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

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Duration2d

GroupUp to 17

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Two Days Crossing Morocco's Mountains & Sahara, Camel to Tent

You leave Marrakech at dawn in an air-conditioned vehicle, climb the High Atlas, drive through the Valley of Roses and Dades Valley, then ride a camel into Erg Chebbi at sunset. You spend the night in a traditional Berber tent with dinner and live music, wake for a desert sunrise, and return to Fez by afternoon. The driver and all transport, meals, and camel are included—you just show up at your hotel.

Step-by-step itinerary

Day 1 — Marrakech to Merzouga Desert

Meet at hotel in Marrakech
Drive through High Atlas Mountains
Pass Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass
Travel through Ouarzazate and Rose Valley
Reach Kasbah near Erg Chebbi dunes
Take mint tea break
Ride camels across Erg Chebbi dunes
Arrive at desert camp
Enjoy dinner and campfire with Berber music

Day 2 — Merzouga to Fes via Ziz Valley

Watch sunrise over sand dunes
Return to camp by camel
Have breakfast and rest
Stop briefly in Rissani
Pass through Ziz Valley and Berber villages
Drive through Midelt and Middle Atlas Mountains
Arrive in Fes in afternoon

The Experience

The van is already rolling when you step in at your Marrakech hotel before dawn—your driver knows the route by heart, and the High Atlas is waiting. You'll climb through the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, which sits at 2,260 meters, watching the landscape shift from dry plains to terraced villages and small waterfalls as the mountains close in around you. The air gets cooler, the colors sharper. By mid-morning you're through Ouarzazate and into the Valley of Roses, then the Dades Valley, where the road narrows and the rock walls turn rust and gold. It's a long drive—the kind where you stop for mint tea and realize you're not in a city anymore.

Late afternoon, the dunes appear. Erg Chebbi rises in front of you, and that's when the camel ride begins. One hour across the sand, your guide leading, the light turning amber as the sun drops. You reach the traditional Berber camp as the sky goes purple, and you're shown to your tent—it has an ensuite bathroom, which is the kind of detail that matters after a full day of travel. Dinner is served, and after dark the nomads bring out drums and play traditional songs around the fire while mint tea steams in glasses. You sleep under stars in a way that feels both ancient and oddly comfortable.

The second morning starts early if you want it to. You can walk out onto the dunes before sunrise—the Algerian border is about 50 kilometers away, and the light at that hour is why people come here. Breakfast happens back at camp, and then it's the return journey: a short stop in Rissani, a pass through Midelt, and the long drive north through the Ziz Valley and the Middle Atlas. Berber villages flicker past. By afternoon you're in Fez, the desert already feeling like something you crossed rather than visited.

What’s included

Your two days include hotel pickup in Marrakech in an air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver, passage through the High Atlas Mountains via the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, stops in Ouarzazate, the Valley of Roses, and the Dades Valley, a one-hour camel ride to Erg Chebbi at sunset, one night in a traditional Berber tent with an ensuite bathroom, dinner with live Berber music and drums around the campfire, a sunrise walk on the dunes (optional), breakfast, and the return drive through the Ziz Valley, Berber villages, and the Middle Atlas to Fez in the afternoon.

Good to know

Easy physical levelWheelchair accessibleStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by 3T Travel

Is this one for you?Book this if you want the Sahara experience without arranging your own transport, camel guide, or camp—the fixed itinerary and included driver mean you move through three landscapes in two days without stopping to plan.