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Overview

This 9-day private route is one of our most balanced Morocco desert tours from Tangier — we discover the Chefchaouen blue city, the Fes medina, and drive south through Erfoud and the Erg Chebbi dunes of Merzouga before finishing in Marrakech. To upgrade nights or add an extra desert evening, request a tailor-made quote.

Highlights

Tangier Tangier To Chefchaouen Chefchaouen Fes Excursion in Fes city Private driver-guide

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1

Tangier

You will discover the best destinations on this private Morocco tour departing from Tangier. After the airport transfer, we explore the Tangier medina and beach. Free time, then overnight in a local hotel. Travel in Morocco with Local Morocco Tours, your trusted travel company.

Day 2

Tangier To Chefchaouen

Today we leave Tangier and drive through the Rif Mountains, stopping at Ouazzane before arriving in the Chefchaouen blue city, where we explore the medina and its blue and white painted walls. Overnight in Chefchaouen in your riad.

Day 3

Chefchaouen Fes

Today, after breakfast, we drive to Volubilis via Ouazan and take a guided tour of the Roman remains at Volubilis. Then we proceed to Meknes to tour the medieval medina walls, as well as Bab El Mansour and Moulay Ismail's mausoleum. We spend the night in a riad in Fes. Local Morocco Tours is a reputable travel business in Morocco.

Day 4

Excursion in Fes city

Today our 9-day Tangier to desert tour continues by exploring the Fes medina, including the Royal Palace gate, Al-Qaraouiyine University, the tanneries and the Attarine museum. Overnight in the medina in a local riad.

Day 5

Fes Ifrane Midelt Merzouga Desert

Today we drive from Fes to Ifrane and see the best of the Middle Atlas Mountains, including Berber settlements, Azrou and the cedar forest, before continuing to Aoufous and Erfoud after lunch in Midelt. We then travel on to the Merzouga desert, where we stay in a small kasbah or guesthouse and have dinner.

Day 6

Merzouga Desert and Camel Trek

Local Morocco Tours is a reputable travel company in Morocco. After breakfast, we go to the Gnawa village of Khamlia and listen to native music. In the afternoon, we ride camels to a Sahara desert tent and tour the wonders of the Erg Chebbi dunes. After watching the sunset over the Merzouga dunes, we have dinner and spend the night in a furnished desert camp on this 9-day tour from Tangier.

Day 7

Merzouga Desert Todra GorgesDades Valley

Today we visit the Sahara and witness the stunning sunrise over the Erg Chebbi dunes before returning by camel to our desert camp for breakfast. We then travel to Tinghir to see the Todra Gorge — one of Morocco's deepest and narrowest gorges. Afterwards, we head to the Dades Valley, where you stay in a local hotel or kasbah.

Day 8

Dades Gorges Skoura Marrakech

After breakfast our 9-day Tangier to desert tour continues. We drive through Kalaat M'gouna and the Route of a Thousand Kasbahs to reach Skoura. We visit Ouarzazate, then Aït Benhaddou and its UNESCO-listed kasbah. We cross the High Atlas Mountains to reach Marrakech. Travel in Morocco with Local Morocco Tours, your trusted travel company. Overnight in a local hotel.

Day 9

excursion in City Of Marrakech (9 days Tour from Tangier to Merzouga Desert)

Today you will enjoy a guided tour of Marrakech: we visit the famous Jemaa el-Fna square, the Majorelle Garden and the Saadian Tombs. We then transfer you to Marrakech Airport for your departure flight. We will be happy to organise the perfect private Morocco tour from Tangier for your friends, family or group with Local Morocco Tours.

What's included

  • All hotel pick-up transfers with experienced drivers
  • Comfortable and private travel from Tangier in an air-conditioned vehicle
  • Merzouga camel trek in the Sahara desert
  • Nights in riads/hotels and a comfortable desert camp
  • Dinners and breakfasts

Not included

  • Lunches and soft drinks
  • Entrance fees and tips

Guide languages

English, Spanish and French. Other languages on request.

Departure

We can leave whenever you choose, although we normally leave at 9 a.m.

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