5 Days Tour From Rabat to Marrakech & Sahara Desert
The Best 5 Days Tour From Rabat to Marrakech Overview:
5-Day Morocco Desert Tour from Rabat, although this tour looks short, it summarizes two weeks in Morocco. you will have 4-nights of overnight stays included under the stars in a Berber tent and another at a hotel or riad.
Activities and attractions include a camel ride in the Merzouga Desert, Roses Valley, and the road of 1000 Kasbahs. end of your Wonderful 5-Day Morocco Desert Tour from Rabat, in Rabat town.
* Duration: 5 days / 4 nights
* Departure time: 8/9 am
* Starting point: Your hotel / Riad in Rabat
* Ending point: Your hotel / Riad in Marrakech
Explore the Medina of Fes with a local guide
Stay overnight in a Berber Luxury desert camp
Explore Ziz Valley
Camel trek across the Merzouga Desert
Discover the city of Ouarzazate, considered the gateway to the Sahara Desert
Enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Dades and Todra Gorges
Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kasbah Ait Ben Haddou
Drive through the High Atlas Mountains (2,260 m altitude)
Tour Itinerary: Wonderful 5 Days Tour from Rabat to Merzouga and end in Marrakech
DAY 1: RABAT – MEKNES – VOLUBILIS – FES
Merzouga Tours organizes a tour from Rabat with experienced drivers and local Sahara guides. 5-Day Rabat Tour to Merzouga and Marrakech starts after hotel pick-up. Then we drive to Meknes.
We visit the gate of Bab Mansour. Then we visited the Unesco site of Volubilis, which has Romain ruins. Then we drive to Fes and you visit Medina with a local guide—accommodation at a local hotel.
DAY 2: FES – IFRAN – AZROU – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA
After breakfast we explore Ifran referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco”, and then you visit Azrou and the cedar forest. After lunch, in Midelt we travel via Errachidia and Ziz Valley. We explore the city of Erfoud which is well-known for its fossil factories. Then we reach Merzouga. Overnight in a desert hotel with dinner.
DAY 3: DESERT EXCURSION IN MERZOUGA
We discover the region of Merzouga and also visit the village of Khamlia where you enjoy live Gnawa music. Then you will explore the desert lake with its different kinds of birds.
We visit the town of Rissani (the origin of the Alaouite dynasty and the ancient capital of Sultans Alaouite) with its fortified villages and souks. Then we drive back to the hotel and we prepare for the camel trek, we watch the desert sunset. Overnight in a desert tent in Erg Chebbi dunes.
DAY 4: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – TODRA VALLEY – DADES GORGES
Our 5-Day Rabat Tour to Merzouga and Marrakech continues and our camel guide will wake you up early in the morning to watch the sunrise in the Sahara. Then we camel-trek back to your hotel and after breakfast, we’ll leave for Rissani, then Tinghir and Todra Gorges as the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco.
Then we arrive at Dades Valley for dinner and accommodation in the kasbah.
DAY 5: DADES GORGES – SKOURA – AIT BENHADDOU – MARRAKECH
After breakfast we travel to Skoura, then we visit Ouarzazate and its Atlas studios. We visit also the Kasbahs Taouirt and we continue to Ait Ben Haddou. Here many films were shot such as Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth, and The Gladiator. Then we continue to Marrakech, via the Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2260m).
* Pick up and drop off you at your hotel
* Tour in air condition vehicle A/C
* Experienced English-speaking driver
* 2-night stay at a private room at hotel/riad ( dinner & breakfast included )
* 2-night stay at the private tent at desert camp ( dinner & breakfast included )
* Camel trek
* Bottled water for the desert trek
* Moroccan mint tea at the camp
* Sandboarding in the dunes ( if you are interested )
* Fuel
* Visit some interesting places along the way
* Lunches
* Drinks
* Entrances to monuments (optional)
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