- Start
- Your Marrakech hotel or riad, early-morning pick-up
- End
- Your Fes hotel, early evening
- Nights
- 1 Dades Valley · 1 night at our Erg Chebbi desert camp · 1 Merzouga desert hotel
- On the road
- Ait Ben Haddou, Todra Gorges, Erg Chebbi, Ziz Valley, Ifrane cedars
Day by day
Day 1
Marrakech to Dades Valley
- Early-morning pick-up at your Marrakech hotel or riad
- Cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass
- Ait Ben Haddou, the UNESCO World Heritage kasbah (optional local guide, about 2 EUR)
- Ouarzazate and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs
- Dinner and overnight in the Dades Valley
Day 2
Dades Valley to Merzouga
- Breakfast, then a walk through the Todra Gorges
- Drive through Erfoud and Rissani toward the Sahara
- Sunset camel ride across the Erg Chebbi dunes
- Moroccan dinner, music and campfire; overnight at our Erg Chebbi desert camp
Day 3
Sunrise and a free day in Merzouga
- Sunrise over the Erg Chebbi dunes, camel ride back, breakfast at the camp
- Free day in Merzouga at your own pace
- Optional, at your own cost: quad biking, dune buggies, visiting nomad villages
- Dinner and overnight at a desert hotel in Merzouga
Day 4
Merzouga to Fes
- Breakfast at the hotel
- Ziz Valley palm groves and Berber villages
- Lunch stop in Midelt, then over the Middle Atlas
- Ifrane cedar forests, where you may see Barbary macaques
- Drop-off at your Fes hotel in the early evening
What the price covers
Included
- Hotel pick-up in Marrakech and drop-off at your hotel in Fes
- Air-conditioned minibus (Standard: shared small group) or private vehicle (Luxury)
- English, Spanish or French-speaking driver-guide
- 3 nights, each with dinner and breakfast
- 1 night Dades Valley (private room)
- 1 night at our Erg Chebbi desert camp (Standard camp tent, or Luxury en-suite tent)
- 1 night Merzouga desert hotel
- Sunset and sunrise camel rides in Erg Chebbi
Not included
- Lunches
- Water and drinks
- Personal expenses and tips
- Optional local guide at Ait Ben Haddou (about 2 EUR)
- Optional Merzouga activities (quad, buggy, nomad villages)
Standard and Luxury
Same route and the same three nights with dinner and breakfast. The tier changes the vehicle, the camp, and the hotels.
Transport
Standard ask for price
Shared air-conditioned minibus (small group)
Luxury ask for price
Private vehicle and driver-guide for your group
Dades night
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Comfortable guesthouse or kasbah hotel, private room
Luxury ask for price
Boutique kasbah hotel
Desert camp
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Standard Berber camp tent
Luxury ask for price
Luxury camp, en-suite tent (private bathroom)
Merzouga hotel
Standard ask for price
Comfortable desert hotel
Luxury ask for price
Boutique desert hotel with pool
Meals
Standard ask for price
Dinner and breakfast, 3 nights
Luxury ask for price
Dinner and breakfast, 3 nights
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A longer trip that starts with nights at Riad Bab Atlas is the 10-day Grand Morocco tour. The full lineup is on Our packages.
Photo credits
- Todra Gorges walk: Jon Lean, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Fes, Bab Boujloud: JasmineartGallery, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
