5 Days Desert Tour From Tangier to Marrakech
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5 Days Desert Tour From Tangier to Marrakech
Make the most of your stay in Morocco by taking this 5-day exploring journey from Tangier to Marrakech. Enjoy a guided tour of the oldest Medina in Morocco, Fes, and the blue and white city of Chefchaouen.
Travel across the central Atlas Mountains, interact with Barbary apes, ride a camel to the huge Sahara Desert, and camp there beneath the galaxy’s worth of stars. Take a stroll through the gorges of Todgha and Dades and stop by the well-known Ksar of Ait Benhhadou.
Tangier to Merzouga Desert trip highlights
- Enjoy the journey through the Middle Atlas
- Visiting Ifran, the Moroccan Switzerland.
- Explore the cedar forest of Azrou
- Enjoy the scenery of the Ziz Valley
- Passing through Berber villages
- Camel ride in the desert of Merzouga
- Sunset in the Middle Desert
- sandboarding in the dunes
- Music at the Traditional Camp
- enjoy the starry sky
- Sunrise
- Visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
- discover Ouarzazate
- Crossing the High Atlas Mountains
Tangier to Merzouga Desert tours 5 days
On the first day of your private Morocco tour from Tangier to Marrakech, we will pick you up at the port, airport, or hotel and drive you through Tetouan and the Rif Mountains so you can take in the breathtaking mountain views before we arrive at Chefchaouen, the blue city we will visit. Before we proceed to Fes, where we will spend the night, its Medina includes a Spanish-style plaza surrounded by a variety of quirky art and craft shops, roof-top restaurants, and cafes where you can enjoy lunch. A night in Fes with breakfast included.
Our local guide will lead you on an exploration tour of the oldest Moroccan Medina, which goes back to the eighth century, after breakfast at your riad. You will stroll through the Medina’s winding, crooked lanes, where donkeys serve as the primary form of transportation.
The oldest university in the world, the University of Al Karaouine, the Moulay Idriss Mausoleum, the Nejjarine Fountains, the renowned tanneries, the King’s Palace, the Jewish Quarter, and the ceramics cooperative to view traditional Moroccan crafts are all included in your tour. After dark, the tour comes to an end. A night in Fes with breakfast included.
We will go to the Sahara Desert in the morning, stopping first in Ifrane, sometimes known as Little Switzerland. After there, we’ll proceed through the Cedar Forest, where you might encounter monkeys if you’re lucky. We’ll then travel to Midelt so you may eat lunch there. Drive further across the Middle Atlas Mountains while keeping an eye out for the local nomads. We continue the trip through the picturesque, palm-tree-lined Ziz Valley, stopping at beautiful sights along the route. After that, we’ll continue on to the last stop in the Sahara Desert, where your camels will be waiting for you. Luxury Desert Camp Accommodations, with Dinner and Breakfast
Your camel guide will wake you up in the morning so you can witness the magnificent sunrise over the sand dunes. One of the highlights of the trip was this encounter.You’ll ride your camels back to the town of Merzouga after eating breakfast amidst the Saharan sand dunes. Then, after stopping to take pictures of the Jewish-built kasbahs in the Todghra Valley and Gorges, we will begin our drive to the Dades Valley. Before continuing to the Dades Valley, you will get the opportunity to stroll through the magnificent Todghra Gorges. Dinner and breakfast are included in the Dades Valley overnight stay.
After breakfast at your hotel, we’ll travel to Marrakech via the Dades Valley once more, which features striking rock formations and historic kasbahs, and the Rose Valley, which is famous for its April harvest of damask roses. We’ll continue on our journey to Ouarzazate, also referred to as African Hollywood, where you may see the Taourirt kasbah and have a studio tour.After that, we’ll proceed to the Ait ben Haddou Ksar, the largest ksar in Morocco and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where scenes from The Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Jewel of the Nile were filmed.The Tichka Pass, one of Morocco’s highest mountains, is where we travel from there to Marrakech. arriving in the afternoon in Marrakech.
Desert tour Tangier to Marrakech pictures
Services Included in The Tour:
- Pick up at your hotel/Riad
- Private Luxury 4x4 or Minivan
- Camel Ride
- Half-Board /2 meals
- Private luxury tent
Services Not Included in The Tour:
- Alcoholic & fresh drinks
- Tips
- Lunch meal
- Entrance fees optional visits
- Flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Fes and the Merzouga Desert is about 468 kilometers, and the total travel time is about 7 hours.
The distance between Marrakech and the Merzouga Desert is about 564 kilometers, and the total travel time is about 10 hours.
All Sahara Camps, very well equipped with a sanitary block, are powered by solar panels.
Yes, thanks to the policy of the Sahara Relax company, which organizes private and private tours
Yes, it is. In the standard Sahara desert Camp hot showers and toilets shared . If you upgrade to the Luxury Camp, your tent will have a private bathroom and shower.
It is possible, in fact. Make sure you have a small backpack ready to take with you for the camel ride to the camp. The rest of your luggage will be kept safe in your car until it is returned to you after reaching our camps.
Your camel ride in Merzouga desert will take arround one hour and half
- Note : If you want to modify this tour, let us know your idea, travel plans and we can create similar or different program, which match your requirements. Contact us for more info.