Morocco Global Adventures · Marrakech
A one-way trip that swaps the Atlantic coast for the desert: Ait Benhaddou, the Todra Gorge, a night in a Merzouga camp, then Fes and a drop-off at your Chefchaouen accommodation. Pick it if you want the Sahara and the Blue City and aren't flying home from Marrakech.
Morocco Global Adventures starts at 7:30 AM at the Café de France on Jemaa el-Fna and heads over the High Atlas. Day 1 takes in the kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, a UNESCO site since 1987 and a film set from Lawrence of Arabia to Gladiator, then Ouarzazate and a night in Tinghir. Day 2 runs through the Todra Gorge to Merzouga, where a camel takes you into the dunes for sunset and a night in camp.
Day 3 starts with a sunrise ride, then it's the long drive north to Fes for the third night. On day 4 you cross into the Rif and the trip ends at your accommodation in Chefchaouen. That night is yours to book and pay for. Nothing on this route goes back to Marrakech, which is the real advantage: you see the desert and the Blue City without a day lost on the return.
Read the small print. Lunches are extra (the listing shows €80 per person), as is dinner in Fes (€25), the Ait Benhaddou entry (€10) and a €2 fee in Tinghir. It's a shared tour of up to 18, not private. And one guest had a mixed camp: a great sunset guide, a grumpy sunrise one, and communal showers with no locks. With six reviews so far, the camp you get matters.
Meet at the Café de France on Jemaa el-Fna. The road crosses the High Atlas to the kasbah of Ait Benhaddou and Ouarzazate. Night in Tinghir (Hotel Saghro or similar), dinner included.
Through the Todra Gorge to Merzouga, then a sunset camel ride into Erg Chebbi, where some dunes rise to 150 m. Night at Beldi Luxury Camp or similar, dinner included.
A sunrise camel ride in the dunes, then breakfast.
North to Fes. Night in a standard hotel; dinner is not included.
Breakfast, then the Rif mountains and the drop-off at your accommodation in Chefchaouen.
★★★★★Something to do & a wonderful experience, IF guide is excellent. Moustafa [...] the young guide we had for sunset ride, was excellent, genuine bright & cheery, helpful
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No. It's one way: it starts in Marrakech and ends at your accommodation in Chefchaouen. Plan your onward trip from there, for example by bus to Tangier or Fes.
No. The listing includes three nights (Tinghir, the desert camp and Fes). The trip ends on day 4 at your Chefchaouen accommodation, which you book yourself.
No, it's shared, with up to 18 travellers. For a private desert route north, see the 5-day tour to Tangier.
Per the listing: lunches (€80 per person, as the listing shows it), dinner in Fes (€25), Ait Benhaddou (€10), a Tinghir fee (€2), drinks and tips.
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A Sahara camp night with camel rides on the way north, ending at your Chefchaouen hotel.
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