6 days Get Your Desert Tours from Rabat
Day 1: Rabat – Meknes – Fez
Pick up at the indicated location to depart for Fez 6 days Get Your Desert Tours from Rabat, we will border the Mamora forest, one of Morocco’s most important green areas and an excellent place to walk in nature enjoying its fauna and flora, we will continue towards Meknes where we will stop for lunch, Imperial city and very similar to Fez its Medina flirtatious and collected makes it much easier when it comes to walking and orientation is very traditional, labyrinthine streets full of life and However, its tiny size conceals architectural marvels of sublime beauty; its icon, the Bab Mansour gate of 1732, is the biggest gate in Morocco and throughout Africa.
We will continue to see the Roman city of Volubilis, which has the most spectacular and best maintained remains in Morocco, and was designated a World Heritage Site in 1997, therefore we will be guided by an experienced guide throughout our hour and a half visit… Finally, we shall travel to Fez for the night tonight (6 days Get Your Desert Tours from Rabat).
Day 2: Fez guided tour
Fez’s sites of interest include: Chouwara Tannery, Al Karaouine Mosque, Bab Bou Jeloud Gate, and Fez’s Royal Palace.We will visit the Mausoleum of Mulay Idris, Seffarine Square, Medersas, and the tile cooperative before continuing on to the ruins of Merenid outside the Medina for a breathtaking perspective of all of Fez.
Day 3: Fez -Ifrane-Middle Atlas – Erfoud-Merzouga
Today, after a good breakfast, we will depart for Merzouga, crossing the Middle Atlas Mountains, where inhospitable landscapes and lands full of life and stories await us, allowing us to observe the landscape, take pictures, and stop at places worth visiting. We will pass through Ifrane, known as “The Moroccan Switzerland” for its alpine character, particularly European, with its houses with sloping roofs, which have nothing to do with traditional Moroccan architecture…
The landscape then begins to change, leaving behind the trees and greenery and becoming an arid landscape that manages to catch you. We will stop at Midelt for lunch before continuing into the Ziz Valley, a tongue of palm trees lost in the distance that stretches along the length of the river, about 9000 palm trees.
Kasbah is a hidden gem in Morocco, especially for nature enthusiasts, and erosion over the years has generated the rivers that originally came from the High Atlas with considerable power…
As we approach Merzouga, we will notice the scenery changing and the desert sand gently welcoming us by appearing in little dunes. We will arrive at the Riad nestled at the foot of the desert of Erg Chebbi.Dinner and overnight stay at a guesthouse near the dunes.
DAY 4 : Merzouga – Erg Chebbi – Nomads – Merzouga
Today we can enjoy the magic of the dunes, so early in the morning we will make an excursion through the heart of the desert in our 4×4, we will pass by the lake or Dayet Srji (lake of the flamingos), depending on the winter is usually more or less water and where many birds hibernate, mainly flamingos, we will pass through Khamlia where we will make a stop (black people) with a population of 334 inhabitants of Gnaoua and Berber ethnicity.
Originally from black Africa moved to the Sahara where they began to settle along with Berber nomads, Their people are warm, friendly and quiet, and because of their culture, music is an important part of them, khamlia will invite you to enjoy their hospitality, to have a cup of tea and listen to Gnaoua music while resting in the wonderful landscape of the desert between dunes, our route continues between the dunes (where the Paris-Dakar passes), to meet some of the semi-nomadic families who live in the area in this sea of sand and stone, an adventure that you can enjoy every second!
We will return to the hotel where mid-afternoon camels will take us to the foot of the Great Dune, during the journey of an hour and a half we can go taking pictures, an experience that you will undoubtedly enjoy. At nightfall you will see that the desert takes on a very different color and the weather changes as it cools down depending on the time of the year… So without any concern the best thing is to enjoy this magical and authentic night under the starry sky of the desert, dinner and overnight in Haimas in the middle of the desert.
Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Erfoud – The Todra Gorges – Ouarzazate
Undoubtedly one of the greatest spectacles of the desert is to see how the sun rises, so today you have to get up early to see the wonderful sunrise, do not miss seeing the changing colors that the dunes are taking as the sun rises over the horizon. A visual spectacle that you will not forget…
We will continue to the Todra Gorges of more than 100 meters high, with its houses carved into the stone, a magical place of vertical rock walls caused by erosion of water and air for centuries, a perfect place for climbers. Surrounded by a river of little flow but crystal clear water we can enjoy this stop until the for a leisurely stroll…
We will continue to the Valley of the Roses, which is famous for its massive rose cultivation, where we will discover an impressive landscape, nature in its living state and with its harmonious and impressive colors make this valley a landscape worthy of admiration, we will continue our way to the Palm Grove of Skoura, which stands out as an important enclave of greenery and life in this arid plateau, the large concentration of kasbahs is scatte
Day 6: Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Ouarzazate considered as the gateway to the great desert as it is the intermediate point linking the mountains and the desert, also called the Hollywood of Morocco, because of its location is the perfect environment for filming movies for its arid land environment. One of the charms is its medina, the old part of the city with its many narrow streets full of life and the central square turned into a fantastic place to enjoy the daily life of its people…
We will continue to the Valley of the Roses well known for the massive cultivation of roses, where we will discover an impressive landscape, nature in its living state and with its harmonious and impressive colors make this valley a landscape worthy of admiration, we will continue our way to the Palm Grove of Skoura with more than 700… 6 days Get Your Desert Tours from Rabat.
