8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga
- 8 Days
- Tangier
- Comfortable Vehicle
- + 1 People
8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga Overview
Join us for 8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga in our quest for knowledge. Moroccan Imperial Cities by strolling through the narrow streets of Fes and Marrakech Spectacular views of the Rif Mountains and enjoying the colorful souks/markets, experience Moroccan culture and traditions on 8 Days from Tangier to Merzouga, During the tour, you will visit the desert and Sahara dunes, ride camels, visit world heritage Kasbahs, and enjoy Moroccan warmth and delicious Moroccan cuisine.
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8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga Highlights
- Spectacular views of the Rif Mountains landscapes.
- Volubilis Roman ruins.
- Enjoy the fascinating historical sites of Fez.
- Cedar forest of Azrou & see monkeys.
- Panoramic aspects of Erg Chebbi dunes.
- Experience Camel ride in Merzouga Desert.
- Sunset over the sand dunes.
- Sand Boarding activity.
- Dinner and party around campfire (Berber Drums).
- Overnight at Merzouga Desert Camp.
- Merzouga excursion & nomad family.
- Spectacular views of Todra valley & Gorge.
- Spectacular views of Dades Valley & Gorge.
- Atlas Studio & Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate.
- The UNESCO world heritage of Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah.
- Spectacular views of the Atlas Mountains landscapes.
Includes
- Private tour in a vehicle with air conditioning / 4×4 Toyota Prado
- Driver/ English Spanish Italian speak
- Guide local in Fes and Marrakech
- Nights on half board in hotels (room+dinner+breakfast)
- Nights in a luxury camp (dinner+breakfast)
- Camel trek in the desert
- Sand Boarding activity
- Special dinner and party around the campfire (Berber Drums)
- Pick up from airport & transfer
Not Included
- Lunches.
- Drinks.
- flight
8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga Itinerary
DAY 1: TANGIER | CHEFCHAOUEN
On the first day of 8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga. Meet our guide-driver at Tanger port or airport and you make your way to chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains, Tour of Chefchaouen : (or Chaouen) in the Rif Mountains, founded by the Muslims and Jews who were pushed by Christians in the 15th century. The town was not known until the 20th century and had remained relatively unchanged for 500 years. It is said to give the best possible view of what an Andalusian town would look like in the time of the Moors. The city becomes a tourist destination, its narrow medina streets, white and blue coloured houses and its beautiful situation in the middle of the mountains makes it unique, There are cafes around the main square and hotels.
DAY 2: CHEFCHAOUEN | VOLUBILIS | FES
Departing to Fes at 10:00 am. We will drive throughout greenhills ,open vast lands and wheat fields. We stop for lunch near Ouazzane and we continue to Volubilis. It is the best-preserved Roman ruins in Morocco. Aguided tour inside the Roman site will take you back to the myths of Rome by the stunning mosaic, streets, columns and baths. Not far, there is an old village of Moulay Driss Zerhoune where the founder of the first Arab Islamic Dynasty in Morocco is buried. If time permits a stop for mint tea in this town before we head to Fez.Hotel/ Riad.
DAY 3: FES MEDINA GUIDED TOUR
After breakfast, you will have a guided visit at 10:00 Am in the medina of Fès. To begin with the southern tower and the 16th century face to face with the northern one,a panoramic view over the medieval city. We will visit an enjoyable pottery cooperative. It will enhance your knowledge about the making of Moroccan mosaic”zellij” and the blue pottery of Fez. A true labyrinthine old city of 8thcentury. You will travel in time back to the medieval period of the city where people still work in small narrow streets, several tiny stalls of all kinds of traditional crafts, and donkeys loaded with supplies are going up and down in the streets of the medina. You will feel no sense of direction and time for a while. The medina of Fez is rich in Islamic monuments: the fascinating old mosques, the University of Al-Quaraouiyine and its libraries. All These elements made Fez the spiritual and cultural capital of the country. overnight in the same riad or hotel.
DAY 4: FES | ERFOUD | ERG CHEBBI | MERZOUGA
Morning drive through the Middle Atlas mountains. It is home to Barbary apes called “the maggot” , native to the forest of cedar wood in the Middle Atlas. A break in Ifran town will be very appreciated. It is a famous place for ski resorts in Morocco and it was established during the French protectorate. We are having lunch in Medilt, known for its best productions of apples in Morocco. Stop for the photo in Ziz Valley which is the beginning of palm groves and dates. Erfoud is the capital of Fossils in Morocco so you will have this chance to visit one of the factories where they make beautiful articles out of marble. And right after that we visited the mausoleum of Moulay Ali Chref in Rissani The founder of the actual Alaouite dynasty of Morocco in the 17th century.We drove to Erg Chebbi time for a cup of tea and packing for desert camp. Meet up with Camels for camel-ride and head to the dunes to watch the sunset .Overnight in the Berber Camp.
DAY 5: MERZOUGA EXCURSION
Today we will be traveling and exploring the Erg Chebbi Dunes in Merzouga where nomads are still living, beginning with a seasonal lake of Merzouga and Khamlia, the traditional Gnawa music, and we visit desert mines and an oasis of palm trees. Lunch will be local after we come back to the Merzouga for riding camels inside sand dunes and discovering the Sahara desert.
DAY 6: MERZOUGA | JORF | TODRA GORGE
Early wake up for the sun rise and Time for breakfast and shower then camel ride back to Merzouga . After we Head to Tinjidad we pull over to see the old underground system of irrigation “khatarat” which is still used in the oasis of Jorf . Lunch in Toudra valley . It has beautiful kasbahs and mountains along 15 km of palm groves. To Arrive the spectacular gorges of 300 m high and to enjoy a little walk near the river of Toudra. Overnight at Kasbah hotel .
DAY 7: TODRA GORGE | DADES VALLEY | SKOURA | OUARZAZATE
We head to Dades Valley to see the beautiful formations of the High Atlas Mountains . Next will be in Rose valley, famous for rose water and crèmes for the beauty extracted from Damascena Rose which you find in some expensive perfumes, skin care, body care, cosmetics, hair care, medicine etc. The Women have to pick up the blossoms in the very early morning. and In May locals celebrate the harvest of roses in a festival. And you see kids on both sides of the road selling necklaces made of roses. Crossing the old palmery of Skoura to arrive Ouarzazate.
DAY 8: OUARZAZATE | AIT BEN HADDOU | MARRAKECH
Last day of 8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga. Ouarzazate has 3 studios of cinema and beautiful kasbahs . Optional visitor Taourert Kasbah Then we drove to Ait ben Haddou village. We explore the most preserved village of the south of the country, classified as one of world’s heritages by UNESCO in 1987and a series of movies were made in this village Gladiator , Prince of Persia …We will do some walking in side of the Kasbah and we continue along Ounila valley to reach Telouet Kasbah, a bigfort of the Pacha who was the most powerful man of the south. Crossing the spectacular High Atlas Mountains Pass (Tizi-n-Tichka 2260 m ALT ) to Marrakech.
8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga Map
⇒ Destination Overview
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Destination Overview of 8 Days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga
Tangier
Tangier has served as a crossroads for numerous cultures since it began as a vital Phoenician trading port. It was turned as an international zone by colonial powers in 1923, and numerous diplomats, spies, bohemians, writers, and merchants from Europe and the United States traveled there.
Chefchaouen
In 1471, Moulay Ali Ben Moussa created Chefchaouen. It started out as a modest stronghold to fend off Portuguese incursions into Morocco. After the Spanish Reconquista in 1492, the Jewish people, Moriscos, and Ghomara tribes all made their homes there. The historic town was then taken over by Spain in 1920 and included into Spanish Morocco.
Volubilis Ruins
The city was a Carthaginian hamlet when it was founded in the third century BC. Around 25 BC, Romans visited the town and transformed it into a thriving city. During the rule of Juba II, a Berber prince appointed by the Roman Emperor Augustus, Volubilis was developing.
Fes
In the eighth and ninth century CE, under Idrisid control, Fez was established. It originally consisted of two independent, rival communities. Early in the ninth century, successive waves of mostly Arab immigration from Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and al-Andalus (Spain/Portugal) gave the emerging metropolis its Arab identity.
Ziz Valley
The massive Ziz Valley or Ziz Gorges, which begin about south of Rich in the Middle Atlas and about 30 kilometers north of Errachidia, offer a rocky route south through the Tunnel du Zaabel which the French constructed in 1928.
Merzouga Desert
According to legend, Merzouga was once a thriving tropical jungle before being transformed into a desert by God, who punished families for rejecting contributions to a needy lady by burying them in the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Initially uninhabited, Merzouga later developed into a hub for travelers carrying goods to Timbuktu.
Todra Gorge
In Morocco’s eastern High Atlas mountains, close to the town of Tinerhir, are the Todra gorges, a collection of limestone river canyons or wadis. These substantial cliff-sided gorges were carved out by the Todgha and nearby Dates rivers over their final 40 kilometers through the mountains.
Dades Valley
The Valley is a historical natural wonder with a long history. This wadi gorge is thought to have been at the ocean’s floor millions of years ago. Finally, the area was thrust upwards by tectonic forces, creating the Atlas and Jebel Saghro mountain ranges in the process.
Ait Ben-Haddou
It is reported that up until the 1940s, the palace was home to over 98 families. Today, only five families call Ksar home, which is unlikely. One of the families converted the home into a coffee shop where they welcomed visitors and provided them with an overview of the way of life of the original occupants.
Marrakech
It was established by Ysuf ibn Tshufn of the Almoravid dynasty in the middle of the 11th century, and it served as the Almoravid capital until it was conquered by the Almohads in 1147. The Marnids, whose chosen capital was the northern city of Fès, took possession of Marrakech in 1269.
