Marrakech Trip Overview
The Marrakech to Fes Desert Trip is Morocco’s most popular desert tour, connecting these two imperial cities passing through beautiful ancient villages, the Sahara desert, and amazing expansive landscapes. The distance between Marrakech and Fes is about 530 kilometers and you’ll have to spend at least two nights and 3 days on the road. With exceptional local food, unbelievable scenery, and ancient villages dating thousands of years and still being used today. The Marrakech to Fes desert tour is an experience not be missed.
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Duration: 3 days
Starts: Marrakech, Morocco
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi, Morocco
The Marrakech to Fes Desert Trip is Morocco’s most popular desert tour, connecting these two imperial cities passing through beautiful ancient villages, the Sahara desert, and amazing expansive landscapes. The distance between Marrakech and Fes is about 530 kilometers and you’ll have to spend at least two nights and 3 days on the road. With exceptional local food, unbelievable scenery, and ancient villages dating thousands of years and still being used today. The Marrakech to Fes desert tour is an experience not be missed.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dades Gorges, R704 Atlas Mountains, Boumalne Dades 45350 Morocco
7:00 am will be the time of departure of your Marrakech to Fes Morocco Desert Trip after meeting the group. Our first stop will be Ait Benhaddou Kasbah and to reach it we will have to cross the Tizi-N-Tichka pass through the High Atlas Mountain overlooking the scattered Berber villages down below. The UNESCO world heritage site of Ait Benhaddou has served as the backdrop for many Hollywood blockbusters like Laurence of Arabia and Gladiator. Our Next destination will be Kasbah Taourirtin Ouarzazate. We will also have lunch by this Kasbah (expenses not included). In the afternoon we will cross the picturesque valley of roses and Boumalne Dades in Dades Valley. Dinner and overnight sleep at the Hotel.
Duration: 6 hours
Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
We will take the road of 1001 Kasbahs on our way to Tinghir Oasis following breakfast. The road is lined with many fortified villages that once hosted and served as rest stops for the trade caravans until the late 20th century. Once at the old French military post of Tinghir we will deviate into a secondary road to reach the oasis. There you will have the time to stroll by the streams and watch the farmers working the land, you finally reach Todgha Gorges, with its majestic views. After enjoying lunch in a local café we will proceed to Rissani, a holy city and the hometown of Morocco’s ruling dynasty ’’The Alaouites’’ and is the burial ground of its originator. The city was the original starting point of the caravan roads that stretched all the way across the Sahara to Tombouctou. Our final destination for the day will be Merzouga where we will meet with a camel caravan and trek our way across Erg Chebbi’s dunes at sunset till we reach the Berber Sahara desert camp situated among…
Duration: 5 hours
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
You will be woken up to catch a glimpse of the Saharan sunrise before trekking by camel back to the camp operator’s lodge in Merzouga for a chance to freshen up before separating from the rest of the group that will drive back to Marrakech and you will be introduced to your new driver taking you to Fes in a 6 passenger van. We will be crossing the Ziz Valley through Errachidia, the capital of the Tafilalt region. We will stop for lunch in Midelt before crossing the cedar forests and Berber towns (Imouzzar and Ifran) of the Middle Atlas Mountains to reach Fes in the afternoon, You will be dropped at your accommodation to end the shared Marrakech to Fes desert tour.
Duration: 7 hours
