Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 3 Days

Marrakech to Fes 3 day desert tour. We will pick up you at 08: am at your hotel/riad then we travel to the South of High Atlas Mountains via Tizi-n-Tichka (2260m). A spectacular road of red mountains and Berber villages. We will visit Ait Benhaddou (listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO 1987), the most famous authentic Berber village of making movies in Morocco such as Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiators, Prince of Persia… We cross the oasis of Skoura to carry on to Valley of Roses, the only place in Morocco where we harvest Damascus rose of which we extract some products like rose water and rose oil best for skin treatment and anti-wrinkles. Deep in Dades Valley will be the last thing to see for today as it has a beautiful formation of rocks which Looks like a natural sculpture. Spend the night in the Local Hotel by the river. Overnight in Dades Valley.

Today after breakfast we continue our trip to Toudra Valley. It is considered one of the old valleys in Morocco for caravans trading and where the first Moroccan money was made out of silver. A beautiful valley of 15 km of date palms ends up with a spectacular Gorges, mainly used for rock climbing and picnics. There are many oases on the way to Merzouga for instance Eljerf where an old underground system of irrigation is still used in their drylands. Besides, Arfoud where you will see the fossil’s factory. These fossils are witnesses of an era of 5 hundred million years ago. Next place will be Merzouga where you can go for a camel ride and enjoy the sunset in the amazing red dunes of Erg Chebbi. Overnight in Berber camp.

Erg Chebbi to Fes. The last day of the trip will be a bit Longer drive. We leave the desert and cross Ziz Valley driving through oasis Risani and Arfoud. Time for lunch in Midelt and carry on to Fes, crossing the forest of cedar woods and stop to see the maggot monkeys Local Morocco. Tea break in Ifrane, or what we name small Switzerland, the 2nd. ski-resort in Morocco. Dropping you off in your hotel/riad in Fes. End of the tour Marrakech to Fes.