Meet the best Morocco Desert Tours from Tangier to the most interesting sites in the country. These Morocco Tours from Tangier are designed to meet your wanderlust in this country of diversities. If you are looking for an authentic experience with locals, you are in the right place. Look no further!
Our Morocco Desert Tours from Tangier are suitable for individuals, Friends, Families, couples to small groups, and large ones.
1. Tangier to Marrakech Desert Tours (4 to 8 Days)
These are the featured and most do Morocco Desert Tours from Tangier to Marrakech, being the majority of travelers don’t have enough time to do more than a week, therefore, these tours of 4 to 8 days are great options for them.
Each tour covers the maximum possible of interesting places including Chefchaouen, Fes, and Merzouga Sahara Desert ending in Marrakech. In addition to a variety of amazing landscapes, old villages, palm groves, fortified kasbahs, gorges, and Valleys along the way.
Furthermore, all our tours are a chance to experience a camel ride and night camping in the desert. Choose your convenient tour, we offer different options that will meet your interest and needs.
4. Grand Morocco Desert Tours from Tangier
The grand Morocco Desert Tours from Tangier let you explore a big part of the country and spend sufficient time in every site toured, unlike the short tours.
Most of our tours include a local guide on the sightseeing tours in Fes and Marrakech which are the most famous touristic cities in Morocco.
Day 1: Tangier - Chefchaouen - Fes
Our private 4 Days Tangier tour to Marrakech via Merzouga starts with hotel pick up. On the first day then we go straight towards Chefchaouen ‘the blue pearl of the north or the blue city as people like to call it.
We’re sure you’ll be struck by the extravagant beauty and charm of its narrow streets adorned with green plants and red roses. We will also take a long walk beside the dignifying running river of this beautiful town, and drink mint tea in the grand square called “ Plaza Uta el Hamam”. After lunch, we will head towards Fes to rest and prepare for the route to Sahara.
Day 2: Fes - Ifrane - Merzouga Desert
Today after having a fully healthy breakfast, we will head towards our favorite destination Merzouga Sahara desert via the High and Middle Atlas mountains such an alluring view of nature.
Then we visit the city of Ifrane, commonly known as “Morocco’s Little Switzerland”. We will drive through Azrou, we cross the Ziz Valley and we visit Midelt, then fossils in Erfoud.
We transfer you to Merzouga, where we endure the Sahara desert in a popular camel ride. We will spend the night in a desert camp under shining stars after having dinner and attending to some Berber music.
Day 3: Merzouga Desert - Todra Gorges - Dades Valley
Our Tangier desert tour continues and we sit on top of a dune to witness a breath-taking sunrise in Merzouga.
Then we commence a camel ride to Merzouga village, from where we will drive towards Rissani and we explore Tafilalet, where the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco is originally from. We will travel to the Todgha Gorge, we visit also the Dades Valley, where we will spend the night in a riad with dinner.
Day 4: Dades Valley - Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech
Today after breakfast, we explore Valley of Roses, then Skoura, and we visit a movie studio in Ouarzazate. We maintain to Ait-Ben-Haddou, where you visit local kasbah – one of the most well-known fortified cities in the world.
We will cross Tizi n’Tichka mountain and we drive to your Marrakech accommodation. End of our services, the 4 days tour Tangier to Marrakech via Merzouga Sahara.
Day 1: Tangier - Chefchaouen - Fes
During the first day of your 6 days tour from Tangier, we will meet you at the port of Tangier then cross the Rif Mountains and Tetouan city enjoying the magnificent views of the mountains until we reach Chefchaouan a beautiful village at the foot of the Rif Mountains.
Chefchaouen’s Medina has a Spanish-style square, surrounded by many funky arts and crafts shops on the roof, restaurants, and cafes where you can have lunch before we continue our way to Fes, where we spend the night.
Day 2: Fes Sightseeing tour
After breakfast, the day is dedicated to the exploring of Fes, which is the oldest of the imperial cities, and Medinas, founded by Idriss II, a center of the Arab-Muslim culture: The Mosque of the Andalusians, tanneries, district potters, and Medina.
Lunch in a palace in the Medina. In the afternoon we continue to visit: the Hispano-Moorish buildings and Medersas Nejjarine.
Day 3: Fes - Ifrane - Azrou cedar forest - Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, we drive south to Ifran and Azrou through the Middle Atlas Mountains. On the way, we stop at the cedar forests to see the monkeys in their natural habitat.
Traveling through the Tizi Ntalghamt and pass along the beautiful Ziz gorges carved into the volcanic rock, you will see views of the plateau of the Middle Atlas and the changing landscape to reveal notes of the desert as you approach the city of Errachidia. After lunch, we continue our journey through the valley of Ziz in Erfoud, Rissani, and Merzouga.
After a glass of mint tea, we leave our luggage in a hotel and take a camel trek to a Berber camp in the dunes of Erg Chebbi, they are the highest sand dunes in North Africa. The camel trek takes about 1 hour 30 minutes to the camp where we stay the night in the Berber tents in the desert.
The tents are equipped with mattresses, blankets, and pillows. After dinner, we will gather around the fire and enjoy the sound of traditional Berber songs and drums under the stars.
Day 4: Merzouga - Todra Gorges - Dades Gorges
We will wake up early to enjoy a beautiful sunrise over the dunes and take a ride on a camel at the hotel.
After shower and breakfast, we leave for Tinghir and Todra Gorges and finally arrive in the Dades Valley where we will have dinner and spend the night.
Day 5: Dades Gorges - Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech
After breakfast, we drive through the Dades Valley to Kalaat M’Gouna and Ouarzazate. The Road of a Thousand Kasbahs offers plenty of photo opportunities.
We will visit the Valley of Roses and the village of Skoura, then continue to Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa.” Lunch is at the famous Kasbah Ait Benhaddou, the largest Kasbah in Morocco.
Having visited this UNESCO site, our journey continues through the majestic Tizi n’Tichka pass, reaching an altitude of 2260 meters, on the High Atlas Mountains. We stop to enjoy the stunning views. We arrive in Marrakech in the late afternoon.
Day 6: Marrakech Sightseeing tour
Today we explore Marrakech; Our local guide will ensure you see all the sites with historical values and cultural interest, including Minaret Koutoubia Mosque, the Saadian tombs, the beautiful Bahia Palace, and the Ben Youssef Koranic school.
Through the streets – get a chance to see all the different craftsmen of the medina performing their jobs before arriving at the famous Djamaa El Fna. Lunch in a restaurant near the place, and then in the afternoon visit the Majorelle gardens, and a small tower Gueliz – the new town of Marrakech.
After dinner, you will have the opportunity to walk through the place entertained by magicians, storytellers, their teeth, and food vendors. The private tour with Morocco Tours Agency finishing in Marrakech.
Day 1: Tangier - Chefchaouen
On the first day of this 7-Day Trip Tangier to Imperial Cities, we will pick you up from the Airport/ Port then drive to Chfchaouen (the blue city) through the Rif mountains and Tetouan city to enjoy the views of the beautiful mountains. Overnight in your Riad/Hotel.
Day 2: Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Meknes - Fes
After your breakfast in the riad, our authentic journey will start towards Volubilis crossing via Ouazan and other Rif villages, in Volubilis, we will discover the best-preserved Roman ruins in Morocco and learn about the archaeological site of Moroccan history.
After the visit to the ruins, we will shift our way to Meknes city a 17th-century heritage, where we will stop for lunch and hang around the historical huge walls of the medina, including bab el Mansour and Moulay Ismail tomb. After the visit to Meknes, we will drive directly to Fes city where you will spend the night.
Day 3: Fes Sightseeing Tour
Today you will have a guided tour to discover the medina and the famous Souks of Fes and its narrow cobbled streets are filled with ancient mosques and towering green-glazed minarets as well as the unique Andalusian architecture in every corner of the old city and its monuments.
We will ensure that you visit all sites with cultural and historical interest including the famous Al Qaraouine University. The tour will include also a visit to the tanneries and the ceramic cooperative to see traditional Moroccan crafts. Overnight at hotel/riad.
Day 4: Fes - Cedar forest - Midelt - Merzouga
We will pick you up from your hotel /Riad then, drive south to Azrou via Ifrane (Switzerland of Morocco) and then to the Middle Atlas mountains stopping by cedar forest to take some fascinating photos with the Barbarian Apes.
We will continue the way through the Atlas Mountains enjoying the landscapes of Midelt, After lunch, we’ll continue our journey through the Ziz Valley to Erfoud, Rissani before we reach Merzouga. Overnight at your local Hotel.
Day 5: Merzouga area with Night in desert camp
After breakfast, we’ll start exploring the area, by visiting the village of black people originally from Mali to enjoy their music and the way they live.
After that, we will drive to Miffis Mines to explore how they work over there before getting behind the Dunes in a full desert with charming views where we will sit for a warm cup of tea with the local Bedouins.
Before returning back to the hotel, after a cup of tea your local guides will teach you how to mount and dismount and other handy camel-related safety tips afterward you begin exploring the mysterious sand-sea of the Erg-Chebbi.Overnight in a Berber tent.
Day 6: Merzouga - Todgha Gorges - Dades Valley
Continuing our 7-Day Trip Tangier to Imperial Cities, we will make up early in the morning to watch the best sunrise of your life and casting different shadows and colors over the sea of sand dunes, the highest in Morocco.
Before returning to our desert hotel, after breakfast, We will continue to Tinghir and the stunning Todra Gorge the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. the gorge is a great spot for hiking and relaxing on the edge of the river or sampling some local Berber delicacies.
After lunch in the heart of the gorge, we’ll drive through the Dades Valley where we will end our day by spending the night in a nice hotel located on the top of the mountain.
Day 7: Dades Valley - Ouarzazat - Ait Ben Haddou kasbah - Marrakech
After breakfast in your hotel, we will drive through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M’gouna (the city of roses) and Ouarzazat. The road through Dades Valley is the way of a thousand kasbahs providing numerous opportunities to take some of the best photographic shots of your trip.
Then, we will stop for a short stop in atlas movies studio of Ouarzazate before we drive to Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, the largest Kasbah in Morocco, built by T-Hami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains during the beginning of the XXth Century, it used to be one of his stops during his long travel from the Sahara to Marrakech.
Also, a visit to one of the Unesco World Heritage Sites since 1987: Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. After lunch, we will shift the way to cross high atlas mountains full of panoramic views and attractive Berber villages all along the way till Marrakech where the 7-Day Trip Tangier to Imperial Cities via the Sahara desert ends.