Duration
2 days
Max People
40
Min Age
3+
Pickup
4X4
Overview
This 2-day tour from Fez to the Merzouga Desert is a perfect short escape to experience the Moroccan Sahara in limited time. Traveling through the Middle Atlas Mountains, cedar forests, Berber villages, and lush palm valleys, this route offers a beautiful contrast between green landscapes and golden desert dunes.
You will enjoy scenic mountain roads, see Barbary monkeys in the Azrou forests, cross the impressive Ziz Valley, ride camels into the desert, and spend an unforgettable night in a traditional Berber nomadic camp. This tour is ideal for travelers who want a quick yet authentic Sahara experience starting and ending in Fez.
Tour Highlights
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2-day desert tour from Fez to Merzouga
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Scenic drive through the Middle Atlas Mountains
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Stop in Ifrane, known as the “Moroccan Switzerland”
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Walk through the cedar forests of Azrou and see Barbary monkeys
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Journey across Midelt and the Atlas mountain landscapes
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Drive through the spectacular Ziz Valley and palm groves
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Arrival at the Merzouga Desert and Erg Chebbi dunes
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Camel trek into the Sahara at sunset
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Overnight in a traditional Berber desert camp (haimas)
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Enjoy dinner and a peaceful night under the stars
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Watch the sunrise over the dunes
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Visit Rissani and the Tafilalet oasis region
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Comfortable return to Fez, Morocco’s cultural and intellectual capital
Included/Excluded
- Air-conditioned 4x4 vehicle or minibus
- Professional driver
- Guide
- Fuel
- Camel ride (one camel per person)
- 1 night in a desert tent (haima) with dinner and breakfast
- Flights
- Lunches
- Tips and personal expenses not mentioned in the program
Tour Plan
(Camel Ride and One Night in the Desert)**
After breakfast, departure from Fez towards Merzouga. We begin our 2-day route from Fez to the Merzouga Desert, passing through Ifrane and the Azrou cedar forests, home to the famous Barbary monkeys. This will be a great opportunity to take photos of Moroccan nature.
Lunch will be in the Berber village of Zaida.
We continue crossing the Atlas Mountains, enjoying the landscapes of Midelt, until reaching the small town of Rich and then Erfoud, where we begin to feel the Saharan atmosphere with the Tafilalet oasis.
We continue to Merzouga. After some time to relax, we leave the vehicle and enter the desert by camel.
Overnight in Berber nomadic tents (haimas), belonging to the original desert inhabitants.
Early wake-up to enjoy the spectacular sunrise over the dunes.
Return by camel to the lodge. After breakfast, departure toward the vast Tafilalet palm grove, passing through the city of Rissani, cradle of the Alaouite dynasty and former capital of the Alaouite sultans.
We then head back to Fez, passing through the beautiful Ziz Valley, Errachidia, Midelt, and the cedar forest, where we stop to visit the famous Gouraud Cedar.
Continue through the Middle Atlas Mountains until arriving in Fez in the afternoon, the intellectual and historical capital of Morocco, divided into three parts: Fez El-Bali (the old city), the new city built during the French Protectorate, and the Jewish Quarter.
Fez has a beautiful medina with impressive gates, walls, and palaces.
Arrival and transfer to your hotel.
End of the 2-day route from Fez to the Merzouga Desert.
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