Best 4 Days Fes to Marrakech Desert Tour

The driver will pick you up from your accommodation in Fes, you'll begin your 4 days tour from Fes to Marrakech by driving towards the middle Atlas Mountains. Most of the day will be spent touring your way via the beautiful forests of Cedar, jagged rock faces, and Berber villages as you cross the Atlas Mountains and begin to go down toward the Sahara desert. You'll have lunch in the town of Midelt, which is well known for its fossils and rocks.

We continue our 4 days Fes desert tour to Marrakech on mountain roads overlooking the wide flowing Oued Ziz. Crossing great Kasbahs and palm groves we will pass through the adobe colored city of Errachidia. In late afternoon, we will reach Merzouga, a city on the outskirts of the Sahara desert. Then we will overnight in the hotel/riad.

After breakfast, our wonderful desert excursion will start by exploring the surrounding areas of the marvel Erg Chebbi. We will drive off-road to visit the nomadic families, who are living around the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. It will be a chance to see their lifestyle. Also, how they could survive in the dry Sahara Desert by having a cup of mint tea with them. Then, from there to M'Fis mines. It is located on a high plateau that has a wonderful panoramic view of Erg Chebbi and the desert landscape.

Afterward, we will head to Khamlia village (Gnaoua village). The people of this small village originated in Black Africa, having a close and long-standing relationship with the Sahara. Their ancestors were brought from central and west Africa. Through the Sahara Desert, caravans arrived in the southeastern part of Morocco. We will get to know more about them and enjoy their traditional music.

After enjoying the traditional Gnaoua music, we will have a delicious lunch, which is Berber pizza. Later on, we go back to Merzouga and join the experience of camel trekking over the high sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi desert, your local guides will show you how to mount and dismount and other handy camel-related safety tips. You'll see the beautiful view of the sunset on top of a high dune, then ride camels to your desert camp where you are going to spend the night.

After a delicious dinner, time to listen to Berber music played by local nomads under the stars, and if you love dancing you can dance to the tunes of barbarian music.

You are going to wake up early to watch the sunrise along the dunes then go back to your accommodation in Merzouga village. Afterward, we'll drive to Erfoud, and set out behind the high Atlas Mountains, crossing nomad people on our way to Marrakech, and take a walk-up in the towering Todra Gorges (600 feet high). The picturesque river valleys make a beautiful trip towards the southeast of Morocco.

We'll have a break time for lunch in "Tinejdad or Touroug". Then we continue our 4 days desert tour from Fes to Marrakech toward another impressive Dades Gorges, passing the strange rock creation of Tamnalt Hills. Your night will be in Boumalne Dades.

After an early breakfast, you'll set off towards the High Atlas Mountains through Ouarzazate city. Tucked away in this region is one of the jewels of Morocco, then visit the great Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou.

In typical Moroccan fashion, the true treasures must be searched out and discovered, usually off the beaten path. Actually, this setting has been used for more films than any other location in Morocco; including "Lawrence of Arabia", "Jesus of Nazareth", and "The Gladiator"...etc!

Your lunch can be at Kasbah Ait Benhaddou. In the afternoon, you'll head along the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech city through Tizi N'Tichka (2,260 meters in altitude) it almost 4 hours of driving to pass it.

We'll arrive in Marrakech in the late evening at approximately 7 PM, where we drop you off at your accommodation (riad/hotel). End of our services: Fes to Marrakech desert tour 4 days.