Discover the Moroccan Sahara on this 3-day excursion from Marrakech to Merzouga. Spend the night in a Bedouin camp in the heart of the Erg Chebbi dunes. Watch the sunset and the sunrise. Contemplate the Ouarzazate kasbahs and much more.
| DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION | Your Hotel in Marrakech | ||||
| DEPARTURE TIME | 7:30 AM | ||||
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Departure from Marrakech, at 7h30 a.m., crossing the Col Tichka 2260m, visit the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou with local guide with cost of 3 euro per person, lunch with the view to Ait ben Haddou, after lunch drive to ouarzazate, stop for picture the Kasbah of the city, You will go through Skoura oasis, Kalaat M'gouna, the valley of roses reach the Dades. Night in dades gorges in a beautiful riad with half board
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After breakfast at your hotel, leave the Dades Gorges for Erg Chebbi at the gateway to the Sahara Desert. See the Berber villages scattered along the way, and pass through Tinghir for a little walk than to Todra Gorges to visit around, Tinjdad, Jorf and Erfoud to get a feel for the Saharan landscape. See the oasis of Tafilalet before your arrival in Merzouga. Pause to relax in Merzouga for a few moments before riding on the back of a camel and crossing the sand dunes on the way to a nomadic Berber camp. See the sand dunes and the desert landscape from a timeless perspective as you listen to the drums of the desert camp in the middle of the Sahara. Take photos of the spectacular sunset from the top of a high dune. Then go to camp to spend the night in a nomad tent with half board.
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Around 5h30 a.m, you will wake up to enjoy the sunrise over the dunes, possibly the best moment of Merzouga desert, followed by a typical breakfast in the bivouac of Merzouga, then you will ride back the camels, to meet you driver and travel from Merzouga dunes to Fes via the beautiful Ziz valley, Errachida and Midelt. Lunch on the way and short break to watch the monkeys in cedar forests of the middle Atlas close to Azrou city at “Gourrou forests”. You will continue to Fes, where your tour from Marrakech to Fes ends. For information Fes is considered to be the 4th largest city of Moroccan kingdom, it is devide into 3 sections (1:Ville Nouvelle built by French protectorate, 2: Fes El Bali or the interior of walls and ramparts and 3: Fes Jdid). In order to access to the medina of Fes, the main gate is Bab Boujeloud.