3 Day Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fez: Private Tour

Day 1

Marrakech to the Dades Valley

Marrakech To Tizi n’Tichka To Ait Benhaddou To Dades Valley

We leave Marrakech early and climb into the High Atlas by the Tizi n’Tichka pass, where the road winds past terraced villages and valleys of almond trees. You stop for mint tea in a Berber village along the way.

We descend to Ait Benhaddou, the UNESCO listed clay fortress, and walk through its lanes. After lunch we continue through Ouarzazate and the Valley of Roses to the Dades Valley, where you spend the night in a kasbah hotel.

Overnight: Kasbah hotel in the Dades Valley, dinner included

Day 2

Dades Valley to the Sahara

Dades Valley To Todra Gorge To Merzouga

After breakfast we drive along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to the Todra Gorge, a canyon about 300 meters deep, where you take a short walk between its walls. Lunch is in a village shaded by palm and pomegranate trees.

In the late afternoon you reach Merzouga at the edge of Erg Chebbi. Camels carry you into the dunes as the sand turns amber, and you spend the evening at a desert camp with tea, a couscous dinner and a sky full of stars.

Overnight: Desert camp in Erg Chebbi, dinner included

Day 3

Sahara to Fez

Merzouga To Ziz Valley To Midelt To Ifrane To Fez

You wake early to climb a dune and watch the sunrise, then ride back to Merzouga for breakfast. We drive north through the Ziz Valley, with its palm groves and old ksour, and stop for lunch in Midelt at the foot of the Atlas.

In the afternoon we cross the Middle Atlas, where cedar forests shelter Barbary macaques, pass through Ifrane, and arrive in Fez in the early evening.