3 days excursion Fes to Merzouga
Erg Chebbi desert tour from Fes / 3 days tour from Fes to the sahara desert Merzouga
- Description: Tour from Fes to the desert will take us to complete and the memories and photographs that it will bring with it will last a lifetime. You’ll traverse the Middle Atlas Mountains, witness ethereal cedar forests, fascinate cheeky Barbary monkeys, and experience unbridled views of the Ziz Valley and its massive gorge. You will even have the chance to ride the proverbial camel caravan and hike like a true desert nomad to Erg Chebbi with its sand dunes.
- Route: 3 days excursion Fes to Merzouga
- Duration: 2 DAYS & 1 NIGHT
- Starts: 8h at your accommodation in Fes
- Finish: Evening at your accommodation in Fes
Day 1: Fez – Ifrane – Middle Atlas Mountains – Erfoud – Merzouga Desert
Pick up at the hotel where you are staying in Fez at 8 am to start the route to the Sahara desert Merzouga.
Prepare to be amazed!
We will start the journey to the desert through the university city of Ifrane, better known as the «Moroccan Switzerland», and because it is one of the favorite cities of the King of Morocco along with the Atlas landscapes until we reach the Ziz Valley, an extensive palm grove.
Continuation to Erfoud, the gateway to the desert and from there we reach the Merzouga desert where we relax at the hotel in front and walk to the dunes.
Tonight will undoubtedly be quiet and peaceful!
- Kilometers of our stage: 467 km.
- Duration of the journey by car: 7 hours.
Day 2: Merzouga – Khamlia – Mifis – Visit to nomadic Berber families – Excursion in dromedaries – Magical night in Berber camp
This will be a day full of adventures in which we will get to know a different Morocco! We are going to discover the Khamlia people this desert town is known for Gnawa music, most of its inhabitants are originally from Mali and Sudan, arrived in the days of slavery. There we can attend a small concert of Gnawa music.
Then we arrive at Mifis, an old and abandoned town since colonization, a place known and famous for the mines and Khol (used with pencils to make up the eyes). Then we will take the path to the nomadic family to have glasses of tea and to see settlements and learn about their secrets and customs.
In the afternoon we will depart in a caravan of dromedaries that will take us to the camp (Haimas). In a journey of one hour. We will make a stop halfway to watch the sunset over the dunes and stretch our legs a bit before continuing to camp. Once there, we will have a hospitality tea and we will have the opportunity to climb the great dune or the small dunes that are near the campsite.
Typical dinner and then a special party to the rhythm of Berber drums.
Without a doubt a fantastic and unforgettable night!
- Kilometers of our stage: 40 km.
- Duration of the journey by car: 2 hours.
Day 3: Merzouga – Ziz Valley – Midelt – Middle Atlas – Cedar and monkey forests – Ifrane – Fez
Before breakfast, get up early to see the sunrise and without losing the opportunity to see a sunrise that in few places is enjoyed like that. After breakfast, we will say goodbye to the desert. And return with the dromedaries to the place where our transport awaits us to take the route to Fez passing through the Ziz Valley. Crossing the Middle Atlas mountains, we will reach the cedar forests where the macaques live in Liberty.
Once past the city of Ifrane, better known for the “Moroccan Switzerland”. We will arrive in Fez, transfer to your hotel or riad and end of our services.
- Kilometers of our stage: 467 km.
- Duration of the journey by car: 7 hours.
We wish you a happy return home and a future return to Morocco, inchalah
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