6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MELILIA, NADOR.
6 days and 5 nights Desert tour from Melilia, Nador to Marrakech via Fes, Erg Chebbi, Ouzina Desert, Todra gorge, and Ouarzazate. passing by Ait Ben haddou kasbah, where Gladiator, India Jones, Game of Thrones…etc were filmed, enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the High Atlas mountains. The end of our 6 days and 5 nights tour from Nador will be in Marrakech.
Day 1: MOROCCO TOUR STARTING FROM MELILIA / NADOR – FES.
Pick up at the border of Beni-ensar or Airport/port of Nador, bound for Fes, we begin our visit to the religious city of the country. Founded in the 8th century by Idriss II, it is considered one of the four imperial capitals. During this visit, we will take a tour of the most emblematic places, such as the doors of the Royal Palace, the Jewish quarter, and the fortress that has the best view of Fes el Bali, the medina. We take a walking tour of several hours, accessing through the famous Bab Boujloud gate and the medina. We will experience a thousand smells and flavors in this place considered a world heritage site. Overnight in the hotel.
Day 2: FES – IFRAN – MERZOUGA DESERT.
After breakfast, we set our destination to the Merzouga desert. We will pass through the City of Ifran called the little Switzerland of Morocco, and then through Azrou, where we will make a stop in its Cedar forest and observe a colony of wild monkeys that lives there. We will continue to Zaida for lunch and some rest. Then we continue through the Atlas mountains enjoying the Medilt landscape until we reach the small town of Rich, Erfoud, where we begin to feel the air of the Sahara with the oasis of Tafilalet. We will take the camels to spend the night in Berber desert camp.
DAY 3: MERZOUGA DESERT TOUR – KHAMLIA – OUZINA DESERT.
After breakfast in your Berber camp. Start the real desert adventure by exploring Erg Chebbi, we visit Nomads, Khamlia village with its Gnawa music, time to have special desert activities such as Moto quad or buggies excursion. Then the part off-road of Paris Dakar, passing by Taouz village. Lunch in Ouzina village with Berber family, a remote village in the middle of the desert. A place where you can meet the local people and experience the real rural Morocco, a very small oasis, you will spend the night in your hotel and enjoy a traditional Moroccan dinner, rest and prepare for the next day’s adventure.
DAY 4: OUZINA OASIS – M’HARECH VALLEY – ALNIF – TODRA GORGE – DADES VALLEY.
After breakfast in the hotel we will continue driving off-road in the beautiful black desert crossing by Berber villages, mud houses till we get to Alnif which will provide a handy stop to have a breath after two hours off-road. Then the road will take us to Todra gorge is a fault that splits limestone into two, wide enough for a crystal-clear river to cut through. This river is also part of a landscape.
The Dades valley is absolutely stunning with rocks in all shades of orange and red and is known as The Country of Figs, will be our final stop, and here you will spend the night in your hotel, rest and freshen up for the next day’s adventure.
DAY 5: DADES VALLEY – SKOURA – OUARZAZATE.
The morning starts surrounded by the beauty of the valley, after enjoying breakfast at your hotel we will have some fun by getting off-road for the educational and life-changing experience of meeting nomads in their caves and they will hospitably invite us to take tea with them and with the help of your driver/guide translating, you can ask all the questions you like about their hard but fascinating way of life.
We will drive through the valley of roses, the valley provides some of the most spectacular scenery of the south and is where a large part of Morocco’s rose and rose water production occurs, and slowly the valley will transform into the beauty of Skoura oasis, the oasis offers an amazing landscape of palm trees and traditional clay kasbahs.
Arrive at Ouarzazate city, with its vibrant culture and artistic traditions. Ouarzazate is a quiet province also known for its film studios, once reaching the city you will be able to walk the streets or explore the film studios as you wish.
DAY 6 : OUARZAZATE – AIT BENHADDOU – ATLAS MOUNTAINS – MARRAKECH.
The morning starts surrounded by the beauty of the city, after enjoying breakfast at your hotel we continue the journey to Ait Ben Haddou an ancient village that has been the scenery for numerous Hollywood movies because of its incomparable beauty, there you will have the opportunity to walk through its captivating alleyways and explore its magic.
After lunch, our route will take us to Telouet kasbah. This Kasbah has a very interesting and particular history, It is located in a fertile valley surrounded by palm, fig, and olive trees after a relaxing walk we will continue to Marrakech. Your adventure with us ends here taking you to your hotel or riad.
DESTINATION Fes & Sahara desert
DEPARTURE LOCATION Port / Airport / Hotel in Nador
PRICE Depends on the number of travelers
6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MELILLA / NADOR INCLUDING:
- Pick up service from port / Airport.
- Private Transport by an A/C vehicle.
- Professional English-speaking driver.
- Official historian tour guide in Fes.
- Overnight in desert camp dinner and breakfast are included.
- Camel ride for sunset and sunrise (one camel each).
- You can stop everywhere to take pictures.
- Fuel included.
- Accommodations in selected hotels & Riads or Kasbahs (dinners & breakfasts are included).
6 DAYS DESERT TOUR FROM MELILLA / NADOR INCLUDING:
- Lunches and drinks.
- The flight tickets to and from your homeland.
- Entrance fees.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Experience Fes Morocco imperial city and the Sahara Desert in 6 days tour.
- Explore Fes, the country’s cultural capital, stopping at souks, tanneries, madrasas, and mosques.
- Ride camels in the Sahara desert in an unforgettable experience.
- Spend an exceptional overnight in desert camp.
- Visit and explore the world heritage UNESCO Kasbahs.
- Half an hour trekking in Todra Gorges.
- Adventure 4×4 tour in Sahara Desert.
