455€

The journey starts from Marrakech towards the Sahara desert, Merzouga through Tizi N’Tichka pass with an altitude of 2260m. You get to enjoy the panoramas and the Berber villages all along the way. Once you get to Ait Ben Haddou’s kasba, which is a UNESCO Heritage site, you shall have a tour then lunch. After lunch you will continue to enjoy the beautiful natural landscapes and the historical monuments of Taourirt Kasbah in Ourzazate and the Valley of the Roses. The latter is famous for its annual Festival of Roses. You will also pass through the Berber villages of El Kelaa des M'Gouna and Boumalene du Dades where you will spend the night.

From Boumalene Dades we will head to Merzouga passing through the Berber villages of Tinghir and the Todra stopping for lunch at either Tinjdad or Rissani where you can enjoy the local speciality, Berber pizza. After lunch, we will make our way to Merzouga to start our camel trek. The 90 minute camel trek will take you to a Berber camp in the middle of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, the highest in North Africa. The camp consists of several comfortable Berber tents equipped with mattresses and linen, a restaurant, a kitchen, and toilets. The evening will consist of dinner followed by entertainment provided by Berber drums around a camp fire.

Wake up early to enjoy the ravishing sunrise. After breakfast and a shower, you go to the hotel. From there, you start your tour in the desert. You start by visiting a small village named Khamlia where you will enjoy Gnawa Music. The latter is played by Berbers of color whose ancestors came to Morocco from different parts of Africa. The next stop is mines which no longer function. Our guide will explain to you more once you get there. Visiting nomads come next. You will visit Nomadic families who live in tents. Then you head back to Khamlia where you will have lunch. After lunch, you will have a tour in the Hasi Lbied’s Oasis. The rest of the day is yours so that you can do whatever you like.

Wake up early to enjoy the bodacious sunrise at the heart of the desert one more time. Then you take off to Rissani. The latter used to be called Sijilmassa, which was the contact zone for the salt caravans coming from Timbuktu in Mali. Here you will walk through the souk, selling spices, vegetables and cloths. In Rissani, you can try what is called Berber Pizza, locally known as MEDFOUNA. Then comes Oulad Chakir where you will enjoy the flamboyant view of the Ziz Valley from the peak. You can enjoy the panorama and simultaneously take pictures to archive your bodacious trip. The next stop comes after lunch in Errachidia’s Water Reservoir, which is the provider of water to the city of Errachidia and its surrounding cities, towns, and villages, including Merzouga. The tour continues to Midelt where you will spend the night. You shall make another stop once in Tizi N’Tlghamt pass if you wish.

The tour starts from Midelt. The city is surrounded by Atlas Mountains and it usually snows there in Winter. After breakfast, you drive to get to the Cedar forest near Azrou City where you will see monkeys in the woods. Then comes Ifrane which known as the little Switzerland of Morocco as the buildings and the weather resemble the ones of Switzerland to a great extent. We then drop you off in Fes in your Riad/Hotel.