2 Days / 1 Night Desert Tour from Fes and back to Fes

Fez Charm Tours driver will pick you up from your hotel or riad at 7 am for a fabulous journey into the Middle Atlas Mountains. Your first stop will be the delightful town of Ifrane, built by the French in the 1930s and known as "Morocco's Switzerland" for its Alpine chalet-styled architecture. Next, you will travel through the expansive cedar forests surrounding the quaint Berber town of Azrou, known as "The Rock" in the local Berber dialect, where the famous Barbary Apes, actually macaque monkeys, will be eager to share your lunch in their natural habitat. Continuing your adventure through the Atlas Mountains, said to hold up the sky, you will wind through forested peaks, twisting mountain streams, gushing springs, and spectacular jagged walls of rock. You'll arrive at the important Sahara edge town of Rissani before heading south, where you will be amazed by the sudden appearance of the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, rising up to 50 meters in height and extending eastward into the Algerian Sahara. Enjoy an unforgettable ninety-minute camel trek into the breathtaking sunset as you traverse the shifting sands, leading you to a traditional Berber desert encampment. There, you will spend the night in a charming tent surrounded by mountainous dunes. Relax and enjoy a delicious dinner while listening to the sweet strains of traditional Berber music until it's time to sleep beneath a myriad of glittering stars, so bright you feel you could almost reach out and touch them.

You will start early to witness the splendour of the sun rising over the sand dunes, then ride your camel gently back to your hotel for breakfast. During this ride, you will notice the shifting shadows cast by the dunes, lengthening and shrinking as the day progresses. After breakfast, embark on the journey back to Fes through the Mighty Middle Atlas Mountains with Fez Charm Tours.