Cidades imperiais de Rabat de 5 dias e excursão no deserto para Merzouga

We pick you up in Rabat and drive east to Meknes, one of the imperial cities, with its great gate and old walls. From there it is a short drive to Volubilis, the Roman ruins in the hills, where mosaics and columns still stand in the open air. We continue to Fes in the afternoon and bring you to your hotel, where dinner is included.

This day belongs to Fes, the oldest of the imperial cities, and we explore the medina with a local guide. The route leads through the tanneries, where leather is still dyed by hand, the Medersa and the craft quarters, where potters, weavers and metalworkers keep old trades alive. The guide knows the lanes and the workshops, so you see the craft at work instead of only the shop fronts. We spend a second night in Fes, with dinner included.

After breakfast we leave Fes and drive south through the Ziz Valley, where the road follows the river between long palm groves, to Merzouga. The land dries out as we go, and the first dunes of Erg Chebbi appear on the horizon. In the late afternoon we ride camels at sunset into the dunes, up to 150 metres high, to the desert camp. Dinner is served in camp, with music by the fire, and we sleep in the camp under the stars.

We watch the sunrise in the dunes and ride the camels back to the village, then drive west to the Todra Gorge. There is time for a walk between the high rock walls on the valley floor before we continue into the Dades Valley. The road runs between red rock walls and green palm groves, and we spend the night in the Dades Valley, with dinner included.

After breakfast we drive to Ait Ben Haddou, the old clay ksar, and walk through the lanes to the top for the view over the valley. From there the road climbs over the Tizi n'Tichka pass, at 2,260 metres the highest road pass in Morocco, and drops down to Marrakech. We arrive in the late afternoon, and the tour ends in Marrakech.