Morocco Tour 6 Days: Fes, the Sahara Desert & Marrakech
- Private vehicle & driver — Pick-up at your riad, pace set by you
- Local licensed guide — Licensed guide nº2898 · since 2011
- Book on WhatsApp — Reply within 1 hour · no payment at this stage
- A full extra desert day — Rissani's real souk, nomad tea, the Todra Gorge
- Guided day in Fes el-Bali before the crossing
- Ensuite camp at the Erg Chebbi with sunset camels
This private 6-day circuit from Fes costs from €900 per person — your own vehicle, driver and licensed guide, never in a group. The route reaches Todra, Dades and Ouarzazate; hotels are included.
| Duration | 6 Days |
| Price | From €900 per person — car, driver and accommodation included |
| Departures | Your dates — every departure is private, never a shared group |
| Languages | English- and French-speaking driver-guides; licensed city guides where included |
| Booking | WhatsApp +212 661 454 738 — written quote within 1 hour, no payment at this stage |
Six days from Fes to Marrakech that give the Sahara what the five-day version cannot: a whole extra day of it. After the guided medina day in Fes, you cross to the Erg Chebbi and stay long enough to live at desert rhythm — the Rissani souk in the morning, tea with nomads, the Todra canyon in the afternoon — before the kasbah road and the rose valley carry you to Aït Ben Haddou and over the Atlas.
The difference a day makes is not subtle. One desert night is a postcard; a desert night plus a desert day is a memory with texture — the sounds, the market, the pace. Every guest who has upgraded from five days to six has named that day the trip’s centre.
Private throughout, with a licensed guide in Fes, an ensuite camp at the erg, and a free final morning in Marrakech.
The six-day version of the Fes–Sahara–Marrakech crossing, from €900 per person — and the day it adds goes entirely to the desert: a full day around Rissani and the Todra Gorge between the two nights at the erg, so the Sahara becomes a stay rather than a stopover. Then the Dades, the great kasbahs and the Tichka pass into Marrakech.
Most travellers comparing our 5- and 6-day crossings choose by one question: is the desert the point of the trip? If yes, this is the one — sunset camels, a camp night, a whole day of dunes, gorges and desert towns, and time inside Aït Ben Haddou instead of a viewpoint photo.
Fes starts it with a guided medina day; Marrakech closes it. Private throughout, on your dates — send them on WhatsApp and the full quote, hotels named, comes back within the hour.
Who this tour is for: travellers crossing Fes to Marrakech in six days with a camp night at the great dunes. A day shorter, the Fes to Marrakech Tour – 5 Days keeps the essentials; purely for the desert, the 4-day Merzouga circuit from Marrakech gives the Erg Chebbi two golden hours instead of one.
The six-day version of the Fes-to-Marrakech crossing exists for one reason: to un-brutalise the five-day. The extra night is spent exactly where the pressure was — the route sleeps at the camp, then in the gorge country, then at Aït Ben Haddou’s old village — so each leg shortens and Marrakech receives you with a whole day to spend, cooking class included if the souks whet the appetite. Same medinas, same dunes, humane arithmetic.
- A full extra desert day — Rissani's real souk, nomad tea, the Todra Gorge
- Guided day in Fes el-Bali before the crossing
- Ensuite camp at the Erg Chebbi with sunset camels
- The rose valley and Aït Ben Haddou on the kasbah road
- Ends with a free Marrakech morning before departure
Photos from the tour
Itinerary
Open a day to see the detail: transport, accommodation, meals and activity time.
Day 1 Fes, imperial and medieval
Fes first, and properly: a guided day through the imperial city — the royal palace doors, the mellah's balconied lanes, then into Fes el-Bali for the madrasas, the artisan souks and the tannery terraces. By evening you can read a little of the maze yourself, which is exactly the point. Dinner in the medina, rooftop if the night is warm.
Day 2 Over the Middle Atlas to the Sahara
South over the Middle Atlas — cedars, monkeys, the long views from the Midelt plain — then the theatrical descent of the Ziz gorges into date-palm country. Merzouga by late afternoon means one thing: camels at the golden hour, swaying into the Erg Chebbi as the dunes turn copper, and a camp night of lantern-lit dinner, fireside drums and outrageous stars.
Day 3 A desert day: Rissani and Todra
The bonus day, and the trip's heart. Rissani's souk in the morning — donkey park included, tourists a minority — then tea with a nomad family out on the reg, lunch back at Merzouga, and the Todra Gorge in the softer afternoon light for the canyon-floor walk. A second desert night, and this time the silence is familiar.
Day 4 Dades, Ouarzazate and the great ksar
West along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs: the Dadès valley's fortresses, the rose valley at Kalaat M'Gouna (pink and perfumed in season, handsome in any month), and the day's finale at Aït Ben Haddou — the great earthen ksar climbing its hill above the river oasis, best at exactly this hour.
Day 5 The Tichka pass to Marrakech
A guided morning inside Aït Ben Haddou if you want the stories, or straight over the Tizi n'Tichka with its viewpoint mint teas — either way, Marrakech receives you by late afternoon. First souk contact at dusk, when the lamps come on and Jemaa el-Fna starts its nightly theatre.
Day 6 Marrakech, then home
The last morning is deliberately unscheduled: a courtyard breakfast, one decisive purchase in the souk, perhaps the Bahia Palace early — then your transfer to Marrakech airport. Six days, two medinas, and a desert you actually inhabited.
Rissani's souk runs on set days of the week — we order the desert stage around it so you see the region's genuine market. Roses bloom in the Dadès in late April–May. Open-jaw friendly (Fes in, Marrakech out); October to April is the sweet season.
Included in your tour
- Private air-conditioned 4×4 or minivan with English/French-speaking driver-guide — 6 days
- Pickup at Fes airport or your hotel
- Night 1: Fes riad — half-board
- Night 2: luxury ensuite desert camp — half-board
- Night 3: kasbah hotel, Todra Gorges — half-board
- Night 4: kasbah hotel, Ait Ben Haddou — half-board
- Night 5: Marrakech riad — half-board
- Guided visit of Fes with a licensed local guide (Day 1)
- Guided visit of the Aït Ben Haddou ksar (UNESCO)
- Camel trek in the dunes
- Drop-off at your Marrakech hotel or at the airport
Not included
- International flights
- Lunches and beverages
- Entrance fees to monuments and historical sites (optional — pay directly)
- Tips for guide and driver
- Personal expenses
- Travel insurance (recommended)
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Questions travellers ask
How much does Morocco Tour 6 Days: Fes, the Sahara Desert & Marrakech cost?+
From €900 per person, per person. The price includes private air-conditioned 4×4 or minivan with english/french-speaking driver-guide — 6 days, pickup at fes airport or your hotel, night 1: fes riad — half-board. You receive a written itemised quote before paying anything — no hidden fees.
How long is this tour and when does it depart?+
6 Days, departing on the dates you choose — there is no fixed schedule, because every departure is arranged for you alone.
Is this a group tour or private?+
Fully private: your own vehicle, driver and licensed guide, never seat-in-coach and never mixed with other travellers. The daily pace flexes around you.
Where is the desert in Morocco?+
South and east of the Atlas mountains. The named destinations, in order of distance from Marrakech: the Agafay stone desert 45 minutes away (no sand dunes), the Zagora dunes down the Draa valley at 360 km, Erg Chigaga beyond M'Hamid where the tarmac ends, and the great Erg Chebbi dune sea at Merzouga, 560 km out — the Sahara of the photographs.
How much of Morocco is desert?+
Broadly, everything south and east of the Atlas watershed is arid or Saharan — roughly half the country by area. The photogenic sand seas are actually small pockets of that expanse: Erg Chebbi and Erg Chigaga are each a day's drive apart, islands of dunes in a vast landscape of stone, oases and kasbah valleys.
What should I wear on a Morocco desert tour?+
Layers, always: desert days can hit 30°C while nights drop near freezing outside summer. The working formula is light long sleeves and trousers for sun and camels, a warm fleece or jacket for the camp evening, closed shoes for sand and stones, sunglasses, and a scarf (a cheche) — bought in any souk for a few dirhams — for sun, wind and the photograph. Luggage stays in the vehicle; you carry a small overnight bag to the camp.
How far is the Sahara desert from Marrakech?+
The honest ladder: the Agafay stone desert is 45 minutes away (no sand dunes, but real desert scenery); the first true Sahara dunes at Zagora are 360 km — about 6 hours over the Tizi n'Tichka; the great Erg Chebbi dunes at Merzouga are 560 km — 8 to 9 hours, which is why serious itineraries take 3–4 days. There is no Sahara 'day trip' from Marrakech worth the name — anyone selling one is selling Agafay.
More answers in the “The desert experience” chapter of our Travel FAQ →
Itinerary and prices last updated October 2026.
