4-Day Errachidia to Fes Desert Tour

Highlights

• Start from Errachidia, the closest airport to the Erg Chebbi dunes, and finish in Fes
• Camel ride to a high dune for sunset and a night in a luxury desert camp
• A day in the Merzouga region with a nomad family and Gnawa musicians
• Rissani, the historic capital of the Tafilalet
• The Ziz Gorge and the Tizi n'Talghemt pass
• The cedar forest of Azrou and Ifrane in the Middle Atlas

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1. Day 1

   Errachidia – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Merzouga – camel trek

   We pick you up at Errachidia airport or your accommodation and follow the Ziz Valley south, stopping for a panoramic view over its palm groves and earthen villages, to Erfoud, where we visit a fossil-marble workshop. In the afternoon you reach Merzouga, switch to camels and ride to a high dune for sunset, then on to a luxury camp for Berber drums around the fire, dinner and the night.

   Overnight:

   Luxury desert camp, Erg Chebbi

   Meals:

   Dinner

2. Day 2

   Exploring the Merzouga region – nomads, Khamlia, lake and palm grove

   Sunrise from the dunes, breakfast and a camel ride back to your driver. We spend the day exploring the region by 4×4 — an old kohl (eyeliner) mine, tea with a nomad family in their woven tent, Gnawa music in Khamlia, lunch, a palm grove walk and Merzouga's seasonal lake, known for flamingos when there is water. Dinner and the night at a hotel.

   Overnight:

   Hotel in Merzouga

   Meals:

   Breakfast, dinner

3. Day 3

   Merzouga – Rissani – Ziz Valley – Ziz Gorge – Midelt

   After breakfast we visit Rissani, the historic capital of the Tafilalet, whose large market is busiest on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. We then follow the Ziz river north through Erfoud, the palm groves of the Ziz Valley and Errachidia, before climbing through the Ziz Gorge and over the Tizi n'Talghemt pass, watching the desert give way to the mountains, to Midelt for dinner and the night at a hotel.

   Overnight:

   Hotel in Midelt

   Meals:

   Breakfast, dinner

4. Day 4

   Midelt – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes

   After breakfast we cross the hills of the Atlas to Azrou, a Berber town in the middle of the cedar forest, where you may see Barbary macaques, and Ifrane, a mountain town often called the "Switzerland of Morocco". We arrive in Fes in the afternoon and drop you at your accommodation or the airport.

   Meals:

   Breakfast

Practical information

Tour type

Private one-way tour from Errachidia to Fes, with your own driver and vehicle

Pick-up

Your accommodation or Errachidia Moulay Ali Cherif Airport (ERH)

Drop-off

Your accommodation or the airport in Fes

Pace

The drive north is split into two days with a night in Midelt

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