2 Days Desert Tour From Marrakech to Fez

The Best Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 2 Days Overview:

The Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 2 Days is one of the most popular desert tours from Marrakech that connects the two imperial cities.

The awesome tour lets you discover a big part of the south of Morocco, departing from the ocher city of Marrakech towards the Atlas mountains and crossing beautiful scenery on the curvy roads and perched Berber villages blending with the mountains, to the infamous kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou fortified village and Ouarzazate with its cinematic attractions, Dades gorges.

Enjoy a short walk in the Todra immense gorges before heading towards Merzouga in an arider plain announcing the beginning of the deserts, once in Merzouga, you will ride the camels and go deep in the desert to spend a night in a luxury camp

You will have your private tents equipped with comfortable beds and plenty of sheets for the cold nights, and an ensuite bathroom and shower).

Enjoy a starry night under a clear and peaceful sky, and spend some quality time with the staff with music around the fire after a delicious dinner.

The third day of your Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 2 Days takes you through a different route heading towards Fez and crossing many villages and scenery, a short pause at the beautiful cedar forest with its playful monkeys, and a coffee break at Ifrane town also called “Little Switzerland” for its cleanliness and architecture before reaching the Cultural capital of the country: Fes where you driver will drop you off at your hotel.

Tour Itinerary: Best Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 2 Days

Day 1 : Marrakech – High Atlas mountains – Ouarzazate – Merzouga Desert { 564 km }

Your Marrakech to Fes Desert Tour 2-Day will start with pick up by your driver from Merzouga Tours company at your hotel/riad in Marrakech early in the morning and depart to the High Atlas mountains, going through Tizi N´Tichka port with stops for magnificent panoramic views and take photos of the Berber villages and its beautiful landscape.

Then we will travel south to Ait ben Haddou (fortified village) declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1986, many famous films were recorded in this amazing place such as Game of Thrones, Gladiator, The Jewel of the Nile, The Mummy …

Our trip continues to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” which in the Berber language means “noiseless “. Here we´ll see the Taourirt kasbah one of the most spectacular ksars in Morocco.

The next site to see is Rose Valley going through the big Skoura palm grove a beautiful place to contemplate countless palms and numerous kasbahs that are built in the surrounding area we’ll stop for lunch.

We’ll pass by Dades & Todra valleys, Tinejdad, and Touroug, and then we continue our way to the desert to reach the stunning dunes of Merzouga where we´ll experience the Camel trekking through the golden Erg Chebbi desert with a break to watch the incredible sunset over the dunes, try Sandboarding in the sand if you are interested, enjoy the beautiful landscapes…

until the sun goes down then continue to Berber Camp Merzouga where you will be greeted with a glass of mint tea and relax till dinner time, when there will be some traditional Berber drumming music around the fire, admire a beautiful starry sky and then sleep nomadic tented camp.

Day 2: Erg Chebbi – Ziz Valley – Midelt – Middle atlas – Cedar forest – Fes { 470 km }

On the second day after watching the sunrise over the dune near the camp, you’ll have a delicious breakfast and take a shower at the camp then you will ride the camels again back to the original start location or we can transfer you to 4WD as you wish.

From here we’ll continue direction to Fes via Ziz Valley the second-longest river in Morocco, cross the middle Atlas Mountains where you’ll enjoy incredible views, free time to have lunch at a restaurant then in the afternoon we head towards Fes we’ll stop at Cedar forest in Azrou where we’ll see the wild monkeys, a short walk through the forest to take pictures…

we’ll stop at Ifrane the little Switzerland of Morocco finally we’ll reach Fes in the late afternoon drop you off at your hotel and end our Marrakech to Fes 2 Day Tour.