Overview:
A 5-day Marrakech to Fes desert tour will take you to Erg Chebbi Dunes, and some other interesting and memorable destinations along the way.
You will get to explore the local traditions, the delicious gastronomy, and the diverse architecture that south Morocco is known for.
ITINERARY:
Day 1: Marrakech – Telouet – Ait Benhaddou – Skoura
They leave at 8:00 AM from Marrakech to Ouarzazate through the mountains of the Great Tomi At Tichka Atlas they pass through the whole range of the mountains of the High Atlas. Visit the Kasbah Telout and the universal heritage site of the Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, as it was named by UNESCO in 1987. We will pass through Ouarzazate, or what we call Hollywood from Africa.40 km further on and we arrive at the palm trees of Skoura to spend a night here.
Day 2: Skoura – Todra Tamtatoucht
From Skoura palmery we go further south-east of Gorges and Todgha gorges along arid landscapes and mountains, before passing through a town called Tineghir the neuralgic center of the area. We head along Todra Valley that is huge for the Oasis Palm and slots. Why not take a walk through the palmary with a local guide to explore the daily lives of its inhabitants, women in gardens gathering grass for cows and young children ride donkeys. We keep going up the Todra Canyon, which is famous for rock climbing to the village of Tamtatoucht Berber where we will spend the night in a hostel.
Day 3: – Amelagou Tamtatoucht – Merzouga dunas (Erg Chebbi)
From Tamtatoucht we climb along arid landscapes and mountains at an altitude of 2000m, where many Berber villages in the Ait Hani Valley, before passing through a small town called Assoul & Amelagou the neuralgic centers of the area. We passed Erfoud, it is well-known, with its fossil factories where to make beautiful figures and pieces of rock from the mountains. Then we will head to Erg Chebbi: sand sea. We continue deep into the landscape of the desert, until the dunes appear in the middle of nowhere, overnight in a Berber camp
Day 4: Merzouga – Tazarine – Agdez
After enjoying the incredible dawn between sand dunes and breakfast, turn your camels back to the Auberge. A short time for the shower of Agdez we left a different path through Rissani. We passed through Alnif, N’kob, where we will stop for lunch. At most, we will cross the Draa Valley one of the largest valleys in Morocco, large with its huge palm tree member. We arrived in Agdez where we have a night at the hotel inside the palmary.
Day 5: Agdez – Ouarzazate – High Atlas – Marrakech
After breakfast, we will head to Ouarzazate where you can visit the film studios, we can not travel along the huge history of the Hollywood film industry in Africa; Ouarzazate; We drive to Marrakech through Tizi N’Tichka along the mountains of the great Atlas we will have time to stop and enjoy breathtaking Berber landscapes and villages and the lunch break. End of the trip.
- Drop off at your Fes hotel.
- Nights in ensuite bedrooms with A/C – dinner & breakfast (vegetarian meals possible).
- Sunset or sunrise camel trek.
- Night in desert camp (private tents) with dinner & breakfast.
- Free time to explore attractions such as Ait Benhaddou, Cinema Studios, Taourirt Kasbah, etc.