2-Day Desert Tour from Fes to Merzouga

Fes → Ifrane → Azrou → Ziz Valley → Merzouga

Your driver picks you up from your Fes riad around 8:30 am and points south. You'll roll through Ifrane — the tidy, alpine-looking town nicknamed the Switzerland of Morocco — and stop in the Azrou cedar forest, where troops of wild Barbary apes gather among the trees. The route then drops through the Ziz gorges toward the desert, with a lunch break at a roadside Berber cafe. By late afternoon the Erg Chebbi dunes rise ahead: you'll meet your camel and guide for a sunset trek, pause high on a crest to watch the sand change colour, then reach camp for dinner, drumming and a night in the dunes.

Accommodation: Tawada Desert Camp or similar

Sahara sunrise → Ziz Valley → Midelt → Fes

Wake early for sunrise from the top of the dunes, then enjoy a Berber breakfast at camp. Ride the camels back to the trailhead — or swap them for a 4x4 crossing — to rejoin your driver. The road home climbs back over the mountains via Rissani, Erfoud, Errachidia and Midelt, with a lunch stop and another chance to photograph the monkeys near Azrou. You'll be back in Fes in the evening, dropped at your accommodation.