Morocco Desert Tour Marrakech to Fez: Camel Rides Merzouga

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Duration3d

GroupUp to 17

LanguagesEN · AR +2

PickupAt your hotel

Cross the High Atlas and sleep under stars in the Sahara, then wake to ride camels at sunrise before heading to Fez.

This 3-day guided tour departs Marrakech, crosses the High Atlas Mountains through Berber villages and the Tizi-N'Tichka Pass, stops at the UNESCO-listed Kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou, descends into Dades Gorge for the first night, then reaches Merzouga Desert on day two for sunset and sunrise camel rides and an overnight stay in a Berber tent under the stars. The tour ends in Fez on day three. A driver and air-conditioned transport are included throughout; meals, guides in English, Spanish, French or Arabic, and optional activities like sandboarding or ATV rental are available depending on the option you choose at checkout.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Travel and visit kasbahs

Pick up in Marrakech
Drive through High Atlas and Tizi-N'Tichka Pass
Visit Ait Benhaddou kasbah
Enjoy traditional lunch
See kasbah Taourirte in Ouarzazate
Stop at Roses Valley and local cooperative
Arrive and check in at hotel in Dades Gorge
Dinner and overnight in Dades Gorge

Day 2 — Explore gorges and desert camp

Breakfast and depart to Todra Gorge
Visit Todra Gorge
Arrive at Merzouga near Erg Chebbi Dunes
Sunset camel trek to desert camp
Optional sandboarding and ATV rental
Dinner with Berber music at camp
Overnight in desert tent

Day 3 — Sunrise and travel to Fez

Sunrise camel ride
Breakfast at camp lodge
Travel through oases, gorges, and Azrou forests
Arrive in Fez and drop off at accommodation
End of tour

The Experience

You're picked up in Marrakech and travel south through the High Atlas in an air-conditioned vehicle, passing Berber villages and crossing the Tizi-N'Tichka Pass. The route stops at Aït Ben Haddou, a UNESCO-listed kasbah that has drawn film crews from around the world, where you have time to explore before a traditional lunch at a local restaurant. From there, the road descends into the Roses Valley, where the tour pauses at a local rose cooperative—the valley supplies much of the region's rose products—before arriving at Dades Gorge for dinner and your first night in a hotel.

Day two takes you through Todra Gorge, then on to Merzouga and the Erg Chebbi Dunes at the edge of the Sahara. You ride a camel at sunset to a desert camp, where you sleep in a tent under the stars and wake before dawn for a sunrise camel ride back to the lodge and breakfast. The camp offers an authentic Berber experience: a tagine dinner cooked over a fire, Berber music and dancing, and the choice to add sandboarding or rent an ATV or buggy at your own expense if you want more time in the dunes.

On day three, the drive north to Fez takes you through oases, rocky gorges, and the cedar and oak forests around Azrou, where Barbary macaques live wild. You arrive in Fez in the early evening and are dropped at your accommodation or the nearest accessible point. The long distances mean your driver takes breaks to rest and let everyone stretch—a requirement built into the schedule to keep the journey safe and manageable.

What’s included

Driver and air-conditioned transport throughout.
hotel accommodation on night one in Dades Gorge.
Berber tent accommodation on night two in Merzouga.
sunset and sunrise camel rides.
tagine dinner and Berber music on the second evening.
breakfast on days two and three.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats available

Operated by Marrakech City Travel

Is this one for you?Choose this tour if you're arriving in Marrakech and want to reach Fez without renting a car or arranging your own transport—the route, the camel rides, and the desert camp are all set, so you move through three regions and two very different landscapes without building the itinerary yourself. The 3-day length gives you time to cross the mountains, spend a full day and night in the desert, and still reach Fez by evening, which a shorter tour can't do.