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3 Days 2 Nights
Daily Tour
15 people
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During this 3-day safari from Marrakesh to Fez, you may explore the breathtaking Erg Chebbi desert of the Sahara, starting from the majestic Atlas Mountains to the UNESCO World Heritage Kasbah of Ait Benhdaou and the dramatic gorges and canyons of Dades and Todra before reaching the imperial city of Fez via the Cedar Forest and Ifrane.
We leave Marrakech after breakfast venturing through the impressive Atlas Mountains to Ouarzazate, a city where many renowned films, such as Alexander the Great, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Kingdom of Heaven, and others have been made. The scenery is amazing. We stop at Ait Benhaddou, one of Morocco's most prominent fortresses in the south. You will lunch in Ouarzazate "The Hollywood of Africa". We continue our journey to the valley of Roses known for its annual festival during the roses harvest in May. Spend the night with dinner in Dades valley.
After breakfast, we start our day with a drive towards the Todra Gorges where many of rock climbers come to enjoy their preferred sport. Later we continue our journey, following the ancient Bedouin trading routes parallel with the Middle Atlas, passing a series of the fortified villages with outstanding architecture. The route to Erfoud is one of the most pleasing of all the Southern routes. The town is in a dry red built of desert and was built by the French as a central administration town. It is known for its rich black fossils marble. The stone is sculpted to bring the fossils into relief on everything from ashtrays to washbasins and more. We head down to the spectacular Merzouga dunes where sand dunes signify the start of the mighty Sahara Desert. We leave our vehicle and take a camel ride into the desert to a Berber camp. To seal this as an experience of a life time, why not surf the Sahara Desert and try sand Dunes Boarding! After dinner we gather round the fire and enjoy the desert night perhaps with traditional Berber drums.
Following a picturesque sunrise with breakfast at the camp, you will leave the desert riding camels through the Atlas Mountains to Merzouga. We will cross the verdant oasis and magnificent Ziz Gorges carved through volcanic rock and the Tizi Ntalghamt Pass to Midelt, passing through millions of palm trees and fortified villages characterized by southern architecture. We will have lunch in Midelt, a small village flanked by the verdant beauty of the Middle Atlas Mountains, where the mountainside is mottled with a blaze of ruby minerals. We will continue through the Middle Atlas mountain range, through cedar forests, terraced farms, and sienna mud-brick villages via Ifrane, a charming ski resort and Azrou, an important handicraft centre specialising in cedar wood work, to reach Fez, where the tour ends.
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