4 Days Tour from Marrakech to Fes
4 days tour from Marrakech to Fes
Day 1
Marrakech – Ait Ben Haddou – Dades Gorges
4 days tour from Marrakech to Fes start from your Hotel/Riad in Marrakech driving through the Atlas Mountains. Many stops will be on the way to take pictures and to enjoy the amazing view of the Atlas Mountains and the Tizi N’tichka pass which is about 2260 m ALT.
Continuing our journey along the small Berber villages to get to Ait-Benhaddou Kasbah. Built right on the caravan route between Marrakech and the Sahara, this walled city was once a trading post in the 17th century. Ait Benhaddou has appeared in several films, including Gladiator and Lawrence of Arabia.After lunch and a visit to the Kasbah, we will drive to the town of Boumalne Dades via Ouarzazate, known as the Hollywood of Africa.
Here we will stop and visit Atlas Studios and Kasbah Taourirt. Your way will be through the palm groves of Skoura and the Valley of Roses. In the evening we will arrive in Boumalne Dades where we will spend the first night. Dinner and breakfast.
Driving Distance : Approximately 340 km
Driving time : 6 Hours
Day 2
Dades Gorges – Todra Gorges – Merzouga
After breakfast, we will drive through the valley to see the amazing rock formation “Monkey’s Fingers” and also the well-preserved 19th-century Ait Yul Kasbah. We will then leave the Dades Valley towards Tinghir and the Todra Valley. Here you will have some stops at panoramic views of the old Berber mud villages that dominate the valley. In the gorge, we will walk under a 300m high red rock, where many climbers come to enjoy this sport.
Continue to Erfoud and Rissani where we will have lunch before departure to the village of Merzouga where we will welcome you with a glass of mint tea before checking into our hotel/Riad.
Driving Distance : Approximately 280 km
Driving time : 5 Hours
Day 3
Merzouga and camel trekking
After breakfast, we will start to explore the surroundings, we will visit a village of the Gnawa people, originally slaves from Sudan, to learn about their music and lifestyle (Khamlia village). You will also visit a nomad who lives between Erg-Chbbi dunes and the Algerian border. In the afternoon, you will be ready for a camel ride, led by an experienced camel guide, you will exploring the sand Dunes of Erg-Chebbi before spending the night under the stars.
Driving Distance : Approximately 80 km
Driving time : 3 Hours
Day 4
Merzouga – Ziz Valley -ifrane -Fez
Your camel guide will wake you up early in the morning to see the best sunrise of your life. You will then enjoy a camel ride back to your hotel/riad, crossing the unique Erg Chebbi dunes which change with the light throughout the day.
After a delicious breakfast at the Hotel/Riad, we head to Fez via Erfoud, Aoufous, and Errachidia along the beautiful Ziz Gorges, carved into the volcanic rock, and through the Tizi Ntalghamt pass to Midelt. We stop in Zaida to enjoy a barbecue and refresh with a glass of mint tea before continuing to the cider Forest in the Middle Atlas Mountains. Here we stop to see Barbary Apes, and We will then drive to Ifrane stopping for a photo and a drink before arriving in Fez where the Sahara Safaris service end.
