This is one of the best tours across the Morocco’s Sahara Desert, a real adventure that will bring you from Fez to the deep desert, while travelling over wonderful desert landscapes.
Join this 5 days’ desert trip from Fez, and live an unforgettable experience that will stay in your memory for a long time.
During this desert tour, you will be able to explore the real meaning of authenticity and you will visit different beautiful places hidden behind the palm oasis or lost in the big immensity of the desert.
Day 1 : Fez – Azrou – Gorges Dades
After taking quietly your breakfast, an experienced driver will pick you up from your hotel in Fez and you will start your tour adventure to the big Sahara Desert.
From the first moments of your trip you will be fascinated by the variety and extreme beauty of Morocco cities and landscapes, especially when you will pass over the little Ifrane or when you stop for lunch in the magnificent Azro.
After a short lunch break in Azro, we will continue our trip across High Atlas Mountains till we get to the famous Gorges of Dades.
We will put our bags in the hotel, take a shower and have some rest before visiting a local Berber family to explore the local traditions and costumes. Dinner & overnight in the hotel.
Day 2 : Gorges Dades – Erg Chabbi Dunes
We will start the second day by travelling through the famous small village of Tinghir, where we will join a local tour guide to visit some agriculture fields as well as a local cooperative for handmade Berber carpets.
Then we will keep driving to Merzouga, we will start by a camel ride tour over the large open dunes of Erg Chebbi, then we will get to the beautiful and outstanding nomad camp to have dinner under the starry sky of the desert and to spend the night under Berber tents in Bivouac.
Day 3 : Guided Tour of Erg Chebbi (Merzouga Dunes)
Before having your breakfast, you will be invited one more time to join a morning camel trek to watch the beautiful desert sunrise in Erg Chebbi Dunes.
We will peacefully leave Merzouga to explore an other fabulous village: Khamila or the village where the old Sudan’s black slaves and Gnawa where living many years ago.
After that, we will continue our trip to the famous lake of Merzouga where we will stop to watch and take some pictures of the desert birds.
We will also visit some local nomads and desert tribes on the road before going back to our bivouac camp in Merzouga.
Day 4 : Erg Chebbi Dunes – Fez
You need to get up early in the morning to have a morning walk and to see the awsome desert sunrise over the dunes before leaving Merzouga to take our way back to Fez.
We will drive through Rissani, Errachidia and Midelt before having a lunch break in Ifrane and arriving to Fez where the fourth day of our desert tour will end.
What is included?
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Half-board: Breakfast and dinner
Private air-conditioned 4×4 or Minibus
Accommodation: Hotels / Guest Houses
Experienced English speaking driver
Free stops and breaks on the road
What is excluded?
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Lunches
Drinks
Local tour guides
Any extras not mentioned in the program