8 Days Morocco Desert Tour from Fes to Marrakech (The Legionnaire Tour)

Meet at Fes Sais Airport. Your driver will pick you up and transfer to your hotel. Free & easy time.

Breakfast at the Riad/ hotel in Fes. Meet your driver and the guide who will lead you to the main sights of Fez. Fez or Fes is the first Moroccan imperial city. It holds a wealth of attractions and described as the spiritual capital of Morocco. The Karaouiyine University & Mosque of Fez is considered among the oldest in the world, and this has been built by Fatima al Fihriya: a lady from Kairouan, the current Tunisia on the 9th century.

Hiring a local guide in Fes is essential to explore the hidden corners of the medina. You’ll start the journey with a visit to the main gate of the royal palace: a blend of ceramic arts and calligraphy. Later on, move to the ceramic quarter where to see handmade items from the clay of Fes.

Leave the car and continue by feet with your guide to explore Fes el Bali: old Fes with its historical University of Karaouiyyine. Also learn about the Tanneries: best know things about Fes.

Navigate the vibrant alleys of the old quarter. You will admire the bustling streets of the Medina where merchants open their shops. After an active journey we take you back to your hotel.

Breakfast at Departure from the hotel , destination Merzouga. You passby Imouzzér, a tiny town overlooking the plain of Sais, then Ifrane, a summer resorts on the Mountains of the Middle Atlas.

After a break enjoy the drive through the cedar forest of Azrou where group of monkeys forms group of small families. The cedar wood is a precious things and still used in Moroccan furnitures and in old schools of Fes and Marrakech.

Pass Midelt, located at the edge of el Djebel el Ayachi Mountains ( 3757 M) above sea level. Then start Along the valley of Ziz including a break for lunch.

The drive combines the green of the Atlas Mountains and the Majestic views of the Ziz valley and face of the Sahara desert.

Continue Via erfoud and transfer to Merzouga for hotel check in.

Merzouga is a small desert village at the edge of the big Sahara on the Moroccan borders. The Berber town is famous for the highest sandy dunes in all North Africa. Those dunes stretch from the North to the South in a 25 km. The highlights are to experience the life of the Nomads, take sunrise/sunset memorable pictures and meet with the hospitable people.

Today sightseeing will be around Erg Chebbi sand dunes, like visiting a nomad family at the isolated borders and talk to them to learn their way of living. Also visit some abandoned mines of cobalt at M’fis Mountains.

After morning sightseeing, you’ll be taken for lunch and get ready to start your desert expedition.

Change the vehicle with friendly camel to take across the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi and contemplate this beautiful gift. Take photos of this ocean of sand dunes, walk bare footed, see vast area as your eye could see.

After camel tour experience, arrive to the camp, have a welcoming tea, check in and dinner.

Later on time for some music around a campfire and listen to some melodic songs from the area. Start star gazing and sleep under tent.

The desert stay is a lifetime experience, do it and you won’t not regret it.

Breakfast will be served at the camp just after sunrise. Take a camel trek back to the town of Merzouga.

Alternatively, we offer a transfer from the camp to the town with the jeep. Later on transfer to Todra gorges. Change the heat of the desert (if there is any) to the fresh weather of the Atlas Mountains.

Contemplate the beautiful Todra gorges where locals go for picnics, but experienced mountainers find it an ideal place for rock climbing.  Enoy the beautiful vally where fresh water flows to irrigate the palm & olive plantations.

Travel further to Boumalne Dades. Enjoy beautiful Dades valley with nice rock formation. Hotel check in & overnight.

After breakfast at the hotel, you will enjoy an easy drive to see the picturesque Dades valley and Roses valley too.

Transfer from Boumalne Dades to Kalaa Mgouna, best known for the production of roses water in the nearby fields mainly every month of May.

Stop by to see some products from the cooperative, and then continue on the road to Ouarzazate. This route is called the road of Thousand Kasbah. In Skoura, you will visit the Amredil Kasbah, best preserved Kasbah in the area and learn about life of people and the region though the architecture of the place.

After a break continue to Ouarzazate. Possible visit of  cinematographic Atlas Studio where lots of movies have been shot.

Later on transfer to your hotel. Overnight in Ouarzazate hotel.

Departure from Ouarzazate and drive to Ait Ben Hadou Village where we visit the famous Kasbah, a fortress declared a world heritage by the UNESCO.  The Kasbah is a movie set for numerous films like the Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia and game of thrones along with others.

Travel over the scenic road of the High Atlas Mountains via pass of Tizi Ntichka. Pass Taddart and Touama villages to reach Marrakech in the evening.

Free time to roam around the medina and see Marrakech nightlife.

Today, you’ll have a delightful tour of Marrakech with one of the best guides in the city. Start from hotel with the guide and navigate the medina of Marrakech: home to the main sites.

The visit will cover major Marrakech attractions from schools, palaces, gardens and vibrant markets.

Take a roam with the guide in royal district of the kasbah (12 century) and the Jewish quarter called the Mellah: characterized with the balconies of its houses and old synagogues.

Visit the Bahia palace and enjoy a 19 century architecture. Navigate the medina and see the Madrassa Ben Youssef.

In the Afternoon, you may wish a walk in the new Marrakech or visit Majorelle gardens.

Later on, we bring you back to your hotel. Over night.

After Breakfast and at the appropriate time we transfer you to the airport. Far well! Happy and Safe Travel !!

It is possible to end the Tour in Fes or at Marrakech airport depending on your flight.