

by Authentic Sahara Tours
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Book on Viator Confirmed right away, but you pay full price.$775.80This 3-day tour starts in Fez and ends in Marrakech, covering approximately 72 hours. The journey includes visits to Azrou, Ifrane, and the cedar forests where Macaque monkeys live. Travelers pass through the Ziz Gorge, Todra Gorge, and Dades Gorge, then continue to Rose Valley, Skoura Palmerie, Ouarzazate, and the World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou. Overnight accommodations include a hotel in the Dades Gorges with private air-conditioned rooms and a deluxe desert camp in the Sahara Desert featuring private tents with ensuite bathrooms and showers. The tour includes camel trekking twice in the Sahara Desert: once in the evening and once in the morning. There is an option to skip the camel ride and travel by SUV to the desert camp instead. A local guide accompanies the group in Ait Benhaddou village and provides information about the area. Drinks and lunch meals are not included in the tour price. The itinerary covers diverse landscapes and several gorges, with time for travel and sightseeing between stops.
Our first stop will be in Ifrane, where the houses have sloping roofs, remarkable and unusual in Morocco, also know as "little Swizerland". A 15min stop to stretch your legs, drink a cup of coffee.
15 min
Cross the majestic Middle Atlas and stop for a while to observe the Barbary apes in the cedar forests.
30 min
We arrive to Midelt, capital of the apples for lunch. At the afternoon we will drive to Erfoud and into the desert. Dinner and overnight in a hotel at the foothills of Erg Chebbi sahara dunes.
60 min
After lunch we will descend through the Ziz Valley, remarkable for the extent of its palm trees and the volume of dates produced each year. Notice the many ksars, fortified houses merchants built to protect their wares. Stopping for a panoramic view of the oasis of Aoufous in the Tafilalte region.
30 min
Arrive to Erfoud, famous for its date festival and fossils. It is fascinating to see how these millions of fossils have been worked into artifacts and so the shops are worth a visit.
30 min
Once you arrive to Merzouga, a small off-road takes you to the edge of the golden dunes where camels are waiting for you, the luggage will be loaded in an 4x4 car and transported to the camp, and you can enjoy a beautiful camel ride over the sand dunes and watch a majestic desert sunset on your way to the camp.
60 min
Back on the asphalt roads, continue west to pass through a dramatic gate into Rissani. A market town, Rissani holds a livestock auction and is home to a "donkey parking lot", a site worth experiencing.
60 min
We leave for e Todgha Gorges. On the way, you pass the water channels – “khettarat” – which you can descend into to appreciate the architecture and genius behind this form of irrigation which prevents evaporation in the summer heat. Continue to the Todra Gorges which is an ideal place for walking and exploring.
60 min
Leave Tinghir behind and take the route to the scenic and to one of the most picturesque valleys in Morocco, Dades Valley. Several stops to admire the views and to take pictures.
60 min
Beautiful old Kasbahs and spectacular red-colored canyons, formed by the Dades River are waiting for you to explore! There are plenty thinks to see inside the Dades Valley: Including the breathtaking Dades Gorge, the spectacular winding road and the monkey fingers. Before you check into your Hotel for the night.
60 min
We will follow the Dades Valley to arrive to Kelaa M'Gouna known for its Festival of Roses, here you can see extensively cultivated farmland bordered with fragrant rose bushes.
15 min
We continue through the Road of a Thousand-Kasbahs passing the Skoura palm grove until we arrive to Ouarzazate named "Hollywood of Morocco".
Possibility to visit Taourirt Kasbah or join a studio tour and discover how the nearby desert landscapes have been featured in many films, have lunch in one of the local restaurants.
60 min
After lunch in Ouarzazate we will continue to Ait Ben Haddou, a 'fortified city', situated along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. It is situated on a hill along the ounila valley River and boasts some beautiful examples of kasbahs, some of which remain inhabited.
60 min
At the end of the afternoon, we will head north to Marrakech over the Tizi n Tichka Pass 2260m , with several stops on the way to admire the panoramic views of the High Atlas. Drop off at your accommodation in Marrakech
At your hotel or at the nearest parking lot to it.
End point
We can drop off the clients at the nearest parking lot to their hotel or riad and call their host