Chart — Departures from Fes
The world's oldest living medina. From Fes, cedar forests and the Ziz Valley's million palms lead straight to the highest dunes in Morocco.
06 itineraries — surveyed & sequenced
Route 01Deep into Erg Chebbi and back — with a full desert day.
The Fes desert loop at its best: the cedar road south, a full 4x4 day among the dunes and nomad country of Merzouga, a night under canvas, and a scenic return through Midelt's high plains.
Route 02The grand circle from the ancient capital — north, west, and deep south.
A complete loop of the kingdom beginning in Fes: the blue Rif, the Atlantic capitals, Marrakech, the kasbah route, and the Sahara — returning over the Middle Atlas with every landscape of Morocco behind you.
Route 03Fes to Marrakech the long, beautiful way — desert and gorges between.
Two days in the medieval capital, then the great southern road: the Ziz Valley to a Sahara night at Erg Chebbi, the Todra and Dades canyons, the Valley of Roses, and the Atlas crossing into Marrakech.
Route 04The quickest road to the great dunes — and back through the cedars.
A perfectly weighted desert escape: the Ziz Valley south, a sunset camel trek and a night at a luxury camp in Erg Chebbi, and the cedar-forest road home — three days, one unforgettable night.
Route 05Fes to Marrakech across the Sahara — the classic desert traverse.
The most scenic possible transfer between the two capitals of Moroccan culture: down the Ziz Valley to a night in the Erg Chebbi dunes, then west through the Todra and Dades canyons and over the Atlas to Marrakech.
Route 06The desert traverse, deepened — a full day among the dunes.
Four days from the ancient capital to the red city with the Sahara at its heart: a full 4x4 day around Erg Chebbi, a night under canvas, then the great gorge-and-kasbah road west over the Atlas.