes of Merzouga, experience a magical sunset, and spend the night in a traditional Berber camp under a sky full of stars. This tour blends scenic beauty, cultural richness, and unforgettable desert experiences. All accommodation, meals, and private transfers are included.
Tour Highlights
- Journey through the scenic High Atlas Mountains & Tizi Ntichka pass.
- Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
- Explore Tinghir oasis and Dades Gorges
- Camel trek into the Sahara dunes of Merzouga at sunset
- Overnight stay in a desert Berber camp
- Discover the Cèdre Gouraud Forest and see wild monkeys in Azrou
Included / Excluded
- 2 Breakfasts & 2 Dinners
- Private transportation
- Parking fees
- Professional multilingual driver/guide
- Sandboarding in the desert
- guide at Ait ben haddou
- Camel trek to the desert camp
- Private tent in the desert camp
- Transfer to your Marrakech hotel
- Private hotel or standard riad
- Soft drinks
- Lunches
- Tips and gratuities
- Travel insurance
- Optional excursions
- Personal expenses
Route Map – Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga Tour
Itinerary from Fes to Marrakech via Merzouga
Fes city to desert, start Our 3 days Fes to Marrakech Desert tour by driving across middle atlas mountain via Ifrane city it’s Switzerland of Morocco and a big cedar forest where the monkeys live. Ifrane is one of the most beautiful cities in Morocco and it’s very clean because, In 2013, the city was ranked the second cleanest city in the world, however, the name is taken from the Berber language and means caves. But what makes this place really special is the ability to be outdoors in the Cidre.
in addition, we continue the road to the cedar forest to watch how the Barbary Maky (the type of monkey ) live their freedom life. After that, we take the way to the last city in the middle of atlas mountain, Midalet this city it’s famous for its apple and cool weather all year and Midalt serves as the commercial center of a large agricultural hinterland. It is also one of morocco’s principal cities for the mining of several minerals, and we stop for lunch.
In the afternoon we continue the way to the desert across the big Ziz valley and many small towns. We will stop in the big panoramic of Ziz valley for beautiful views and rest.
From here directly to the golden sands of the desert because the camel waiting for you. When arriving at the desert the camel guide takes you to the middle of the desert for a beautiful sunset, after the amazing sunset at the desert the camel guide takes you to the camp, for Dinner, and overnight.
in Our second day of a 3 days desert tour from Fes to Marrakech After breakfast in the middle of the desert and the amazing sunrise, your camel guide takes you and comes back to the same place where the driver will be waiting for you for a new beginning of the second day.
This day will be great, from the desert continue the way to Erfoud town is a small and it’s famous for stones ( fossils ) we visit big marble Stones Association, and the people of this town are Berber and Arabic. From here we take the way to other small villages, then we cross today’s valley through Tinghir a Berber village.
Want to discover Tinghir? There are a thousand ways to do it. Tinghir is a charming town known for its magnificent palm groves and famous Todra caves, Tinghir is a town in eastern Morocco, in the Souss-Massa-Drâa region, located in the Todgha valley, at the end of the High Atlas and facing the Saghro mountain, and we will stop from time to time for some beautiful views and pictures. Form here directly to Boumaln dads Etymologically, the name Boumalne Dades stemmed from some historical aspects that are based merely on oral culture.
The Common belief is that Boumalene is derived from Bou l’Male which means a place of business and trade, especially for cattle. On the other hand, the word Dades comes from the story of a nomad who came to Boumalne. we will visit the Boumaln Dades this gorge is not far from the place where we’ll spend the night, but we drive to explore and discover that great gorge of dads. After that, we come back to the hotel for Dinner and overnight in Boumalne Dades.
Today, after having breakfast in the hotel/riad, we will continue our 6 days tour from Casablanca heading to Marrakech. Firstly, we will stop by rose city or kelaa magouna to visit some coopérative of roses for viste its free then to passing from the route of 1000 kasbah city skoura we visite amridil kasba ( option ) we continue then to Ouarzazate. Here, we will go on a visit to the Atlas studios where they shoot movies being a site where many international directors and movie-makers head to film movies and scenes. Afterward, we will take the car again and head to the fortress of Ait Benhaddou.
one of the unique and beautiful villages on the tour You will have time to cross the river or “Ouad Lmaleh which is an extension ofthe Ounila River You will have to climb a little bit in order to see the village from a different gaze after we take Tizi Ntichka road and stop by its panoramic site that is about 2260m above the sea. Finally, we will arrive in Marrakech we will drop you off to your riad or hotel