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3 Day Private Desert Tour Marrakech to Fes

By Itran Travel
Free cancellation available
Price is £375 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 3d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages

Overview

Departing from Marrakech and ending in Fes, this 3 day/2 night tour will take you through panoramic mountain roads to kasbahs, gorges, palm groves and monkey forests.

The highlight of the trip will be spending the night beneath the stars in a traditional nomadic tent in the Sahara dunes.

Highlights

Visit the UNESCO Heritage Site and Game of Thrones set Ait Ben Haddou
Drive the spectacular Tizi N'Tichka pass
Sleep under the stars in the Sahara desert
Visit Erg Chebbi, the biggest dune in Morocco
See Barbary apes in the Azrou cedar forest
Visit Ifrane, the 'Moroccan Switzerland'

Activity location

  • Tizi n Tichka
    • Imlil Village,
    • 45000, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tizi n Tichka
    • Imlil Village,
    • 45000, Ouarzazate, Morocco

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3 Day Private Desert Tour Marrakech to Fes
  • Activity duration is 3 days3d
    3d
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 08:00
Price details
£375.00 x 2 Adults£750.00
Total
Price is £750.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunches - purchased locally

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech - High Atlas - Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah - Ouarzazate - Roses Valley - Dadés Valley

  • 5 stops
  • Meals: snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight at Hotel Panorama Dades

Tizi n Tichka

  • 2h
You will be picked up from your accommodation in Marrakech around 8 o’clock in the morning. We will then depart for the High Atlas mountains, going through the Tizi N´Tichka pass with stops for panoramic views and taking pictures of the small Amazigh villages that dot the landscape.

Ait Ben Haddou

  • 2h
In the afternoon, we will continue through the Ounila valley, where you can see small villages and families that live in adobe houses, before we reach the ksar (fortified village) of Ait Ben Haddou Ait Ben Haddou where we will visit the famous Kasbah (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986). Famous films have been shot in this spectacular set, including Gladiator and Game of Thrones.

Ouarzazate

  • 1h
After lunch, we will continue to Ouarzazate, also known as “The Gate of the Desert.” Here, we will see the Taourirt kasbah, one of the most spectacular ksars in Morocco.

Vallee Des Roses

  • 1h
The next site on our itinerary will be the Rose Valley as we drive through the big Skoura palm grove, a beautiful place with more than 700.000 palms and numerous kasbahs that are built in the surrounding area. In this Valley damascenes roses are raised for cosmetic use, such as rosewater. The Rose Festival is held here annually in May.

Boumalne Dades

  • 1h
Finally, we will reach the Dades valley where we’ll spend the night.

Day 2: Dadés Valley - Todra Gorges - Merzouga Dunes - Camel ride and night in a nomad tent

  • 3 stops
  • Meals: breakfast, snacks
  • Accommodation: Overnight in a luxury bivouac in the middle of the dunes. Your tent has cosy beds and a private en-suite bathroom.

Gargantas del Todra

  • 2h
After breakfast you can enjoy one of the best views of the Dadès valley from a strategic lookout point. A very good asphalt road leads up the valley from the city of Tinerhir to the gorge and then to the desert. After some stops on the way we will reach the Todra Gorges. The scenery is spectacular. The course of the river has carved out a cliff-sided canyon.

Tinejdad

  • 1h
After a short walk in the gorges we will have lunch in Tinejdad or Touroug and then continue our way to the desert to reach the spectacular dunes of Merzouga

Merzouga

  • 3h
Here, we will swap our motorised transport for a 4-legged one to enter inside the heart of the desert. When we reach the camp, you will enjoy sunset and then dinner before spending the night in the dunes, listening to Berber music, or stargazing.

Day 3: Merzouga Desert - Ziz Valley - Cedar forests and monkey troupes of Azrou - Ifrane - Fes

  • 6 stops
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included

Merzouga

  • 1h
This morning you have a ‘date with the sunrise.’ When you are in the middle of the desert, waking up early is a must to watch the spectacular sunrise from the top of a dune close to the camp.

Draa-Tafilalet

After breakfast we start our last day, heading north through the Tafilalet palm grove, the biggest in the world. You will see thousands of palm trees along this 20km of road. The way leads us to the Ziz Valley, whose river comes down from the High Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we will make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent view of the valley and the town of Aoufous.

Midelt

  • 2h
We make another stop in Midelt, in the heart of the Atlas, where you will have free time for lunch and a rest.

Azrou Cedar Forest

  • 1h
In the afternoon we continue our way through the Cedar Woods where, if we are lucky, we will see some monkeys.

Ifrane

  • 1h
The next place we visit is the city of Ifrane, situated in the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 metres above water level. With its broad avenues, wooden ski-style chalets and manicured gardens, this city is called ‘the Switzerland of Morocco.’ It also has its own ski resort.

Fes

  • 2h
At around 6pm we arrive to Fes, where we will bring you to your hotel and end our trip.

Location

Activity location

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    Tizi n Tichka
    • Imlil Village,
    • 45000, Ouarzazate, Morocco

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Tizi n Tichka
    • Imlil Village,
    • 45000, Ouarzazate, Morocco

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