5-Day Morocco Tour from Fez: Todgha Gorges & the Sahara
Overview
A 5-day private tour of Morocco, beginning and ending in Fez. It crosses the mountains to the desert and comes back north through the imperial cities, so you get both halves of the country rather than one of them twice.
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 route
Fez – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Ziz Valley – Merzouga – Todgha Gorges – Tinghir – Dades Valley – Er Rachidia – Midelt – Fez
5 days, 4 nights. The day-by-day itinerary is below.
Good to know
- One night is spent at a desert camp, reached by camel in the late afternoon.
- The tour runs as a round trip, starting and finishing in Fez, with pickup and drop-off at your accommodation.
Included/Excluded
- Private air-conditioned vehicle
- Driver throughout the tour
- 4 nights accommodation
- Breakfast & Dinner
- Camel Ride at Erg Chebbi
- Two nights at Erg Chebbi
- Pickup and drop-off at your accommodation
- International flights and airport taxes
- Lunches, except where stated in the itinerary
- Drinks and beverages
- Entrance fees to monuments, museums and sites
- Travel insurance
- Tips and gratuities
- Personal expenses and anything not listed as included
Tour Plan
A long first day that crosses three landscapes in one run: cedar forest, high plateau, and the Ziz valley cutting south toward the desert. Around eight hours on the road with stops, timed so the camels leave before sunset.
- Morning pickup from your riad in Fes
- Ifrane, the Middle Atlas hill town built in Alpine style
- Cedar forest at Azrou, where Barbary macaques come down to the roadside
- Lunch at Midelt, between the Middle and High Atlas
- The Ziz gorges and the long palm oasis below Er Rachidia
- Erfoud and the road out to Merzouga
- Camel trek into Erg Chebbi in the late afternoon
- Dinner and drumming at camp
Overnight in a desert camp at Erg Chebbi.
The day a round trip makes room for. With no transfer to drive, the desert opens up past the dune crest: nomad families still working the hamada, the Gnawa village at Khamlia, and the dry lake north of the erg.
- Sunrise over the dunes, then breakfast at camp
- Camel trek back to Merzouga
- 4x4 circuit around the erg
- Khamlia, the Gnawa village, for a session of their music
- Visit to a nomad family living out on the hamada
- Dayet Srji, the dry lake where flamingos gather after rain
- Afternoon at leisure, or sunset from the dune crest
Overnight in Merzouga.
A moderate day west along the edge of the pre-Sahara, ending where the Todgha river cuts through the High Atlas. Around four hours of driving with a long stop at the gorge.
- Morning departure from Merzouga
- Rissani and its souk, on the site of Sijilmassa
- West across the hamada by Tinejdad
- The Todgha Gorges, where the cliffs close to a few hundred metres apart
- Lunch in Tinghir
- The palm oasis strung along the valley floor
- Afternoon into the Dades gorge and its switchback road
Overnight in the Dades Valley.
We turn north, following the Goulmima road across to the Ziz and then up onto the high plateau. Around five hours, and the landscape empties out as the road climbs.
- Morning walk in the Dades gorge
- East through Tinghir and Goulmima
- Er Rachidia and the Ziz valley viewpoint above the palm oasis
- Lunch en route
- The climb onto the high plateau
- Arrival at Midelt, between the Middle and High Atlas
- Optional stop at the apple orchards on the edge of town
Overnight in Midelt.
An easy final day. Around four hours back through the Middle Atlas, with time for the cedar forest at Azrou, arriving in Fes in the early afternoon.
- Morning departure from Midelt
- The Middle Atlas plateau and its high pasture
- Cedar forest at Azrou and the Barbary macaques
- Ifrane and its Alpine-style streets
- Lunch en route
- Descent to the Sais plain
- Early afternoon arrival and drop-off in Fes
Drop-off at your riad in Fes.
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