Private tour

3-Day Morocco Itinerary

The fastest beautiful way from Fes to Marrakech, crossing the Middle Atlas to a night in the dunes, then the Todra Gorge, the Dades Valley and Aït Ben Haddou.

Duration
3 days · 2 nights
Route
Fes → Marrakech
Travel
Private 4×4 with your own driver-guide
Price
€480 per person
Musicians in white robes and turbans playing iron castanets on the sand

Overview

Rather than taking the train or flying, you cross the whole country in three days and see the Sahara on the way. There's a camel ride and a night in the dunes, a sunrise over Erg Chebbi, and the gorges and kasbahs of the south before the High Atlas brings you down into Marrakech.

Highlights

  1. 01

    Cedar forest and Barbary macaques

  2. 02

    Camel trek and a night in a luxury camp in Erg Chebbi

  3. 03

    Sunrise over the dunes

  4. 04

    Todra Gorge, the Dades Valley and Aït Ben Haddou

Day by day, 1,061 km by road

Driving times come from real road data and don't include stops. Your driver adjusts the pace to you.

  1. Day 01

    Fes to the Sahara

    Fes → Ifrane → Azrou cedar forest → Midelt → Ziz Gorges → Erfoud → Merzouga

    Route
    469 km · ≈ 8 h 30 driving
    Overnight
    Luxury desert camp, Merzouga
    Meals
    Dinner
    A camel caravan silhouetted on a dune ridge under golden evening clouds

    Leave Fes after breakfast and drive through Ifrane and the cedar forest, over the plateau at Midelt and down the Ziz Gorges. At Merzouga, ride a camel into the dunes to reach camp at sunset.

  2. Day 02

    Sunrise, Todra Gorge and the Dades Valley

    Merzouga → Tinejdad → Todra Gorge → Tinghir → Dades Valley

    Route
    277 km · ≈ 5 h 15 driving
    Overnight
    Kasbah hotel, Dades Valley
    Meals
    Breakfast · Dinner
    The road running between the red cliffs of the Todra Gorge

    Climb a dune for sunrise, then drive west to the Todra Gorge for a walk between its walls. Continue to the Dades Valley and a kasbah hotel for the night.

  3. Day 03

    Aït Ben Haddou and over the Atlas to Marrakech

    Dades Valley → Kelaat M'Gouna → Skoura → Ouarzazate → Aït Ben Haddou → Tizi n'Tichka → Marrakech

    Route
    315 km · ≈ 6 h 15 driving
    Overnight
    Departure day
    Meals
    Breakfast
    Aerial view of Aït Ben Haddou and the green river valley

    Follow the Valley of Roses to Ouarzazate and visit Aït Ben Haddou, then cross Tizi n'Tichka at 2,260 m. You arrive in Marrakech in the evening.

What's included, and what isn't

Included

  • Private air-conditioned 4×4 with your own driver-guide
  • A luxury desert camp and a kasbah hotel
  • Camel trek into the dunes at sunset
  • Breakfast and dinner every day (as marked)
  • Pick-up in Fes and drop-off in Marrakech

Not included

  • Lunches
  • Dinners on the days not marked above
  • International flights
  • Drinks
  • Entrance fees to monuments
  • Tips
  • Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
  • Personal expenses

Riads, a kasbah and a camp under the stars

A private en-suite tent in a luxury desert camp and a kasbah hotel in the Dades Valley.

Inside a luxury desert tent: a red Berber rug, woven stools and a view of the camp and dunes
A hotel swimming pool facing the hillside ksar of Aït Ben Haddou

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