Excursão de 5 dias de Tânger a Marrakech via Chefchaouen, Fes e Merzouga

We pick you up at the port or your hotel in Tangier and drive to Chefchaouen in the Rif mountains, about two hours through the hills. The blue city sits in a valley in the Rif, and the afternoon is for wandering the blue-painted lanes of the old town, where every corner is a photo and the pace is slow. We spend the night in Chefchaouen, with dinner included.

After breakfast we leave the blue city and drive to Fes, about three and a half hours through the Rif foothills and the northern plains. In the afternoon we walk the medina, the oldest of the imperial cities, and in the evening the lanes fill with the smell of bread and spices. We spend the 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.