5 days tours from Fes to Merzouga Sahara desert
Tour F6: Fes - Azrou - - Toudgha Gorges - Erfoud - Merzouga - Erg Chebbi - Azrou - Fes
Day 1: Fes-Ifrane-Azrou-Midelt-Rich-Toudgha Gorges
At 8:00 am, I will pick you up after having breakfast. We leave Fes passing through Ifrane City (you’ll be discovering one of the typical cities for both its cold weather throughout the year and distinctive architecture), and then we stop at a cedar forest of Azrou (apes habitat ) as well as enjoying the wilderness landscape along the way. Lunch will take place in Midelt city which is known for apples. Afterward, we continue our way through the middle atlas mountains to Rich town. As soon as leaving Rich town there is a sequent of Berber villages scattered around before we get to Todgha Gorges by the evening (First night in the hotel).
Day 2 : todgha Gorges- Tinghir –Tinjdad- Erfoud -Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, we will have free time to walk to enjoy the incredible view of gorges and the river that runs abundantly, and then we will pass through many Berber villages till we get to Tinjdad where we’re gonna have lunch. The subsequent stop is much interesting for it will be at the Berber shop where you can get your turbans, along with souvenirs. Afterward, we head to Merzouga Sahara desert, and then we will go our way directly to the hotel in Merzouga.
Day 3: Tour around Erg Chebbi Desert by 4x4- Merzouga (camel ride and night in desert camp)
Today we will have a small tour around Erg-Chebbi dunes, we will start our off-road desert adventure by visiting a village of the dark skin people ( Khamlia village), they are of various African origins. They got a band composed of 5 or more people playing Gnawa music by different instruments. In that village, we’re going to have lunch (Berber Pizza). Then our destination will be in the village of the mines, along with the local nomadic Berber families who still live in the desert, and then we drive to the black desert (volcanic stones). We will go back to Merzouga to take an hour quad bike
drive on the dunes, and then you’ll be carried by camels to an equipped camp in the middle of golden dunes that is flattering to both sunset and sunrise views. Then you will go on foot to the top of a high dune for sandboarding and see the sunset. Dinner is served inside a Berber tent. During the night, there is a band drumming around a lit fire.
Day 4: Camel trekking back to Merzouga- Midelt city
After enjoying the sunrise, having a lovely breakfast, and a shower, you will be carried by camels back to Merzouga village where your driver will be waiting for you to depart from Merzouga village. we will visit one of the ancient markets in Rissani town. Then Erfoud town (the original place of fossils industry) there is a museum of fossils. We can make a stop there if you are interested to see how fossils are being made initially by carving special stones; otherwise, we keep moving through Ziz Valley till we get to Errachidia city. As soon as leaving this city there is El Hassan Dakhil dam, we continue our trip across Middle Atlas Mountains till we get to Midelt city. We spend a night in a hotel.
Day 5 : Midelt- Azrou-Cedar Forest- Ifrane –Fes
After breakfast, we will leave Midelt at 10: 00 and drive through the cedar forest of Azrou, and we stop to hand feed the monkeys in a striking environment. And then we drive through various landscapes to Ifrane for having lunch. Finally, we continue to Fes city.
-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