Door to door from Fes to Marrakech

About this experience

The drop-off is what sets this one apart. Several tours on this route end at Jemaa el-Fna or the nearest point a car can reach; Morocco Destinations lists drop-off at your Marrakech hotel as an inclusion. The operator contacts you the day before with the exact pickup time and place in Fes, and you travel in an air-conditioned 4x4 or van with an English-speaking driver-guide.

The itinerary gives the distances, which few listings do: 467 km on day one from Fes to Merzouga, 255 km on day two to the Dades Gorges, and 315 km on day three to Marrakech. That's 1,037 km. Day one has a 30-minute stop in Fes, Ifrane, the Azrou cedar forest, an hour in Midelt and the Ziz river, then a sunset camel ride to a private tent in Erg Chebbi. Night two is a private air-conditioned en-suite room at Perle De Sude, Luxury Riad Dades or Babylone, as the listing names them.

Read the camp line twice. The tent is private but the bathrooms are shared; a deluxe tent is an upgrade. Two breakfasts and two dinners are included, drinks and lunches aren't. Day three adds a short stop at Atlas Studios in Ouarzazate, 10 minutes at Ait Ben Haddou and a stop on the Tizi n'Tichka pass. Ten minutes at Ait Ben Haddou is short: if the kasbah matters to you, the small-group tour gives it an hour and a half.

• Pickup at your Fes riad and drop-off at your Marrakech hotel
• Air-conditioned 4x4 or van with an English-speaking driver-guide
• Sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi
• Private tent in the dunes, deluxe upgrade available
• Private en-suite room in the Dades or Ouarzazate on night two

How the day runs

1. Day 1, 467 kmFes to Merzouga

   Pickup at your riad, then stops in Ifrane, the Azrou cedar forest, Midelt (1 hour) and the Ziz river before Merzouga.

2. Day 1, sunsetCamel ride and camp

   A sunset camel ride in Erg Chebbi to the camp, dinner and a night in your private tent.

3. Day 2, 255 kmTodra and the Dades Gorges

   An hour in Merzouga in the morning, an hour at the Todra Gorge, then the Dades Gorges for dinner and an en-suite room.

4. Day 3, 315 kmOuarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou

   Stops at the Dades Gorges, Atlas Studios and Ait Ben Haddou (10 minutes), then the Tizi n'Tichka pass.

5. Day 3, endDrop at your Marrakech hotel

   The driver takes you to your hotel in Marrakech.

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Tips before you book

• Reply to the operator's message the day before: that is when you get the pickup time and place.
• Ask the price of the deluxe tent if a private bathroom matters. The standard tent shares a block.
• Give the exact name and address of your Marrakech hotel when you book, so the drop-off is planned.
• Bring cash for lunches and drinks on all three days.

Read next:

• Day-by-day route
• Luxury vs standard camp

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