Fes Desert Tours- 04 days 03 nights starts in Fes and ends in Marrakech

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Fes Desert Tours- 04 days 03 nights starts in Fes and ends in Marrakech

Fes Desert Tours- 04 days 03 nights starts in Fes and ends in Marrakech

This kind of tour is for those who are short on time for a holiday, but want to be sure
to experience the best of Morocco. This Meta Cool Tour offers a great trip in beautiful
Morocco, as it takes you through tranquil oases, vast deserts, the beautiful Atlas
Mountains, and into the homes of welcoming local people, and inside the heart of the
country to meet people with rich hearts and warm hospitality. Traveling through the
kasbah trail and the old caravan route, including camel riding in a fascinating dunes
of Erg Chebbi, spending the night under millions of stars. This 4-day trip is can be
customized, as it can starts from Marrakech and end in Marrakech or ends in Fes, or
the other way around starts from Fes and ends in Marrakech depends on which is
right for you. Don’t miss this opportunity to book what might be your best journey in
Morocco.

Highlights

The Meta Cool Morocco tour of 4 days and 3 nights starts from Fes and Ends in
Marrakech and highlights so many beautiful things that attract so many visitors to
experience this unique journey. It’s the kind of a tour that takes you through tranquil

oases, vast deserts, beautiful mountains and into the homes of welcoming local
people, and watching the barbary apes in the cedar forest in the middle Atlas
Mountains, will take you to the heart of the country –to meet people with rich hearts
and warm hospitality. Traveling through the kasbah trail and the old caravan route,
including camel ridding in a fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi, spending the night
under millions of stars, without missing the tasty food that Moroccan cuisine has to
offer.

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Itinerary

Fes Desert Tours- 04 days 03 nights starts in Fes and ends in Marrakech

Day 01 : Fes / Merzouga .

Day 01 : Fes / Merzouga .

You will be picked up from your accommodation in Fes then start traveling southeast to the destination of Merzouga. The first stop will be at the town of Ifrane, referred to as the “Switzerland of Morocco” as it has alpine style architecture and nearby slopes and forests. The second stop will be at the cedar forest in Azrou to see Barbary apes. We will pass many traditional Berber villages where you can interact with local inhabitants. Through this journey you will be amazed with the stunning contrast during the drive, as today you will cover so much land with so much of diversity. A stop for lunch can be at whatever time you decide. As we continue south, the scenery becomes especially beautiful where the Ziz valley meets the High Atlas Mountains and creates a breathtaking gorge. Our drive will contain several stops along the way to take beautiful photographs and will continue through the welcoming Berber villages to Erfoud and Rissani, the foundation of the Alaouite dynasty. After arriving in Merzouga in the late afternoon, you will be accommodated overnight in a hotel BDB.

Day 02 : Merzouga and camel trek.

Day 02 : Merzouga and camel trek.

After breakfast in your hotel, you will start an explorative journey of the area. We will begin the day with Gnawa music at the village of Khamliya 7 kilometers south of Merzouga which is a little desert village with a big story whose inhabitants are direct descendants of the slaves that been brought from Sudan. You will get to enjoy their music and life style. Not far from there is Dayet Srij - a seasonal salt lake that is often dry in summer, when full it attracts a wide range of migratory and desert birds, including desert warblers and flamingos. This area attracts the photographers from all over the world when the birds are present. You may also visit the souk of Errissani if you are there on the right day as the souk takes place here three times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays where locals come to trade anything necessary from fruits, vegetables, meat, dates, nuts, crafts, spices and even donkeys, sheep and goats. This souk is also a social meeting place where the local communities come to meet each other and hear the news of the whole area and from their relatives. this souk market without a doubt is the most fascinating in the town, after then we will make sure to try one of the tastiest lunches in one of the local restaurants in the area. In the afternoon, you will start the guided camel ride, led by an experienced camel man to explore and enjoy within the sand sea of Erg Chebi. The camel man will make sure to give you the chance to watch what may will be the best sunset of your lifetime. Overnight accommodations at a desert luxury camp equipped with flush toilets and hot shower, where you will be served the dinner and breakfast. Desert Camp BDB.

Day 03: Merzouga / Todra gorges / Dades Valley .

Day 03: Merzouga / Todra gorges / Dades Valley .

Today your camel man will make sure to wake you up to watch a beautiful sunrise where you will see the sunshine cover the small golden sand dunes of Merzouga and the rocky barren Sahara Desert. After your breakfast at the camp, you will trek back by camel, or if you feel you’ve had enough of riding the camels, you have the option for a 4wheel drive back from the camp. You will then head on the road to the Dades Valley for another excellent day. First, you will visit the Todra Gorges, the highest narrowest gorges in Morocco where you might get a chance to hike for an hour in the area. After lunch the drive continue to the dades valley where you will be amazed by the beauty of the town such us the rock formations known as “monkey toes” and the sand castles that cover the area. Overnight accommodation at the hotel with BDB.

Day 04 : Dades valley / Ouarzazate / Ait ben haddou kasbah / Marrakech.

Day 04 : Dades valley / Ouarzazate / Ait ben haddou kasbah / Marrakech.

After breakfast at your hotel, you will head on the road to Marrakech crossing the Dades Valley through the beautiful Berber villages such as the “rose town” Kalaa Mgouna, famous town for farming roses. One of our main stops will be at Skoura Oasis, and there are numerous ancient kasbahs, some sadly in ruins that stand amongst the palm trees. You will visit a very famous kasbahs in the region called Amridil kasbah, a historic fortified residence in the oasis of Skoura. It is considered among the most impressive kasbahs of its kind in Morocco and was built during the 17th century. It’s famous for the filming of the movies “Ali Baba and 40 Thieves” and Lawrence of Arabia. After the visit, we continue the drive to Ouarzazate, the “Hollywood of Africa”, whose geography and beautiful landscape have attracted many world class movie producers. After lunch you have to option to visit the movie studio, said to be the biggest in the world, where such films as Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator, Body of Lies and Star Wars movies were filmed. We will then continue the drive to Ait Ben Haddou kasbah for a visit 25 kilometers from Ouarzazate, the UNESCO world heritage site a spectacular fortified village built during the beginning of the 20th century by the T-hami El Glaoui, as the kasbah today became one of the attractive spots for famous movie producers. The drive will continue to Marrakech with a dramatic scenery crossing the high Atlas Mountains through the magnificent road Tizi n’Tichka Pass, arriving Marrakech in the late afternoon, where the tour ends at your booked accommodation in Marrakech.

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