These 3 or 4 day tours start and finish in Fez include an overnight camel trek, and can depart any day with 2 or more on tour - or if you are travelling alone, you may join a pre-booked tour. We also offer longer tours.
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A TOUR
More people on tour lowers the price per person.
If you book a new tour departing any day, we
can post your dates online, inviting others to join your tour.
Includes: Transport by 4x4; experienced driver; ensuite
rooms with air conditioning, breakfast and dinner (vegetarians
welcome);
swimming stops (April to September); personalised extended walks and exploration
of oasis palmeries and kasbahs, markets and medinas; camel trek to overnight
in nomad desert bivouac with guide and camels of course…
View pictures of the Erg Chebbi dunes 29km from Merzouga. These big dunes are spectacular, and our camel trek bivouac (camp) is in a remote roadless region.
THREE DAYS/TWO NIGHTS
PRICE
in Moroccan dirhams
2 persons = 4500 per person;
3 persons = 3600 per person;
4 persons = 3000 per person;
6 persons = 2500 per person;
Book
this tour
Day 1:
We will meet you at your Fez riad or hotel at 8:00a.m., depart and transport
over the Middle Atlas mountains through the cedar forests of Ifrane,
Midelt and the Ziz gorges towards Sahara. We’ll arrive
in Dades Valley. After visiting the Tamnalt hills, we stay Dades
valley auberge (small country inn) in the upper gorge.
Day 2:
After breakfast we’ll visit Todra Gorge, then head for the Erg
Chebbi sand sea. Along the way we pass through folded exposed rock slabs
of fossils and can stop and visit a fossil workshop for a closer look
at Sahara’s wonderful varieties of ancient life. We continue deeper
into the desert landscape, until dunes appear on the horizon. Our mid-afternoon
destination is the auberge (small country inn) 29km from Merzouga,
where you meet your camel guide and ride into the bivouac (camp). Upon
arrival you will have a traditional tagine dinner prepared (vegetarians
welcome) under the evening stars shining brilliantly in the clear night sky.
Climb the dunes and watch the moon rise before retiring to your bed in the
nomad wool tent.
Day 3:
Bivouac trekkers return by camel at sunrise to the auberge for breakfast and
shower. Depart the desert for long days drive to Fez, traveling through
the Ziz gorge to the Middle Atlas mountains. The alpine town of Ifrane is
a nice contrast from the desert. You can stop here, before descending to the
hilly lowlands where the ancient city of Fez is situated. We can arrange for
your stay in a riad in the heart of the Fez medina and arrange for a guide
for the next day if you wish. (extra cost[s]).
FOUR
DAYS / THREE NIGHTS
Four days allows for a leisurely pace, with time to explore Berber villages,
markets, off-road by 4x4, walk in the palmeries and the Erg Chebbi dunes.
Available year-round.
PRICE
in Moroccan dirhams
2 persons = 5900
per person.
3 persons = 4950 per person.
4 persons = 4000 per person.
6 persons = 3500 per person
Book
this tour
Day 1:
We will meet you at your (Fez) riad or hotel at 8:00a.m., depart and transport
(7 hours) over the Middle Atlas mountains through the cedar forests
of Ifrane, Midelt and the Ziz gorges towards Sahara. We’ll
arrive in Dades valley of a thousand Kasbahs. You will pass through
many Berber villages, and once in the desert, see barren hillsides
clustered with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house many families and their
livestock). After visiting the Tamnalt hills, we stay Dades valley
auberge (small country inn) in the upper gorge.
Day 2:
After breakfast we have a short drive to walk through a massive fault dividing
the High Atlas mountains. Todra Gorge sheer rock walls rises to 300
m in its narrowest part. After lunch you can wander with a guide through palmeries,
gardens, and kasbahs for a close look at traditional Berber ways of
life. Visit the market in Tinehir and old kasbah quarter.
Stay in traditional old kasbah with evening Moroccan dinner by the pool.
Day 3:
Our mid-afternoon destination is the auberge (small inn) in the Erg Chebbi
dunes 29km from Merzouga. Along the way we pass through folded exposed
rock slabs of fossils and we can stop and visit a fossil workshop for
a closer look at Sahara’s wonderful varieties of ancient life. We continue
deeper into the desert landscape, until the dunes appear on the horizon. Upon
arrival you will meet your camel guide and ride into the dunes to the
bivouac (camp), where a traditional tagine dinner is prepared (vegetarians
welcome) under the evening stars shining brilliantly in the night sky. Climb
the dunes and watch the moon rise before retiring to your bed in the nomad
wool tent.
Day 4:
Bivouac trekkers return by camel at sunrise to the auberge for breakfast and
shower. Depart for long days drive to Fez, traveling from the desert
through the Ziz gorge to the Middle Atlas mountains. The alpine
town of Ifrane is a nice contrast from the desert. You can stop here,
before descending to the hilly lowlands where the ancient city of Fez is situated.
You will need to book a hotel in Fez this night.
From Agadir,
Rabat or Casablanca
Want to arrive and / or depart from Agadir, Rabat or Casablanca? Email
or telephone your dates, and we can price practical itineraries and options.
For more information contact
Telephone
Morocco:
GSM: +212 66 770 5212
Telephone
inside Morocco:
GSM: 0 66 770 5212
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