Fez to Merzouga: 2-Day Sahara Desert & Camel Trek

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Camel Trek & Desert Night: Fez to Merzouga in 36 Hours

You get picked up from your Fez hotel, driven through the Atlas Mountains and Barbary ape forests to Merzouga, then spend ninety minutes on camel crossing the Erg Chebbi dunes to a private Berber tent where you sleep and eat. Day two reverses the route back to Fez after a dawn trek and breakfast. The whole thing takes 36 hours and includes all transport, meals, camel trekking and accommodation.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Fes to Merzouga via Atlas Mountains

Pick up from hotel in Fes
Drive to Ifrane, Morocco's Switzerland
Visit cedar forests and see Barbary apes
Stop for photos at Ziz Valley
Lunch in Midelt, the apple capital
Arrive in Merzouga, Sahara Desert
Take camel trek to Berber tent
Relax with Berber music and dinner
Sleep in luxury desert tent

Day 2 — Merzouga to Fes via Atlas Mountains

Wake up to dawn over dunes
Return camel to hotel
Breakfast at desert camp
Drive back to Fes through Middle Atlas
Make short stops en route
Arrive in Fes or Marrakech

The Experience

Your driver arrives at your hotel or riad in Fez before dawn. The road south climbs fast into the Atlas Mountains, and by mid-morning you're in Ifrane, the alpine town that looks nothing like Morocco — steep roofs, cool air, Swiss chalets transplanted into North Africa. It's a quick stop for photos, then down into the cedar forests around Azrou where Barbary apes move through the trees. They're used to tourists, which means they're also used to stealing snacks, so keep your lunch close. The drive winds through the Ziz Valley, lunch happens in Midelt (the apple capital, they'll tell you), and then the landscape opens into desert.

By afternoon you're in Merzouga, standing in front of the Erg Chebbi dunes. A ninety-minute camel trek takes you deeper into the sand, the dunes shifting around you as the light changes. Your guide leads you to a private luxury Berber tent with its own bathroom — not roughing it, but close enough to feel real. Dinner is cooked on-site, and after dark the sky fills with stars in a way that doesn't happen near cities. You sleep in the tent, the desert quiet around you except for the wind.

Day two starts before sunrise. You trek back across the dunes on camel, watching the shadows lengthen as the sun comes up, then return to the vehicle for breakfast. The drive back to Fez follows the same route in reverse, with a few short stops along the way. You're back by evening, having crossed the Sahara and slept under it in less than two days.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup from Fez, transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle to Merzouga, a ninety-minute camel trek to the Berber tent, a private luxury tent with attached bathroom and toilet, dinner and breakfast, a dawn camel trek back across the dunes, and the return drive to Fez with short stops along the way.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Samitrip

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the Sahara experience without spending three or four days on the road — the overnight format gets you across the desert and back to Fez in 36 hours, which is what makes the whole trip fit into a short break.