3 Days Fes to Merzouga Desert Tour (round trip)

3 Days Fes to Merzouga Desert Tour (round trip)

3 days · 2 nightsFes · Tinghir · Merzouga · FesPrivate tour

Leave Fes and come back to Fes: the Middle Atlas, the Todra Gorge and a night in a camp in the Erg Chebbi dunes.

This is a private tour of 3 days · 2 nights: the vehicle, the driver and the timing are only yours, so you can stop for photos, change hotels or add a night wherever you like. Below you will find the day-by-day itinerary.

Highlights

  • Ziz gorges and palm groves
  • 300-metre walls of the Todra Gorge
  • Ziz Valley viewpoints

Itinerary day by day

Fes – Middle Atlas – Errachidia – Tinghir
Day 1 · night in Tinghir

Fes – Middle Atlas – Errachidia – Tinghir

A long and beautiful road over the Middle Atlas and the Tizi n'Talghamt pass, then along the Ziz gorges to Errachidia. Continue west to Tinghir, an oasis town at the mouth of the Todra Gorge, for the night.

Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga
Day 2 · night in a desert camp

Todra Gorge – Erfoud – Merzouga

Morning walk between the 300-metre walls of the Todra Gorge, then east past the ancient irrigation wells of the desert to Erfoud and its fossil workshops. In the late afternoon ride a camel into Erg Chebbi to your desert camp.

Merzouga – Ziz Valley – Midelt – Ifrane – Fes
Day 3

Merzouga – Ziz Valley – Midelt – Ifrane – Fes

Sunrise on the dunes, breakfast at the camp and a drive north along the Ziz Valley, with viewpoints over its palm-filled canyon. Lunch in Midelt at the foot of the Ayachi mountains, then the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas and Ifrane before arriving in Fes in the evening.

Included

  • Private air-conditioned 4x4 or minivan
  • English, Spanish or Italian speaking local driver
  • Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, riad or airport
  • Accommodation in hotels, riads and a desert camp with private tent
  • Breakfast and dinner every night
  • Camel ride into the dunes with a camel guide
  • Bottled water in the vehicle

Not included

  • Lunches and drinks
  • Local guides and entrance fees (optional)
  • Tips
  • Flights and travel insurance

Good to know

All our tours can start on any day and from any hotel, riad or airport. We can add nights, change the order of the stops or choose a more comfortable category of hotels and camps.

Ask us for your price: it depends on the number of travellers, the season and the accommodation. A small deposit confirms the booking and the rest is paid in Morocco.

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