3 Days 2 Nights tour from Marrakech to Fes will carry you to discover the uniqueness of southern Morocco. We will explore the magnificent High Atlas Mountains with fantastic views and tribal Berber villages.
Your 3-day desert trip from Marrakech to Fes will take you to the iconic Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Several movies, including Gladiator, Alexander, Kingdom of Heaven, and many others, have been shot in this spectacular Kasbah.
We will keep going to Ouarzazate to see the Oscar Atlas Film Studio. It’s Morocco’s biggest. And then head to the Taourirt Kasbah. After that, our 3 Days tour from Marrakech to Fes proceeds via Skoura’s palm grove, and Roses Valley is known for its annual rose festival and beauty products.
This Marrakech to Fes 3-day tour takes us to the green Dades Valley and the captivating Todra Gorges, a known rock climbing destination. Lastly, we’ll arrive at Merzouga Desert. We’ll take a camel ride to enjoy the sunset. Spend a special night in a Berber camp.
The next day, we’ll travel to Fes. Stop along the way to appreciate the splendid views and take photos of Ziz Valley. Enjoy the gorgeous vistas of the Middle Atlas Mountains. Drive to Azrou Cedar Forest and Ifrane. Arrive at your Fes Accommodation. The 3 Days 2 Nights Desert tour from Marrakech to Fes ends.
On the first day of our 3 Days Tour from Marrakech to Fes, we’ll pick you up from your Marrakech accommodation around 8:00 A.m. Depart to the High Atlas. Cross the highest pass in Morocco, Tizi N-Tichka, and take stops for spectacular views. Take pictures of the small Berber villages that blend into the scenery.
We'll head south to the fortified of Ait Ben Haddou. Explore the prominent Kasbah (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987). Gladiator, Obelix, Kingdom of Heaven, and several other movies have been shot in this dazzling area.
Free time to have lunch. After that, we will move to Ouarzazate, called "the gate of the desert." It means "noiseless or without confusion" in the Berber language. We'll discover the Taourirt Kasbah, one of Morocco's majestic ksars.
The next destination to visit is the Roses Valley. We will cross through the large Skoura palm grove. This latter is a lovely place to contemplate more than 700,000 palms and many kasbahs constructed in the surrounding area. Damascene roses are grown in this valley for cosmetic purposes such as the valued rosewater.
The Roses Festival occurs here every May, a significant event in the Moroccan culture. We finally arrive in the Dades Valley, where we will spend the first night of our Marrakech to Fes 3-day tour.
After breakfast, we'll enjoy one of the most spectacular landscapes of the Dades Valley from a strategic lookout in the mountains, where we'll appreciate several kasbahs and the beautiful aspects of each one. From Tinghir, a great asphalt way leads up the valley to the Gorges. Then we continue to the Sahara Desert.
We'll arrive at the Todra Gorges after a few stops. Enjoy the breathtaking scenery. Locals live in the area and are visible in their adobe villages. These Gorges are famous among rock climbers due to their rock sides with many uneven surfaces. Relish a short walk through the Todra Gorges.
You will have time to eat lunch in Tinejdad or Touroug. Arrive at Erfoud, which was once known as the city of fossils. Many fossils and minerals are situated and worked into beautiful furniture items and decorations. We then head straight to Merzouga Desert, the highlight of our 3-day desert tour from Marrakech to Fes.
When you arrive in Merzouga, our camel guide will accompany you, and he will take you on an epic trip. Cross the Erg Chebbi dunes, the world's highest dunes. Stop near the camp on the dunes to watch a stunning sunset. If sandboarding is an activity that interests you, you could try it.
After watching a beautiful sunset, the camel guide will take you to the camp on the camels. It will only take a little time to reach the campsite. When you get to camp, our workers will welcome you with a cup of tea before proceeding to your Berber tents.
You will learn more about the desert and its lifestyle. Unwind with a traditional camp dinner. After that, we'll have a small Berber celebration with drums and dancing around the fire. Afterward, you can rise some dunes next to the campsite to gaze at the starry sky.
On the last day of our 3 Days Desert tour from Marrakech to Fes, we’ll get up early to experience a spellbinding sunrise. Play sandboarding and have breakfast. Get back to the hotel. We will start to drive to Ziz Valley to explore the magnificent sights offered, where there is the second-longest oasis of palm trees in Morocco.
We will see several villages that have established bazaars selling traditional clothes, garnish stones, and handicrafts. Drive via Tizi N'Tlghamt to Midelt, named the Apple City. Reach a small village, Zaida, and have lunch.
Our Marrakech to Fes 3-day tour continues to the Cedar Forest, which offers breathtaking vistas of cherry trees, Barbary apes, and Berber horses for riding or photographing. After a while, we'll proceed to the panoramic city of Azrou. This city is surrounded by woodland and stones and therefore got its name. Its name, by the way, derives from the Berber language and means "rock" or "stone."
Before reaching Fes, we will go through Cedar Forest to Ifrane. This latter is known as the small Switzerland, where we will see a stone statue of a lion and other stunning views. Finally, we will drop you off at your Fes accommodation. We end our 3 Days 2 Nights tour from Marrakech to Fes.
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