6 Days from Agadir to Fes via the Sahara

We pick you up at your hotel or riad in Agadir in the morning and drive east through the Souss valley to Taroudant, the "little Marrakech", for a walk along its red ramparts. We continue across the Anti-Atlas to Taliouine, land of saffron, and reach Ouarzazate, the gateway to the desert, in the evening. Dinner and night at a hotel or riad.

In the morning we drive to the ksar of Aït Benhaddou, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and walk up to the old granary for the view. Back through Ouarzazate we take the road of the thousand kasbahs: the palm grove of Skoura, the Valley of Roses at Kelaat M'Gouna and finally the Dades Gorges. Dinner and night at a hotel in the gorges.

After breakfast we drive to Tinghir and walk between the 300-metre walls of the Todra Gorge. We continue through Tinejdad and Erfoud to Merzouga. In the late afternoon the camels take us into the dunes of Erg Chebbi to watch the sunset and reach our desert camp. Dinner, Berber music around the campfire and night in the camp under the stars.

Sunrise over the dunes and breakfast in the camp. Today we discover the desert around Erg Chebbi by 4×4: a nomad family, the village of Khamlia and its Gnawa music, the old mines and the Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday market of Rissani. In the afternoon there is time for sandboarding or to relax by the dunes. Dinner and night at a hotel in Merzouga or in the camp.

After the sunrise and breakfast we drive north through Erfoud and the long palm groves of the Ziz Valley, then climb into the Middle Atlas to Midelt. We cross the cedar forests of Azrou, where Barbary macaques live, and Ifrane, the "Switzerland of Morocco", before arriving in Fes in the evening. Dinner and night at a riad in Fes.

Morning visit of the medina of Fes el-Bali with a local guide (optional): the Bab Bou Jeloud gate, the madrasas, the Chouara tanneries and the souks of the craftsmen. After the visit we take you to your riad, the train station or Fes airport. End of our services.