Desert Tour Overview
A memorable One night Desert tour over the Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Desert.
One night camping in the middle of the desert.
Camel trekking through the desert dunes.
Quick Itinerary Overview
Day 1 : A night in the Sahara Desert from Fes - Atlas
Day 2 : Sahara Desert - High Atlas Mountains - Marrakech
Inclusions and Exclusions
- Transport in a mini bus.
- Pleasant overnight accommodation.
- Half board (dinner and breakfast).
- Sahara Desert camel trekking and an overnight stay in a Berber camp.
- Lunch and drinks.
Importante Informantion
- Pick up : 7:30am.
- Drop off : 9pm (approx).
- Duration : 2 Days Tour.
- Start : Fes.
- Finish : Marrakech or Fes.
One Night Desert Tour from Fes Itinerary
Day 1 : A night in the Sahara Desert from Fes - Atlas
The meeting point is the blue gate at 7:30am for the fabulous journey up into the Middle Atlas mountains. Your first stop will be at the delightful town of Ifrane, built by the French in the 1930's, and known as Morocco's Switzerland because of its Alpine chalet-styled architecture and aspect. Next you will travel on through the huge cedar forests around the quaint, peaceful Berber town of Azrou, "The Rock" in the local Berber dialect, where the famous Barbary Apes, actually macaque monkeys, will be eager to share your lunch, in the heart of their natural habitat.
Then, passing through the Atlas Mountains, that are said to hold up the sky, winding your way though forested peaks, twisting mountain streams and gushing springs and spectacular, jagged walls of rock, you will arrive at the important, Sahara's edge town of Rissani, then, continuing on south, you will be amazed at the startlingly sudden appearance, as if by magic, of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. These dunes are massive, up to 50 metres in height and extend eastwards all the way into the Algerian Sahara Desert. Then enjoy an unforgettable ninety minute camel trek into the breathtaking sunset as you travel through the shifting sands before you arrive at a traditional Berber desert encampment to spend the night in a charming tent, surrounded by the mountainous dunes. Chill out and enjoy a delicious dinner while listening to the sweet strains of traditional Berber music until it is time to sleep underneath the myriad of glittering stars, so many and so bright that you feel you could almost reach out and touch them.
Day 2 : Sahara Desert - High Atals Mountains - Marrakech
An early start, as you are awoken to experience the beauty of the dawn over the sand dunes, then you shall ride your camel gently back to your kasbah hotel for breakfast, during the ride you cannot fail to notice the shifting and changing of the shadows cast by the dunes, lengthening and shrinking as the day progresses. After breakfast, the journey to Marrakech through the High Atlas Mountains. Then, it's on to the beautiful Berber town of Kelaat Mgouna, where, if you arrive in May, will be celebrating the annual Festival of the Roses. This provides the people of the region the chance to get together and trade many products that they make from roses including the famous rose water that you will be able to try and buy if you wish. The lovely aroma of this scent will stay with your clothes and skin for long after you've left this charming place and used on one's bed linen it can be a joy to freshen up your night chamber. After this you will continue through the berber villages till you reach tizi n tichka, a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakesh to the the High Atlas mountains. It lies above the great Marrakesh plains. then off to Marrakech. Or you go back to Fes from Merzouga through the Middle Atlas Mountains.
