15-Day Morocco Tour from Fez: Erg Chegaga & Chefchaouen

Overview

A 15-day private tour of Morocco, beginning and ending in Fez. It takes in the High Atlas and the pre-Sahara, the imperial cities of the north, and a stretch of Atlantic coast, which is about as complete a circuit of the country as 15 days allows.

Highlights

• A full day on foot in Fez el Bali, the largest car-free urban area in the world
• The Ziz gorges and the long palm oasis running south toward the desert
• A camel trek into Erg Chebbi and a night at a desert camp beneath the dunes
• The Todgha Gorges, where the cliffs close to a few hundred metres apart
• The Dades gorge and its switchback road
• The UNESCO-listed ksar at Ait Ben Haddou, and the climb through its kasbahs to the granary at the summit
• The Draa valley, where the palm groves run unbroken for a hundred kilometres

The route

Fez – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Ziz Valley – Merzouga – Todgha Gorges – Dades Valley – Ait Ben Haddou – Ouarzazate – Agdz – Zagora – M’Hamid – Erg Chegaga – Foum Zguid – Taroudant – Essaouira – Marrakech – Rabat – Chefchaouen – Tetouan – Tanger – Meknes – Volubilis – Fez

15 days, 14 nights. The day-by-day itinerary is below.

Good to know

• Two nights are spent at desert camps, at Erg Chebbi and Erg Chegaga, with a 4×4 transfer across open desert to the second.
• Some days involve long stretches of driving. Where that is the case it is stated plainly in the day it applies to, rather than buried in the small print.
• The tour runs as a round trip, starting and finishing in Fez, with pickup and drop-off at your accommodation.