3 Days Tour From Fes To Merzouga Desert

Day 1: Fez – Ifrane – Cedar Forest – Erfoud Fossils – Merzouga

Your drive will pick you up from your Hotel in Fez at 8AM and start your journey to Sahara desert of Merzouga, crossing the Middle Atlas mountain range that extends over 350 kilometers. On the way we will pass through the city of Ifrane, known as the small “Moroccan Switzerland” for its houses architectur, and Azrou, Berber largest cedar forest, where we will meet the wild Barbary apes. Continue via the beautiful landscapes and the berber villages to reach the city of Midelte, where we will stop to have lunch, and then, continue to Merzouga, crossing the valley and the Gorges of Ziz before reaching Erfoud where we will take a desert track until we reach Merzouga. We will spend the night in a hotel next to the big dunes of Erg chebbi.

Day 2: Enjoying The Merzouga Desert

In the morning we will make the grand tour of Erg Chebbi dunes after breakfast passing through the oasis and the village of MERZOUGA then to the village of Khamlia (village of Gnawa musicians) and the desert plateaus to meet Berber nomads; if you are interested in visiting the nomads, you can have tea at home. After returning to the hotel, you will start a new adventure camel tour to watch the sunset in the dunes, you will spend the night under the nomadic tents in the dunes to enjoy the silence of the desert with a sky full of stars. Dinner and overnight in the bivouac.

Day 3: Rissani – Errachidia – Ziz valley – Middle Atlas – Fez

It’s the last day in the desert, the day starts with an unforgettable image witness of the sunrise over the golden dunes and the changing of the colors. After sunrise we will take the camels back to the hotel, where we will have breakfast and take a shower.

On the way back to Fez we will pass through Tafilalt, Rissani (origin of the Alauíte dynasty and ancient capital of the Alaouis sultans), after the visit of the great old souks we will continue to Fes through Azrou and Ifrane. In the national park of Azrou we will stop again in the forest of the monkeys to observe them and even feed them. We will arrive in Fez at the late afternoon.