8:00 a.m. departure from your Marrakech hotel or riad to cross the High Atlas Mountains. The Telouet Kasbah, which belonged to the Glaoui family, the Lords of the Atlas, and is now in ruins after the last Pasha left the nation when the French left, is reached by using a side road after the Tichka pass.

Following there, you go over the recently asphalted connecting road to Ait Ben Haddou for lunch. After lunch, we visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is the most well-known Kasbah in all of Morocco.

You proceed to Ouarzazate after viewing the Kasbah, where you stop by our office for tea and to settle your account. From there, it is only a short way to Skoura, where you can spend the night quietly resting in the oasis.

Many of the historic kasbahs in Skoura Oasis are tragically in ruins and are situated among the palm trees. You may stroll through the oasis with its countless fruit and olive trees in the morning before seeing the beautiful and renovated kasbah Amredhil.

From here, our path passes through Kela’a M’gouna, also known as the Valley of Roses and home to the May Rose Festival. We pause here to view the locally produced cosmetic products derived from the plethora of flowers in the valley. These goods are well-known and highly esteemed throughout Morocco.

From here, you travel off-road to get a greater sense of the surroundings. You will make stops at caverns along the road that are utilised by any Berber nomads who happen to pass by and make themselves at home there. Before moving on to the Dades Gorge for lunch, we will share a cup of tea with them. This gives you half a day to unwind, go for a walk in the valley, stroll among fields and gardens, or maybe have tea with a Berber family. You stay the night in a hotel.

After breakfast, the journey continues just a little distance to Tinghir and the strikingly unique Toudgha gorges, where you can take a brief walk to see the steep gorge walls and the constricted sky above.

Then you proceed to the Oasis of Tafilalet in Erfoud, which is well-known for its Date Festival, the Chebbi dunes via Tinjdad, and Rissani, which is home to the Alaouite dynasty of the reigning monarch of Morocco. You can stop along the way between Tinjdad and Erfoud to descend into the intriguing underground water channels that run deep beneath the soil. These canals are constantly cool and prevent this source of irrigation from evaporating. Along the journey, we’ll stop for lunch in a Berber village.

You are given a glass of tea upon arrival at the bivouac before riding a camel to the top of the dunes to view the sunset.

You eat dinner and spend the night in an opulent camp with a private bathroom, king-sized beds, lovely Moroccan furnishings, and tastefully placed lamps to enhance your enjoyment of the solitude and beauty of the dunes. The camp also has wonderful Moroccan furnishings.

After breakfast, you ride or stroll behind the camels as they bring the supplies your camel guy will need to prepare your meal outside among the dunes. Following another three hours of walking in the afternoon, you’ll hike for roughly three hours in the morning before returning to the bivouac for supper and the night.

Alternately, you can spend additional time in the desert after breakfast. You will first pay a visit to the Gnawa community in the village of Khamlia. They specialise in Gnawa music, which was introduced during the slave trade from sub-Saharan Africa. They’ll play a few songs for you.

After that, you’ll go to Rissani’s historic centre. The Alaouite dynasty, Morocco’s current governing royal family, was founded in this little hamlet. It has a sizable souk (an open market) that is held three times a week and is encircled by 360 ksars (a ksar is a fortified hamlet with several turrets). You can browse the souk here, which sells handicrafts, veggies, household items, and spices. On the location of Sijilmassa, which served as the meeting place for salt caravans travelling from Timbuktu in Mali, Rissani has been constructed.

After watching the afternoon sun set, you will board your camel and ride across Erg Chebbi’s sand dunes in Merzouga for about an hour to an hour and a half. You will then return to your luxury tent for the night.

After breakfast, drive for Rissani and Erfoud, where you’ll stop to witness how the region’s plentiful fossils are fashioned into furniture and artefacts.

The Ziz Valley, notable for the size of its palm trees, and Er Rachidia are reached by travelling north on the route from there. Lunch is served at Midelt, the Middle Atlas region’s “apple capital,” which is situated at the base of the Ayachi Mountain.

We arrive in Azrou after traversing the Tizi-n-Talremt pass, where Barbary monkeys may be seen searching for scraps. Early in the evening, we arrive at Fez.

Your 5-day Marrakech to Fes desert tour will come to an end when your driver drives you back to your riad.