6-Day Desert Tour from Fes to Marrakech

Guided sightseeing in Fes

Your tour begins in Fes with a private vehicle and a local bilingual guide. You'll explore the world's largest living medieval medina, a UNESCO site — the Andalusian Mosque, the famous tanneries, the El-Attarine Madrasa and the Al-Qarawiyyin quarter. You'll also see the Nejjarine Museum, the Royal Palace gates and the blue Bab Boujloud gate before returning to your riad for dinner and the night.

Accommodation: Riad Fes Salam or similar

Fes → Ifrane → Azrou → Boulaajoul

After breakfast you leave Fes for the mountains, passing through Ifrane, a 1930s French-built resort town, then the Azrou cedar forest to watch its wild monkeys. Most of the day winds through forests, springs and Berber villages before you arrive at Boulaajoul to check into a hotel or riad for dinner and the night.

Accommodation: Tawada Desert Camp or similar

Boulaajoul → Midelt → Ziz Valley → Erfoud → Sahara

Today you continue toward the Erg Chebbi dunes, leaving the mountains for the desert. There are plenty of stops for photos, fresh air, panoramic viewpoints and the vast palm oasis of the Ziz Valley. Reaching Merzouga, you'll check into your hotel or riad on the edge of the dunes for dinner and the night.

Accommodation: Riad Chebbi or similar

Sahara day → sunset camel trek

Today is all about the desert. You'll visit Khamlia village for its Gnawa music, then discover old mines, Berber nomads and hidden palm oases. Back in Merzouga for lunch and a rest, you set out in the evening on a camel trek into the dunes. The night is spent in a well-equipped desert camp with drums and music — a perfect chance to photograph both sunset and sunrise across the Saharan horizon. Overnight in Berber tents.

Merzouga → Rissani → Todra Gorge → Dades

Rise early for sunrise over the dunes, then ride your camel back for a shower, breakfast and a relaxed start. You'll take the road toward the gorges, stopping in Rissani to see the historic site of Sijilmassa and its fortified kasbahs. Continuing through the Ziz valley, you'll take a short walk in the Todra Gorge among its towering cliffs before reaching the Dades Valley for dinner and an overnight in a riad or traditional hotel.

Accommodation: Riad Paradise Dades or similar

Dades → Ouarzazate → Ait Ben Haddou → High Atlas → Marrakech

After breakfast you head toward Ouarzazate through the Valley of Roses, reaching Taourirt Kasbah and the Atlas film studios. From here you visit the Fint Oasis, then take the Tizi n'Tichka road — with a lunch stop — to reach Marrakech in the late afternoon, where your six-day tour comes to an end.