2-day Merzouga desert tour from Fez: Camel ride and luxury camp

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Duration2d

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN · FR +1

PickupAt your hotel

Sunrise over the Sahara from inside a luxury tent

A 2-day guided tour from Fez to Merzouga crosses the Middle Atlas cedar forests and the Ziz Valley oasis, ending at a luxury desert camp where you ride a camel at sunset and sleep under the stars. The tour includes hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport to Merzouga, a 4x4 transfer to the camp, one night in a private luxury tent, dinner, breakfast and a camel ride; your guide handles the full return route to Fez the next morning.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Fes to Merzouga via Atlas Mountains

Pick up at hotel in Fes
Drive to Ifrane, Little Switzerland
Visit Azrou cedar forests and monkeys
Stop for Berber lunch in Midelt
Photo stops at Ziz Valley and Erfoud
4x4 ride to luxury desert camp
Drop off luggage at camp
Camel ride to watch sunset
Dinner and entertainment at camp

Day 2 — Sunrise and return to Fes

Early wake-up to see sunrise
Breakfast at desert camp
Drive back to Fes via Merzouga and Rissani
Drop off at accommodation in Fes

The Experience

Your driver meets you at your hotel in Fez and the route heads south through the Middle Atlas, a mountain range that stretches over 350 kilometers across northern Morocco. The first stop is Ifrane, a city at 1,650 meters altitude known as Little Switzerland for its sloping-roof houses and ski resort, then Azrou and its cedar forests where wild monkeys live. You stop for a Berber lunch in Midelt, then continue through the Ziz Valley—a patchwork of palm trees, fruit orchards and grain fields—and the oasis town of Erfoud before arriving in Merzouga.

At Merzouga, you transfer to a 4x4 jeep for the ride to the luxury camp. After dropping your luggage, you mount a camel and ride into the desert dunes to watch the sunset, then return to the camp for dinner and the evening. The camp sits on the edge of the Sahara, and the night sky carries enough stars to spend hours counting them if you want to.

Your guide wakes you early the next morning so you can watch the sunrise from the dunes—the operator calls it what could be the best sunrise of your life, though that depends on the weather and your timing. After breakfast at the camp, you return to Fez by the same route, with stops in Rissani and other spots along the way. Your driver drops you at your accommodation in Fez.

What’s included

Hotel pickup in Fez.
air-conditioned transport through the Middle Atlas, Ziz Valley and Erfoud.
4x4 jeep transfer to the desert camp.
one night in a private luxury tent.
dinner and breakfast at the camp.
a camel ride at sunset in the Merzouga dunes.
return transport and drop-off at your Fez accommodation.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Bekben travel

Is this one for you?Your guide speaks English, Spanish or French, so choose the language that suits you when you book. The tour runs as a group, and the pace is set by the shared schedule—early wake-up on day two is built in, so if you prefer to sleep through sunrise, a private tour would give you that flexibility.