6 days trip from Fes to desert Sahara tours
Tour Ref : | 6FMM |
Duration : | 6 Days – 5 Nights |
Tour type : | Private Tour, Family, Desert, Sahara |
Tour start : | Fes |
Tour end : | Marrakech |
Highlights : | Middle Atlas Mountains, cedar forests, Barbary apes, Fossil, Ziz valley, Berber Villages, Sahara Desert, Camel ride, Todra valley, Kasbahs, Hight atlas |
Price : | Prices according to number of people travelling in vehicle. |
Overview
Looking for a remarkable adventure in Morocco? Look no further than our 6-day Sahara desert tour from Fes! In just six days and five nights, you’ll experience a whirlwind of amazing sights and sounds.
Your journey begins by crossing the Middle Atlas Mountains, where you’ll stop to observe the playful Barbary apes in the cedar forests. In the apple capital of Midelt, you’ll have the opportunity to sample some delicious local produce before continuing on to the Ziz Valley. Here, thousands of date palms supply Morocco with fruit, and the annual date festival in November is a must-see event.
As you arrive in Erfoud, you’ll be struck by the area’s rich geological history, as evidenced by the many fascinating fossil finds. But the real highlight of your trip comes when you reach the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, where you’ll climb aboard a patient camel for an unforgettable ride to the highest dune. From this vantage point, you’ll be able to watch the sun slowly sink below the horizon before enjoying an enchanting evening of Berber music and drumming around a campfire.
The luxurious desert camp will provide you with an exotic tent, and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped into the pages of “1001 Nights.” But the adventure doesn’t end there! You’ll continue on to the famous Toudgha Gorges and the Dades Valley, where you’ll be surrounded by Kasbahs and Berber villages. In the Rose Valley, you’ll find wonderful cosmetic products made from sweetly scented Damascene roses, which make excellent souvenirs to take back home.
In Skoura Oasis, you’ll be amazed by the innumerable palm trees and the fascinating Kasbah Amredhil, a typical example of rural Berber life. Finally, you’ll witness the best of Berber mountain life and typical architecture on visits to Morocco’s two most famous Kasbahs, Ait ben Haddou and Telouet. Both are set in the High Atlas Mountains, with the highest point being Tizi-n-Tichka, the highest pass in North Africa.
With our 6-day Fes desert tour from Fes to Ouarzazate and Marrakech, you’ll experience the trip of a lifetime. So what are you waiting for? Book your adventure today!
Day tour itinerary
Day 1: Fes – Ifrane – Cedars forest- Midelt – Ziz valley – Merzouga Sahara
Departure from Fes at 8 o’clock, travelling via Ifrane, famous for its low temperature, snow and the alpine-style houses -No wonder it is called the Switzerland of Morocco. Then we continue to cedars forest, where the Barbary Macaques live. Feel free to feed them while wandering in the forest of the Middle Atlas forest of Azrou, Lunch is in Midelt, “the apple capital”, at the foot of the Ayachi Mountain. We continue over the Tizi-n-Talremt pass and through the Ziz Valley. From here we reach Errachidia and then Erfoud, famous for its date festival and fossils. Our trip continues to the dunes of Merzouga for spending the night in a Hotel.
Day 2: Explore Merzouga region – Nomads – Khamlia – Rissani – palm grove
After breakfast, you start your journey in Merzouga, by driving off-road to visit the nomads learn how they live while drinking a Berber tea. Our next destination is the Khamlia village, where you will enjoy the Gnaoua music, and dancing performances. Its inhabitants are originating from sub-Saharan countries like Mali, Sudan and Niger. Then continue way to Rissani where you visit a tradition Souk Market Free time for lunch in a restaurant. Then you balck to Merzouga You will switch to camels and cross the sandy desert. A stop will be made for you to enjoy the magical sunset on top of a high dune. Then continue to the desert luxury camp, where you can enjoy the Berber drums music while dancing around the campfire, under vast open sky of stars. Dinner and overnight in the camp.
Day 3: Merzouga – Erfoud – Tinghir – Todra gorges – Dades valley – Dades Gorges
If you wake up early enough, you can watch the spectacle of the sunrise, when the color of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. After breakfast at the camp, we leave for Tinghir and the Toudgha gorges. On the way, you pass the water channels – “khettarat” – which you can descend into to appreciate the architecture and genius behind this form of irrigation which prevents evaporation in the summer heat. The channels start at a higher gradient at one end until they finally emerge at the surface of the soil where they are fed into the fields, in the gorge and the valley, there are opportunities to walk beyond the gorge itself or by the village gardens and fields before you reach it. Later the itinerary continues to the Dades Valley. The area, which now forms the Dades Gorges, lay at the bottom of the sea millions of years ago. Great quantities of sediment were deposited around giant coral reefs, and over time, this material became compacted into a variety of sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone. Eventually, the movement of the earth’s crust caused the region to rise above the sea, forming the Atlas Mountains and surrounding landscape. The night is spent in a hotel or kasbah.
Day 4: Dades Gorges – Roses valley – Skoura – Ouarzarate – Ait Ben Haddou – Telouet – Hight Atlas – Marrakech
After breakfast, the trip continues through the Valley of the Roses, famous for its Rose Festival in May, and past the kasbahs of Skoura, and where you can visit the small, interesting and intact Kasbah Amredhil, which used to be featured on the 50 dirham banknote. From there you pass Ouarzazate, you will continuing to Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage site and the backdrop for many Hollywood blockbusters. It is the most famous Kasbah in Morocco. From there the road continues to Telouet, along the newly asphalted road. Telouet is set right in the midst of the mountains and was once the seat of the last Pasha of Marrakech, El Glaoui, from where the highest pass in Africa, Tizi-n-Tichka was controlled. At the end of the afternoon, we arrive in Marrakech. Your Morocco desert tour from Fes to Marrakech ends as your driver escorts you are to your riad. End of the tour.
Day 5: Marrakech Sightseeing guided Tour with local guide
Full day morning tour with city guide of Marrakech- also known as the ‘red city’ for its famous pink-hued ramparts. Our English-speaking city guide will meet you at your hotel in the morning and take you through the souks of the medieval medina, introducing you to artisans, bakers, carpenters, spice merchants, apothecaries and including visiting the landmark monuments of Ben Youssef Madersa, the Bahia Palace and the Koutoubia Mosque. Your tour ends at the famous Place Jemaa el Fna square where you can enjoy lunch from a roof terrace overlooking the bizarre activities of the acrobats, storytellers, musicians and snake charmers. we take you to the new town are of Gueliz to visit the exquisite Majorelle Gardens, owned by Yves St. Laurent and originally private home of the painter Jacques Majorelle. We suggest you return to the square for an evening to Place Jemaa el Fna the experience of the Place Jemaa el Fna at night is an intoxicating one – with smoke swirling up from the grills, the pounding rhythms of the street musicians.
Day 6: Marrakech – Airport
After breakfast, we transfer you from the hotel to the airport, end of the 6 days tour from Fes to Marrakech.
BOOK TOUR
Departure & Return Location :
- Pick-up; drop off at/from your Hotel
- Or at your accommodation : Raid, Airport
What's Not Included:
- Private Transport with A/C
- (4x4 or Minibus for Groups) with professional drive
- Driver/Guide-speaking tour assistant
- Car Fuel
What's Not Included:
- Drinks
- Lunches
- Flight Tickets
Have Any Question?
- Do not hesitage to give us a call. We are an expert team and we are happy to talk to you.
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- contact@gatetravelmorocco