Marrakech to Fez via the Sahara in 4 days

Itinerary: Marrakech to Fez via the Sahara in 4 days

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   Day 1 · Marrakech — Tizi n'Tichka — Aït Ben Haddou — Dadès

   We climb the High Atlas to the Tizi n'Tichka pass, at 2,260 metres, with stops in Berber villages. Walking visit of Aït Ben Haddou, lunch in Ouarzazate and then the Skoura palm grove and the Valley of Roses. Arrival in the Dadès valley in the late afternoon and a night in a guesthouse.

   
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   Day 2 · Dadès — Todra — Merzouga

   Morning in the Dadès valley, with a stop on the Tamellalt hairpin road. Then Tinghir and the Todra Gorge, where you walk through the canyon between walls almost 300 metres high. After lunch the road crosses Tinejdad, with its khettaras, and Erfoud, the fossil capital. Arrival at the dunes in the late afternoon. Sunset camel ride and a night at camp.

   
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   Day 3 · Day in Merzouga

   Sunrise on the dunes, a 4x4 tour with nomads, Khamlia and oases, lunch in Rissani. Free afternoon for sandboarding or the pool and a night in a hotel at the foot of the dunes.

   
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   Day 4 · Merzouga — Midelt — Ifrane — Fez

   Sunrise on the dunes and breakfast, then we head north. The road climbs the Ziz valley, passes through the gorges and the Legionnaire's tunnel and reaches Midelt for lunch. In the afternoon the Middle Atlas: the Azrou cedar forest with its macaques and Ifrane, the town of red roofs. Arrival in Fez in the evening (about 8 hours with stops).