From Fes to Marrakech: 3-Day Erg Chebbi Desert Tour with Camel Trek and Overnight Desert Camp

A 3-day shared desert tour from Fes to Marrakech with camel treks, a standard Berber desert camp, and a Dades Valley hotel stay.

Getting started

Your 3-day shared desert tour from Fes to Marrakech begins with hotel or riad pickup in Fes. You travel in an air-conditioned shared minibus with your English-speaking driver-guide, leaving the city behind as you cross changing landscapes on the way toward the Erg Chebbi dunes.

Desert approach, dunes, and camel activities

What to expect

The journey toward the Sahara takes you through mountain and valley scenery before you reach the Erg Chebbi dunes. Here the desert section of the trip starts, with time to move from the minibus into the dune environment and get ready for your camel experience.

Features

• You arrive in the Erg Chebbi dunes, where the terrain shifts from paved roads to sand and your driver-guide introduces the desert part of the tour.
• Sandboarding is available in the dunes, subject to board availability, so you can try sliding down the sandy slopes between camel rides.

What is included here

• Travel to the dunes in an air-conditioned shared minibus for all 3 days.
• Guidance and commentary from your English-speaking driver-guide during the approach to the desert.
• Sandboarding, subject to board availability.

Sunset camel trek and standard Berber desert camp

What to expect

Once you reach the edge of the dunes, you join a sunset camel trek that takes you deeper into Erg Chebbi toward the camp. After dark, you settle into a standard Berber desert camp for Night 1, with time to eat, rest, and experience the quiet of the Sahara before riding back by camel at sunrise the next morning.

Features

• A sunset camel trek carries you across the Erg Chebbi dunes, giving you time on the saddle as the light changes and the sand shifts color.
• You sleep in a standard Berber desert camp at Erg Chebbi on Night 1, with shared camp facilities and a traditional-style setting on the sand.
• The next morning, a sunrise camel ride brings you back across the dunes, letting you see the landscape in early daylight before rejoining the vehicle.

What is included here

• Sunset camel trek and sunrise ride back.
• Night 1 at a standard Berber desert camp at Erg Chebbi, with dinner and breakfast included.
• Use of the shared minibus transfer between the dune edge and the wider route.

Todra Gorge and Dades Valley hotel stay

What to expect

After leaving the desert, the route continues through rocky scenery and palm-filled valleys toward the High Atlas region. You walk through Todra Gorge before heading to the Dades Valley, where you spend Night 2 in a hotel set among the valley landscapes.

Features

• A walk through Todra Gorge lets you see the high rock walls and riverbed on foot before continuing your journey.
• You then travel into the Dades Valley, with roadside viewpoints showing the layered rock formations and farms along the valley floor.
• Night 2 is spent in a hotel in the Dades Valley, giving you a comfortable break from the desert before the final day’s drive.

What is included here

• Transport by shared air-conditioned minibus from the desert region to the Dades Valley.
• Night 2 at a hotel in the Dades Valley, with dinner and breakfast included.

Ait Ben Haddou and arrival in Marrakech

What to expect

On the final leg, you cross more varied terrain as you move closer to Marrakech. A stop at Ait Ben Haddou kasbah breaks up the drive, then the route continues across the High Atlas before you enter the city, where your tour concludes with drop-off.

Features

• You visit Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, a fortified village used as a backdrop in many films, with time to explore its alleys and viewpoints independently or with a local guide paid on site.
• The drive over the High Atlas Mountains brings you along winding roads and changing altitude before descending toward Marrakech.
• The tour finishes with arrival in Marrakech, where you are dropped off so you can continue your travels in the city.

What is included here

• Visit to Ait Ben Haddou kasbah as part of the shared itinerary.
• Ongoing transport in the shared air-conditioned minibus until you reach Marrakech.
• Drop-off in Marrakech at the end of the 3-day shared desert tour.