Today morning is the first day of 4 days trip from Marrakech to Fes. After leaving the city of Marrakech behind, we head south over the Tizi n’Tichka Pass (2260m). In this pass, we enjoy superb views of the mountains and of the Berber Villages. We stop for lunch in a traditional restaurant and visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. It is a World Heritage site since 1987. This famous kasbah has been used as the backdrop for more than 20 films.
After lunch, we continue through Ouarzazate, which is the gateway to southern Morocco. Later continue towards the Skoura oasis, which is a fertile area lined with immense palm groves. Following on from Skoura we arrive at the Valley of Roses.
Roses are a very important crop booster to the local population. The rose season begins around 10 April and ends around 20 May, depending on climate conditions. The Rose Festival or Moussem of Roses takes place on the second weekend in May and lasts for two days. Many festivities take place, including performances by folk groups and the Miss Roses contest, whose winner then takes part in a procession on a decorated float. Traders from all over the region come to sell their specialties and handicraft products.
Finally, on this day we arrive at the spectacular Dades Gorge and this is where you will have dinner and spend the night in your hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel we depart Dades Gorge and head towards Todra Gorges: a massive fault, rising to 300m in a narrow valley. Thickly dotted with palm groves and Berber Villages. After lunch in the gorge, we go further into the Sahara to Merzouga which has the largest natural underground body of water in all of Morocco and stands on the edge of the great sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Dinner and overnight in a hotel in Merzouga.

After breakfast in the desert, we depart to Rissani where we visit the traditional Berber suq. Leaving Rissani we travel through the Ziz Valley and Errachidia. We will stop en route for lunch before reaching Azrou. There is a cedar forest that is home to a troupe of Barbary apes then heading to Ifrane which locals call the Switzerland of Morocco, we may have stopped or continued to Fes and drop you off in your Riad/Hotel. End of our 4 days trip from Marrakech to Fes.