3 DAYS TOUR FROM FES TO MARRAKECH

3 Days Tour From Fes To Marrakech

OVERVIEW

3 Days from Fes to Marrakech, Exploring Azrou, Merzouga Camel Ride, Dades Gorges, Dades valley, Ait Benhaddou kasbah, and the tour will be ended in Marrakech.

Itinerary: 3 Days From Fes To Marrakech desert tour

Day 1: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga

3 Days from Fes to Marrakech. Today we start our tour from Fes and we start traveling south to Merzouga via Midelt and Errachidia. Your first stop will be at Ifrane city, referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco”, and then to Merzouga via Midlet and the Ziz Valley. During this journey, you’ll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas mountains. Stopping at the famous cedar forest – the largest one in Morocco – where you will have the opportunity to see the Barbarian apes. You’ll notice how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the Er Rachidia city. After lunch in Midelt, your journey continues along the spectacular Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way. We will drive through Berber villages to Erfoud, then to Rissani; the foundation of the Alaouite dynasty – the current ruling royal family in Morocco. Arriving in Merzouga at the end of the day, you’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea and ride your camel to see the sunset in the middle of the highest dunes in Morocco and spend the night there. Overnight at our desert camp where you will have your dinner.

Day 2: Merzouga desert – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley

Your camel guide will wake you up early in the morning to watch what well may be the best sunrise in your life. Afterward, you’ll peacefully camel-trek back to your Riad appreciating the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi dunes – changing with the light as the day progresses. After breakfast and hot shower in a traditional guest house, you’ll leave for Tinghir and Todra gorges – the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. Here you’ll have the opportunity to hike along its valley. We’ll drive through the Dades Valley, where you’ll see the majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as “monkey toes”. Overnight accommodation will be in a riad or a guesthouse in the heart of the gorge. (dinner and breakfast).

DAY 3: Dades Valley – Ait ben Haddou Kasbah – Marrakech

After breakfast, we’ll continue the tour from Fes and we drive through the Dades Valley towards Kalaat Mgouna and Ouarzazate. The route through Dades Valley is named the way of thousand Kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip. We’ll stop at Kalaat Mgouna, “the rose city”, to purchase the rosewater, which will make your linen smell good a long time after your trip is over. Continue to Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”. Lunch will be at the famous Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, the largest Kasbah in Morocco. It is recognized by UNESCO as a world patrimony. It is famous as a backdrop for many films, including ‘Lawrence of Arabia’, ‘Gladiator’. Our journey will continue through the majestic Tizi ‘n’ Tichka pass (2260 m) over the High Atlas Mountains where you can stop also to explore the process of making the argan oil at the women s cooperatives before arrivin at your accommodation in Marrakech, where the 3 Days from Fes to Marrakech from Fes ends.