6 Days desert tour from Tangier 

Day 1: Arrival – Tangier 

Arrive in Tangier, where you will be met by our team, and head to your hotel for the overnight. 

Day 2: Visit Tangier – Fez

On that day, you will discover this beautiful city with its European style after having a traditional Moroccan breakfast at 8 am. Your local guide will welcome you to the reception and show you the must-see sights and attractions of the city. You will also have the opportunity to know Tangier’s history, known as the ‘Pearl of the North’. Around the afternoon, you will leave for Fez. Overnight in a hotel or riad.

Day 3: Discovery tour of Fez

After breakfast, a private guided tour to discover Fez, one of the imperial cities in Morocco. Your local guide will pick you up from your hotel and take you to the most attractions and must-see sights of this ancient city. Visit the golden gates of the Royal Palace, stroll through the Fes E’lbali (Old medina), and see Medrasat El Bou Ananias, Nejarine Fountain, Karawin Mosque, one of the most essential Islamic cultural centers and home to Fez University (the oldest university in the world), Moulay Idriss’s Mausoleum is to be discovered. Of course, we cannot forget the Mellah, a Jewish quarter of Fez, the tannery quarter, and the crafts guilds. A delicious free lunch will be served on the day. An overnight stay awaits you.

Day 4: Fez – Midelt – Toudra Gorge – Merzouga

You start your tour with the Morocco4X4 team, depart Fez for the Todra Gorge via Ifrane and the cedar forests of Azrou, home to wild monkeys. This will be an excellent opportunity to take pictures for souvenirs—lunch in Zaida, a small Berber village. Continue your journey through the Atlas Mountains, enjoying the Midelt landscape, until you reach the small town of Rich. Later, you continue to Toudgha Gorges, known for its high rocky walls. After a walk here, we drive to Merzouga desert passing by several Berber villages. Upon arrival, You will be met by a professional camel guide, who will lead us to the heart of the desert on the camel’s back for attending the breathtaking sunset and spending the night in a camp enjoying the Berber Gnawa music under the starry sky. 

Day 5: Merzouga – Ouarzazate

After watching the panoramic sunrise on camels in Merzouga, we shower and have breakfast before setting off on our journey to visit the nomadic villages in the region of the desert before leaving for Ouarzazate, known as the African Studio. You will discover this gate of the Sahara and spend the night at one of its hotels.

Day 6: Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech

After the usual breakfast around 8 am, you will visit the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, famous for being the location for Hollywood films such as Game of Thrones, Gladiator, and Lawrence of Arabia. Ait Benhaddou also is a UNESCO world heritage site. Later, you will cross the Tizi-n-Tichka pass, the highest pass in Morocco, and maybe in the whole of Africa to reach the red city of Marrakech. Here our services end and we will transfer you to the airport.