5 days marrakech to fes desert tour

On the first of your 5 days marrakech to fes desert tour. Departure at 08:00 from Marrakech to Ouarzazate via the Tizi n’Tichka Pass in the High Atlas Mountains. We visit the Kasbah of Telout and the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, which was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. We drive through Ouarzazate, also known as the Hollywood of Africa. 40 km further on we reach the palm groves of Skoura, where we spend the night.

on 2nd day of your 5 days marrakech to fes desert tour. From the palm grove in Skoura, we continue southeast to the Dades and Todgha gorges, surrounded by barren landscapes and mountains, before passing the town of Tineghir, the center of the region. We drive along the Todra Valley, which is vast with its oases and palm groves.

During a short walk through the palm groves with a local guide, we get to know the daily life of the locals: Women in gardens collecting herbs for the cows and small children on donkeys. We continue through the gorges of Todra, which are famous for their climbing opportunities, to the Berber village of Tamtatoucht, where we spend the night in an auberge.

in 3rd day of your 5 days marrakech to fes desert tour.
From Tamtatoucht, we head up through arid landscapes and mountains to an altitude of 2000 m, where many Berber villages are located in the valley of Ait Hani, before passing through a small town called Assoul and Amelagou, the nerve centers of the region.

We pass Erfoud, known for its fossil factories where beautiful shapes and pieces are made from the rock of the mountains. Then we drive to the sand sea of Erg Chebbi. We drive deeper into the desert landscape until dunes appear in the middle of nowhere, overnight stay in a Berber camp

on 4th day of your 5 days marrakech to fes desert tour.
After breakfast at the hotel, you have many options: You can explore the neighboring villages of Merzouga such as Hassi Labied and Khamlia, where the black musicians dance and sing. You can also take an off-road vehicle ride through the dunes of Erg Chebbi and observe the nomads living in tents in the desert. In the summer months, you can swim in the swimming pool or climb the Erg Chebbi dunes, which are right in front of your hotel.

in this 5th day of your 5 days marrakech to fes desert tour. After breakfast, we return on camelback to the hotel on the dune line, where we take a quick shower. We make our way to Fes, stopping along the way to enjoy the panoramic view over the Ziz Valley before crossing the High Atlas Mountains again. We stop in a town called Midelt, where we will have lunch. We pass Azrou and then Ifrane with its huge cedar forest where we can observe monkeys. We continue to the legendary city of Fez.