3 Days Desert Trip from Fes to Merzouga
At Berber Camp Merzouga we customized this 3 days sahara tour from Fes to Merzouga and back to have more time in desert where you can visit some nomads in their traditional tents, Gnawa spiritual music in Khamlia and a tasty berber pizza for lunch.
- Duration : 3 Days / 2 Nights
- Starting Location : Fes
- Ending Location : Fes
- Departure : Everyday
- Private Transport AC Minibus with English speaking guide/driver.
- Pick up & Drop off at your accommodation.
- 1 night at the hotel / riad.
- 1 night at the desert camp (Private tents).
- Camel Trekking in the Sahara Merzouga.
- Dinner & Breakfast.
- Lunch.
- Drinks.
- Entrance fees, other personal expenses and gratuities.
Itinerary
Day 1 : Fes - Middle Atlas - Merzouga Desert - Camel trek and overnight in the Berber tent
We will pick you up at your hotel/riad and will leave Fes travelling towards Ifran, a beautiful mountains village, referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco” and then on to Midelt. During this journey you'll experience glimpses of the Middle Atlas and Higher Atlas mountains. Stopping at Azrou, a Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest - the largest in Morocco - where you may well sight Barbary apes. After sometime within the forest, your journey continues to Midelt along the magnificent hills and mountains of the Atlas, after Midelt town you will be travelling through the fascinating Tizi N'Talghamt pass and the Ziz Gorge, taking in views of the High Atlas plateau, you'll notice how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia, here you will have lunch and enjoy the Berber hospitality. Afterwards, you will travel along the luxuriant Ziz Valley, stopping for panoramic views along the way to Erfoud and Rissani. Arrive at Merzouga on the afternoon. You'll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea before you camel ride, guided by an experienced camel man to explore within the golden sand sea of Merzouga. Dinner in front of the tent where you will spend the night.
Day 2 : Merzouga Desert - Nomads Families - Tissardmin Oasis - Khamlia - Erg Chebbi
This is a complete Desert day. “Date with the sunrise” If you are In the middle of the desert, it's absolutely worth getting up early to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you've ever seen at the top of a dune close to the camp and enjoy this landscape that is a gift of nature. After sunrise we return to Merzouga on the camels where a hearty breakfast is waiting for us. Then we`ll skirt the Erg Chebbi, great extension of sandy desert where we can find the Big Dune of Morocco. which has more than 250mts high. We continue then by the road that was formerly used for the “Paris - Dakar” and ends in the mountains that limit with Agelia. Stop at Tissardmin oasis where we can find fossil quarries still present in the area, we continue then by a road where we can see nomad settlements and learn their secrets and manners. The next stop will be at a viewpoint to contemplate the hole Erg Chebbi. We'll reach then Kamilia Village, originally from Mali, where we'll take a relaxing cup of tea meanwhile we listen to a concert of the spiritual music of Gnawa. Transfer to your accommodation and free afternoon to enjoy the town or the dunes next to the hotel to see the sunset. Dinner and night in the hotel.
Day 3 : Merzouga Desert - Ziz Valley - Cedar forests and monkey troupes of Azrou - Fes
Once ready, we start our last day to the north through the Tafilalet palm grove, the biggest in the world. You'll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road. This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which river comes down from the high Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent view of the valley and the town of Aoufous. We make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you'll have free time for lunch and rest for a while. In the afternoon we continue our way through the Cedar Woods where, if we are lucky, we'll see some monkeys. The next place we'll visit is the city of Ifrane, situated in the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 meters above the water level. Its broad avenues, its urban development with perfect cleanness, the gardens, the green areas and its architecture make this city look like a swiss town. Ifrane feels misplaced in Morocco. Thats why it's named the moroccan Switzerland, and if that's not enough it has an important ski resort, Michlifen, About 6 pm we arrive at Fez, transfer to the hotel, and end of our services.
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