Amazing Desert Tour from Marrakech to Fes 5-day

Marrakech → High Atlas → Ait Ben Haddou → Ouarzazate

Your 5-day Marrakech to Fes desert tour begins with a pickup from your Marrakech hotel. Crossing the High Atlas via the Tizi n’Tichka pass (2,260 m), you’ll stop to see the Kasbah of the Glaoui pasha and have lunch in a local restaurant.In the afternoon you’ll reach Ait Ben Haddou along the Ounila valley and its Berber villages. After exploring the famous fortified kasbah, you’ll continue to Ouarzazate for dinner and a comfortable night in a hotel.

Accommodation: Riad Chamaa or similar

Ouarzazate → Skoura → Valley of Roses → Dades → Todra Gorge

After breakfast you’ll drive to Skoura to see the beautiful Kasbah of Amredil on the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs, then continue through the magnificent Valley of Roses, with an off-road stretch where you might meet a cave-dwelling nomad family.You’ll stop for lunch in Boumalne du Dades after admiring the Dades gorges and their striking rock formations, then continue through Tinghir to the Todra Gorge and its towering canyon walls. Dinner and overnight in a kasbah hotel.

Accommodation: Riad Paradise Dades or similar

Todra Gorge → Erfoud → Erg Chebbi (Merzouga)

You’ll take a short walk through the palm plantations and enjoy the wide views of the Todra river before lunch in Tinjdad, then travel through Berber villages such as Touroug and El-Jorf to Erfoud, where you’ll visit a workshop that turns local fossils into crafts.From there you’ll reach Erg Chebbi, the great Merzouga dunes, and set out on a 90-minute camel trek to your camp for dinner and a night in a traditional nomad tent.

Accommodation: Tawada Desert Camp or similar

Erg Chebbi → nomad family → fossil site → dunes tour

Wake early to watch the sunrise from the top of a dune, then ride your camel back to the hotel for a relaxing shower. A 4x4 desert tour takes you to the black volcanic rocks where fossils are found, the Gnawa spiritual music of Khamlia village, and the seasonal Lake Dayet Srji, which draws pink flamingos in spring.After lunch in Merzouga or Hassi Labied, you’ll explore the canal irrigation system and stroll around the oasis. Dinner and an overnight stay in a desert auberge.

Accommodation: Riad Chebbi or similar

Merzouga → Erfoud → Midelt → Azrou → Ifrane → Fes

After breakfast you’ll visit the Rissani market, then drive to Errachidia via Erfoud and Aoufous, stopping for the spectacular view over the Tafilalet oasis before continuing to Midelt over the Tizi n’Talghemt.After lunch you’ll travel through the Middle Atlas to the medieval city of Fes, passing a cedar forest near Azrou and, time permitting, Ifrane — the “Switzerland of Morocco.” Arrival in Fes, where your 5-day desert tour from Marrakech comes to an end.