9 Days Desert Tour from fes to Marrakech
9 Days Desert Tour from fes to Marrakech, you will explore the Todra, Dades and Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah gorges. Finally, we’ll cross the High Atlas Mountains.
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With 9 Days Desert Tour from fes to Marrakech, you’ll see so many incredible sights. The trip starts in Fez. First we’ll visit Ifrane, the Switzerland of Morocco, and the cedar forest. A lunch break in Midelt, followed by a drive along the magnificent River Ziz. Eventually we’ll reach the Merzouga region, in the Sahara desert. In the heart of the desert, where you can ride camels, there is a magnificent tent where you can spend the night. Also, enjoy the breathtaking sunrises and sunsets in the desert. You will also visit the historic market of Rissani and the fossil-rich city of Erfoud. Next, you’ll explore the Todra, Dades and Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah gorges. Finally, we’ll cross the Tizi-n-Tichka gorge and the High Atlas mountains. The ideal itinerary for falling in love with 9 Days Desert Tour from fes to Marrakech.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Fez – Merzouga
Start the day with the ideal itinerary to fall in love with 9 Days Tour from fes, with breakfast at the hotel, then it’s off to the Middle Atlas Mountains. These are Berber communities. They are traditionally semi-nomadic shepherds. On the way you will pass through the town of “Ifrane”, known as the “Moroccan Swiss”. Here you will enjoy a panorama of spectacular cedar forests, inhabited by colonies of monkeys. Soon after, you’ll find a friendly, quiet village where the locals make their living from farming and grazing. Leaving the Middle Atlas, the journey continues into the High Atlas Mountains towards the nearby town of Errachidia. You will pass through gorges and the Ziz Valley, the city of Erfoud and finally arrive in Merzouga.
Day 2: Merzouga – Erg Chebbi
Breakfast and departure from the hotel/Riad for the ideal tour to fall in love with 9 Days Tour from fes. On the way you will pass one of the tracks used in the Paris Dakar Rally and also the side of the dunes where you will visit two oases in Merzouga. Then you’ll go to nomadic lands, the Berber people, in the town of Khamlia. Here you’ll find mines called “Mifiss”. It features desert plateaus, fields and the wonderful “Tissardmine” oasis.
Return to the hotel for lunch and rest. In the afternoon, an exciting ride with the riding camels. A slow and contemplative adventure across the vast expanse of golden sand of the landscape offered by the desert sunset, up to astendas. Ending with a very special night in nomadic tents. After enjoying dinner to the sound of Berber music and feeling the spirit of the desert, covered by a splendid starry sky the like of which has never been seen anywhere else, you will sleep like the gods in the nomad tents in the dunes.
Day 3: Erg Chebbi – Ramlia
On this day, everyone will get up very early for a very special reason: to climb the dunes to see the sunrise. Then it’s back to breakfast. Here is the ideal itinerary to fall in love with Morocco 8 Days, to visit the village of Ramlia:
Ramlia is a beautiful palm oasis in the Tafilalt region, located in the southwest of the Erg Chebbi in the Sahara desert, close to the border between Algeria and Morocco, 80km from Rissani. Ramlia is in the middle of nowhere. The inhabitants of the Ramlia Oasis are ancient nomads, all belonging to the Ait Atta tribe from the south-east of Morocco’s Sahara Desert and are characterized by their great hospitality. To get to Ramlia, you’ll have to follow the Paris-Dakar rally route through beautiful landscapes. The night will be spent in a hotel in the most authentic heart of the desert.
Day 4: Ramlia – Alnif – Dades Gorges
After breakfast we head to Alnif where the track to the Todra Gorges begins, near the town of Tinghir at the end of a valley of palm trees. With villages surrounded by rugged mountains and Adobe steriles. And one of the most famous natural views in Morocco, some 300 m of wall over a kilometer. From here we head towards the Dades Gorges. Dinner will be in a hotel located in the gorges.
Day 5: Dades Gorges – Kalaa Magona – Skoura – Ouarzazate
Start the day with a delicious breakfast and then set off for the “Dades Valley” along the “Route of a Thousand Casbahs”. You visit the Dades Valley and continue down a path of beautiful roses. A rose garden that inebriates all who pass by with its scent until you reach “El Kelaa Magouna”, the most beautiful garden in the valley. This is where a festival with dances and parades takes place under a continuous shower of petals, celebrated in May. We continue the ideal route to fall in love with Morocco 8 Days. On the way we will pass the Skoura, a palm tree typical of the palm groves of this region. Then we’ll continue on towards Ouarzazate to visit the Kasbah of Taourirt and end the evening at the hotel/Riad.
Day 6: Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Start the ideal itinerary for falling in love with 9 Days Tour from fes with breakfast and then depart for Marrakech. The thrilling drive through the Tizi-N-Tichka port with its 2,260 meters above sea level. Known as the “port of pastures” because it is the highest road pass in Morocco. You will visit the famous kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Arrival in Marrakech late afternoon. Dinner and overnight in Riad/hotel.
Day 7: Marrakech – City Tour
This will be a day dedicated to visiting the red city, Marrakech, starting with the Menara gardens with their pond, the Saadian tombs. We will then visit its founding fathers, the Bahia Palace, residence of the former vizier, the Koutobia, a splendid minaret. To finish in the morning at the Djemaa El Fna, the large souk (public market). And in the evening a magic show. Dinner and overnight in Riad/hotel.
Day 8Â : Marrakech
Free Day
Day 9: Marrakech – Airport
Transfer to the airport. And finally, the end of the ideal itinerary to fall in love with 9 Days Tour from fes.
Tour includes
- Pick up service from your Hotel/Riad in Fes
- Private Transport by an A/C vehicle
- Overnight in desert camp dinner and breakfast
- Camel ride for sunset and sunrise (one camel each
- You can stop everywhere to take pictures
- Fuel included
- Professional English speaking driver
- Half-board accommodations in selected hotels & Riads or Kasbahs ( breakfasts are included)
- Drop off service at your accommodation in Marrakech
Tour excludes:
- The flights tickets to and from your homeland
- Lunches and drinks
- Entrance fees
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