5 Days Tangier to Marrakech via the Sahara
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5 Days Tangier to Marrakech via the Sahara

5 days / 4 nights Tangier › Chefchaouen › Fes › Merzouga › Dades › Marrakech Private tour · 1–12 people

From the Mediterranean to the Sahara: perfect if you arrive by ferry from Spain or Italy. Want to change something? Every tour can be adapted: more days, other stops, other hotels.

Highlights

  • White Tetouan and blue Chefchaouen
  • Roman ruins of Volubilis and imperial Meknes
  • Cedar forests of the Middle Atlas and a night in the Erg Chebbi dunes
  • Todra Gorges and the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs
  • Ait Ben Haddou and the Tizi n'Tichka pass

Day-by-day itinerary

  1. 1

    Day 1Tangier – Tetouan – Chefchaouen

    Pick-up at the port, the airport or your hotel in Tangier. Short visit of the white medina of Tetouan, a UNESCO site with Andalusian roots, then drive into the Rif mountains to Chefchaouen. Afternoon to stroll through the blue streets.

    Riad in Chefchaouen · Breakfast
  2. 2

    Day 2Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes

    Morning walk in the blue medina. We drive south to Volubilis, the best preserved Roman city in Morocco, and the imperial city of Meknes with its monumental Bab Mansour gate. Arrival in Fes in the late afternoon.

    Riad or hotel in Fes · Breakfast
  3. 3

    Day 3Fes – Ifrane – Midelt – Merzouga

    We leave Fes through the Middle Atlas: Ifrane, the cedar forest of Azrou with its Barbary monkeys and the high plateaus of Midelt. Then the Ziz Valley and its palm groves lead us to Merzouga, where camels take us into the dunes for a night in a Berber camp.

    Desert camp in Erg Chebbi · Dinner and breakfast
  4. 4

    Day 4Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley

    Sunrise from the dunes and breakfast at the camp. We pass through Rissani and its market, the oasis of Tinejdad and walk in the Todra Gorges, before following the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to the Dades Valley.

    Hotel in the Dades Valley · Dinner and breakfast
  5. 5

    Day 5Dades – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech

    Drive through the Valley of the Roses and Skoura to Ouarzazate. Guided visit of the kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage site and famous film set, then cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass to Marrakech.

    Riad or hotel in Marrakech · Breakfast

Included

  • Private 4x4 with air conditioning, fuel and tolls
  • Driver-guide speaking English, Spanish, Italian or French
  • Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, riad, port or airport
  • 4 nights in hotels, riads and a desert camp
  • Breakfasts and dinners as indicated in the itinerary
  • Camel ride in the dunes
  • Bottled water in the vehicle

Not included

  • Lunches and drinks
  • Local guides and entrance fees to monuments (optional)
  • Tips
  • Flights and travel insurance

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