8 Days from Tanger to Marrakech Desert tours
8 Days / 7 Nights
Departure : Tangier
Arrival : Marrakech
8 days from Tangier to Marrakech
Tour Details :
8 days from Tangier to Marrakech:
Our team will takes you to discover and explore the blue city Chefchaouen, The cultural center Fes via Volubilis the most important archaeological site in Morocco, the beautiful Middle Atlas Mountains with cedar woods and forest with monkeys, the charming ski resort, 1000 Palm tree of Ziz valley, Camel trekking in the Sahara with its sandy dunes also Berber villages, Grand Canyon, centuries old Kasbahs and high Atlas Mountains.
8 days from Tangier to Marrakech
Tour Schedule:
Day 1
Tangier – Chefchaouen
In the morning you will meet your driver/guide and start the 8 days from Tangier to Marrakech through the rif mountains and Tetoun city to enjoy the views of the beautiful mountains till we get to chefchaouan or its called the Blue City it is one of the stunning villages in the feet of rif mountains chefchaouen medina had a Spanish-style square surrounded by many funky arts and crafts stores, roof-top restaurants and cafes where you will spend your night in a nice place to enjoy the breeze and the beauty of the nature, overnight in Hotel
Day 2
Exploring Chefchaouen
After breakfast, we do tour of the city Chefchaouen (The Blue City), a small city situated in the Rif Mountains. The city dates back to 1471. The cities name derives from a Berber name Chef Chaouen which means look at the horns. Chefchaouen is a quaint place to hike and relax.
You will walk inside the old city of Chefchaouen and visit Rass El Ma (The Head if the water). Ras El Ma is the source of water that is used by the city for irrigation and laundry. This is a public area where local woman wash clothing and blankets. When you finish your tour you will settle down in your accommodation for the second night of our 8 days from Tangier to Marrakech.
Day 3
Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Fes
The 8 days from Tangier to Marrakech start after breakfast, we will drive to cross the Rif Mountains and into the Middle Atlas Mountains to visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis the most important archaeological site in Morocco. After continuation to Fes via Meknes it was the capital of Morocco under the reign of Moulay Ismail then you will continue your tours to Fes, check into your accommodation
Day 4
Fez guided tours
All day devoted for visiting Fez, the oldest of the imperial cities, home to the world’s first university dating from the 9th century and one of the most complete medieval cities in existence. Surrounded by huge defensive walls, it seems suspended in a time warp, somewhere between the middle Ages and the modern.
Here we will have our local guide in the medieval Medina you will be visiting the famous tanneries and the Karaouine mosque. After lunch, in a typical Moroccan restaurant in the Medina, you’ll visit the Merenid tombs and experience a wonderful panoramic view of the city. Check into your Accommodation.
Day 5
Fez – Ifrane – Azrou – Ziz valley – Erfoud – Merzouga Erg Chebbi
After breakfast we drive south-eastward through the mountains and the cedar woods of the middle Atlas, passing by Moroccan Switzerland ” IFRAN”, a charming ski resort and Azrou an important handicraft centre specialized in the work of cedar wood. After the Zad pass (2,178m/7,146ft) you arrive in Midelt for lunch.
Afternoon you will drive to Erfoud via Errachidia the 1000 Palms of Ziz valley dotted with palm trees. Continuation to the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, passing from the the road of Paris Dakar, the workshop of fossils, Tent of Berber Nomad who living in the solitude of the Sahara, after continuation to our Hotel located near of the big dunes, dinner and overnight at your hotel.
Day 6
Merzouga – Erg Chebbi – Camel trekking:
After breakfast you will start the largest tour of the hills through a couple of Berber villages, you will stop in Khamlia village it’s a traditional homemade of thick clay bricks made from a mixture of clay to experience the live Gnaoua music which is pumped by the locals. Set off to another site you will “live like a nomad” experience the simplistic life through visiting them in their tent. Here, in the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, the largest in Morocco.
Enjoy the panoramic scene of black volcanic rock on the plains, the bright charming blue sky, the green tall palm trees, white crystal clear salt beds, mirages of water, and golden shifting hills. Arrive the remarkable accommodation and spend the 2nd night in the lodge in a Berber tent, and you will be playing the drums with camel men after dinner, overnight in Berber camp.
Day 7
Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades valley – Ouarzazate
Wake up early to see the spectacle sunrise, when the color of the dunes and the play of shadows are an awesome sight. After breakfast and shower. We will start another way to Ouarzazate via the huge palm grove of Tafilalet through Rissani, you will stop in Erfoud: famous for its fossilized marbles where you will visit the workshop production of marble fossils.
Continue to Todra Gorges where you will have lunch it’s an ideal place for walking and exploring in your own, After drive to Ouarzazat through Dades valley and the town of roses, Kelaa Mgouna we continue Through the Road of Thousand-Kasbah passing Skoura palm grove until we arrive to Ouarzazate named “Hollywood of Morocco” After visit the town of Ouarzazate: the Kasbah of Taourirt and cinema studio, then check into your accommodation.
Day 8
Ouarzazate – Ait Benhaddou – High Atlas mountains – Marrakech
In Morning after breakfast we head to Aït Benhaddou, a ‘fortified city’, situated along the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakech. It is situated on a hill along the Ouarzazate River and boasts some beautiful examples of Kasbahs, some of which remain inhabited. Granted UNESCO World Heritage listing, the site had been the setting for many films including Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator.
After stop for lunch then continue to Marrakech over one the highest mountain passes of the Atlas, Tizi-n-Tischka (2260 meters). We will rest and drink Moroccan Tea also known as Berber Whisky. After continuous to Marrakech check into your accommodation end of our 8 days from Tangier to Marrakech.
8 days from Tangier to Marrakech Inclusions & Exclusions
What is Included:
- A comfy Transportation with A/C and fuel costs.
- An English Speaking driver/guide.
- 8 days from Tangier to Marrakech
- 2 nights in Chefchaouen.
- 2 nights in Fes
- Local guide to visit Fes.
- One night in a Berber tent. “On Half Board”
- Camel ride to the desert camp,
- One night in Merzouga hotel
- One night in Dades valley.
what is excluded:
- Lunches, Drinks
- Accommodation in Marrakech & Tips
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