What will I do with my luggage?

Your luggage will come with you for the whole trip, but your big bags will stay secured in the car for the night when you are in the Sahara Desert. For the night you in the desert, you will just bring a few essentials in a backpack, along with a large bottle of water, so that you can carry your things with you on the camel.

Will it be cold in the desert?

If you are traveling in the summer months, the night time in the desert will be warm, or at best a refreshing time to cool down. In the winter months, it will be cold in the desert, especially after the sun goes down and you should be prepared with warm clothes for sleeping in. There are plenty of warm blankets, but getting out of bed for dinner or toilet breaks will be chilly!

3 Day Morocco Desert Tour Marrakech to Fes

Our 3 day Morocco desert tour from Marrakech to Fes is one of the most popular desert tours that connects these two amazing Imperial cities.

The 3 day Morocco desert tour from Marrakech to Fes shows you a huge part of southern Morocco.

Departing early morning from the red city of Marrakech you will drive over the High Atlas Mountains, crossing beautiful scenery on the windy roads dotted with Berber villages blending into the hillsides. Arrive at the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a fortified village and to Ouarzazate with its cinematic attractions.

Spend the first night in the heart of the Dades Valley in a traditional but comfortable hotel.

The second day you can enjoy a short walk in Todra Gorge with its sheer rock face viewed from the river bed that winds through, before heading towards Merzouga in a more arid plain at the beginning of the deserts.

Once in Merzouga on your Morocco Desert Tour, ride on camels and go deep into the desert to spend a night in a nomad camp. Enjoy a starry night under a clear and peaceful sky.

On the third day head through a different terrain again and head towards Fes. Cross many villages and valleys along with the beautiful cedar forest. Stop and see playful monkeys before reaching the cultural capital of the country, Fes. This is where your driver will drop you off at your hotel. Let us know if you want to spend some time exploring either Marrakech or Fes and we will be happy to offer you private guided tours of both cities.

PLEASE NOTE

There are TWO options for the Morocco desert tour:

1 – Comfort Option.

You will be booked into beautiful, comfortable and clean accommodation reflecting the local flavour. Meals are prepared for you onsite and we choose only quality, well rated hotels. In the Sahara, you will be offered a private tent with comfortable bedding and a shared toilet tent with sinks and toilet stalls.

2 – Luxury Option.

With this option you will be offered higher rated hotels along the way, with more amenities including bar service and a pool. In the Sahara, you will be given a private tent with well made beds and more amenities as well as en suite private 3 piece toilet facilities. (Hot showers!)

Please let us know when you are booking which option you would like so we can quote your trip accordingly.

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The best way to get from Marrakech to Fes, has to be by camel, through the Sahara Desert. Well, maybe not the entire trip as they did in centuries past. We will take you by road much of the way.

Depart from your accommodation in Marrakech, we will take you on a 2 night adventure through the Sahara for a night of desert camping.

Leave the driving to us and the big bus trips to the others. You will have your own vehicle and driver, your own schedule, and your own adventure. Join us for a trip through time and sand and southern Morocco.

Day 1

High Atlas. Ait Ben Haddou. Ouarzazate. Dades Valley

Start this spectacular journey by entering the High Atlas Mountains outside Marrakech.

Climb higher and higher to reach Tizi n’ Tichka Pass, the highest in North Africa at 2,260 m.

The landscape unfolds before you and offers new and breathtaking vistas at every turn in the road.

You’ll stop at Ksar Ait Ben Haddou for lunch where you are free to explore the Kasbah.

Still the home to five Berber families, it has been the star of many modern movies and TV shows including Game of Thrones and Lawrence of Arabia.

Next you will visit Ouarzazate, the movie capital of Morocco, before continuing and then on to Dades Gorge, one of the hidden gems of Morocco with its steep mountain slopes and amazing rock formations. Relax and enjoy dinner included with your stay.

Day 2

Todgha Gorge, Tinghir, Tinejdad, Erfoud. Sahara Desert (Erg Chebbi)

Depart from Dades Gorge after breakfast for a short drive to the Todgha Gorge. Cut through the mountain by a river over thousands of years of persistence, you will walk along the gorge basin, and hopefully spot some rock climbers. The rock face jutts out of the basin at a 300m vertical!

From here you will go to Erfoud, home to some of the world’s oldest fossils and the date capital of Morocco.

Enjoy some of the freshest dates plucked from the date palms you have seen along your way.

After a tea break it is time to board your camels and head into the desert for a night in the camp. Enjoy the undulating dunes on the leisurely ride on your dromedary.

Once you are in camp, you will have a chance to climb the nearest dune and enjoy the views all the way to distant Algeria.

Watch the sun set and view the vast desert sky as you settle in to dinner prepared by nomads, before falling into a deep sleep in the total and complete silence of the desert.

Day 3

Rissini, Ziz Valley, Midelt, Middle Atlas, Ifrane, Fes

After breakfast, join your driver for the trip onward to Fes. Passing through Rissini, then through the stunning Ziz Valley with its broad sweeping valley filled with date palms, and onto Midelt for a bit of lunch.

In the north, south of Fes you will enjoy the Middle Atlas Mountains, not so dramatic as the High Atlas. Rolling meadows and a cedar forest with lush trees and wildlife. Stop in at Ifrane to see the “Switzerland of Morocco” in this super clean European village. We will drop you at your accommodation for the night.