4 days tour from fes to Marrakech
Tour F5: Fes - Ziz Valley - Erfoud - Merzouga - Todgha Gorges - Dades Valley - Kalaat Magouna - Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech
Day 1: fes - Ifran - Midelt - Ziz gorges - Erfoud - Merzouga
After breakfast, we will pick you up at 08:00 am from your riad/hotel. Then drive south to Ifran and Azrou forest through the middle Atlas Mountains. On the way, we will stop at the cedar forest to see the Barbarian apes in their natural habitat. Then we go to Midelt, the city of apples. We have lunch and we go through the Tizi-Ntalghemt and along the magnificent Ziz Gorges carved through the volcanic rocks and through the Ziz valley to Erfoud and Merzouga. After we arrive in the desert and drink a glass of mint tea, we will leave the luggage in a safe room then we take a camel ride to a Berber camp. The camel trek takes about 1h 30m from to the equipped camp. The tents are well equipped with mattresses, blankets, and cushions. After dinner we will gather around the fire and enjoy the sound of traditional berber drums under a billion stars in the sky.
Day 2: Second day in the desert
After having enough sleep and a lovely breakfast, we will have a camel or. Jeep ride to the Hotel where you’re staying the second night. You put your suitcases. Then our day will be full of activities. At 10h00 am you are having a big desert tour with a 4×4 ride which will allow you to see the nomad families and getting to know about their lifestyle and see their little kids. After that, you are going to M’ifis mines that are located on a high plateau that has an amazing view of the dunes and the desert scenery. And the mines are open cast and still operating and the Berber workers experience the daily adventure of working in pits that are more than 35m deep. Afterward, we’ll have the opportunity to listen to the Gnawa music of the dark skin people who were brought to Morocco as immigration over hundred years ago and they were working as slaves. After that, we are having lunch with them and take a rest. After 4 pm you have an amazing experience of 1-hour quad ride on the dunes and until here our adventure gonna end. And come back to the hotel in the evening to spend the second night.
Day 3: Merzouga - Todgha gorges - Dades valley
We will wake you up early to enjoy a magnificent sunrise then take a camel ride back to the hotel. After breakfast and shower, we'll leave the desert to Tinghir and "Todgha gorges", the water canyon and the first destination in Morocco for mountaineering enthusiasts. And after lunch we will drive directly to Dades valley where we will have dinner and spend the night.
Day 4: Dades valley - Kalaat Magouna - Ouarzazat - Ait Ben Haddou kasbah - high Atlas mountains - Marrakech :
After breakfast, we will drive through Dades Valley towards Kalaat Magouna, the roses city where we can see the roses valley from where they pick up the roses. Then we go visit the roses co-operatives to see how they produce various roses products lile shampooing, perfume, massage … and then we continue to Ouarzazate, the Hollywood of Africa. Lunch is at the famous Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, the UNESCO world heritage site since 1987. La Kasbah is surrounded by a protective high thick wall against external attacks with many towers in. After visiting this kasbah our journey will continue through the majestic Tizi-Ntishka pass, reaching an altitude of 2260m over the high Atlas mountains. We will stop to enjoy the impressive views and visit the argan oil co-operative. We will arrive in Marrakech late afternoon.
-Tour includes comfortable transportation, driver/guide who speaks your language, fuel. Hotel/ Riad/desert camp over-night stay.
-Not included: plane tickets, lunch, meals, drinks, and tickets for historical monuments