Sahara Express — 2 Days
The fastest route from Fez to the great dunes: Middle Atlas, Ziz Valley, a sunset camel trek and one night in camp.
Free cancellationfrom$280 per group
Deep Sahara Explorer: the four-day desert circuit from Fez
Private tour · Licensed local guideFez, Morocco
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4 days, 3 nightsA full loop from Fez
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Driver, guide on requestEnglish · French · Arabic
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Private 4x4 or minivanAir-conditioned, riad pickup
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Private tourJust your party, 1–6 people
About the Deep Sahara Explorer — 4 Days
Four days turns the run to the Sahara into a proper circuit rather than a there-and-back. You go south slowly enough to stop where it is worth stopping — Ifrane and the cedars, the gorges, the fossil workshops around Erfoud where the seabed of the Devonian is cut into tabletops — and you come back by a different road through Midelt and the apple valleys of the High Atlas foothills.
In between you get two full nights and a whole day in the desert: nomad families, the black hamada, Khamlia and its Gnawa musicians, sandboarding, and enough time to simply sit on a dune and do nothing. It is the version of this trip that people who have done the two-day run always say they wish they had booked.
Your itinerary, day by day
Fez to Erfoud
Ifrane, the cedar forest and macaques, the Tizi n’Talghemt pass and the Ziz Gorges.
Into Erg Chebbi
Fossil workshops at Erfoud, then the camel trek into the dunes and your first night in camp.
Night under the stars
Dinner, drums and a sky with nothing between you and it for hundreds of kilometres.
A full day in the desert
Nomad families, the black desert, Khamlia and Gnawa music, sandboarding in the afternoon.
Sunrise and the northern road
First light on the ridge, then the return by a different route through Midelt.
Back to Fez
Through the apple valleys and the Atlas foothills, arriving in Fez in the evening.
What's included
Included
- Private air-conditioned vehicle and driver
- Riad or hotel pickup and drop-off in Fez
- Camel trek into Erg Chebbi
- Desert camp nights with dinner and breakfast
- Khamlia village visit and Gnawa music
Not included
- Lunches and personal spending
- Hotel nights outside the desert camp
- Gratuities for your driver and camel handlers
