Dreaming of the deep south of Morocco? This private 6-day desert tour from Fes to Marrakech is our most complete north-to-south journey — unhurried enough to enjoy every landscape rather than race through it. From the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas to the snow-capped High Atlas, the palm-studded Ziz Valley and the Erg Chebbi dunes of the Sahara, it strings the country’s finest scenery into one seamless trip.
You’ll start with a guided day in Fes, sleep beside the dunes with a camel trek and desert camp, explore nomad country by 4×4, and wind through the Todra and Dades gorges, the Valley of Roses and UNESCO-listed Ait Ben Haddou before reaching Marrakech. Fully private and easy to tailor.
Your 6-day tour begins in Fes with a private, air-conditioned vehicle and a local bilingual guide. You’ll explore the world’s largest living medieval medina — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — including the Andalusian Mosque, the famous tanneries, the El-Attarine Madrasa and the Al-Qarawiyyin quarter.
You’ll also see the Nejjarine Museum, the Royal Palace gates and the blue Bab Boujloud gate, taking in the most important monuments before returning to your riad in Fes for dinner and the night.
After breakfast you’ll leave Fes for the mountains, passing through Ifrane, a 1930s French-built resort town, then the Azrou cedar forest to watch its wild monkeys.
Most of the day winds through beautiful forests, springs and Berber villages before you arrive at Boulaajoul, where you’ll check into a hotel or riad for dinner and the night.
Today you continue toward the Erg Chebbi dunes, leaving the mountains for the desert. There are many stops for photos, fresh air, panoramic viewpoints and a vast oasis of palm trees along the Ziz Valley.
Reaching Merzouga, you’ll check into your hotel or riad for dinner and the night on the edge of the dunes.
Today is all about the desert. You’ll visit the village of Khamlia for its Gnawa music, then discover old mines, Berber nomads and hidden palm oases.
Back in Merzouga for lunch and a rest, you’ll set out in the evening on a camel trek into the dunes. Night is spent in a well-equipped desert camp with drums and music — a perfect chance to photograph both sunset and sunrise and take in the endless Saharan horizon. Overnight in nomad-style Berber tents.
Rise early for sunrise over the dunes, then ride your camel back for a shower, breakfast and a relaxed start. From here you’ll take the road toward the gorges, stopping in Rissani to see the historic site of Sijilmassa and its fortified kasbahs.
Continuing through the Ziz valley and gorges, you’ll take a short walk in the Todra Gorge to enjoy the rivers and towering cliffs before reaching the Dades Valley for dinner and an overnight in a riad or traditional hotel.
After breakfast you’ll head toward Ouarzazate through the Valley of Roses, reaching Taourirt Kasbah and the Atlas film studios.
From here you’ll visit the Fint Oasis, then take the Tizi n’Tichka road — with a lunch stop — to reach Marrakech in the late afternoon, where your 6-day desert tour from Fes to Marrakech comes to an end.
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This 6-day desert tour from Fes to Marrakech is designed for travellers who want to see it all — imperial Fes, the Atlas mountains, the Ziz Valley, the Sahara dunes, the gorges and the great kasbahs — without rushing any of it.
From the cedar woods of the Middle Atlas to the golden Erg Chebbi dunes with their glamping camps and camel treks, the gorges, the kasbahs and mysterious Marrakech all combine into a single unforgettable journey, entirely private and paced around you.
