Morocco

Medinas, Mountains & Sahara

A 9-day Morocco itinerary: Marrakech, the High Atlas, the Sahara and Fes.

The route Marrakech → High Atlas → Draa Valley → Erg Chebbi → Fes

Day by day

The 9 day Morocco itinerary, day by day

A 9 day Morocco itinerary — Marrakech from inside a riad, the High Atlas over the Tizi n’Tichka pass, a night in the Erg Chebbi dunes, and the medieval labyrinth of Fes.

Nothing here is fixed — this is the shape we design most often. Tell us what to keep, stretch or swap, and your version arrives priced and complete.

Best time to go

March–May and September–November. Midsummer is too hot for the Sahara; deep winter nights in the desert are cold.

US travelers: check current entry requirements for each country on travel.state.gov — we also walk you through visas at booking.

Days 1–3

Marrakech

A courtyard palace in the medina, the souks with someone who knows them, the Majorelle gardens, and dinner where locals eat rather than where the guidebooks point.

Days 4–5

High Atlas

Up into Berber country — walnut valleys, village walks, mule tracks and mountain air after the city’s heat.

Days 6–7

Erg Chebbi, Sahara

Across the Draa valley to the great dunes. Camels at golden hour, a luxury desert camp, and a silence you can hear.

Day 8

Fes

Cross the Middle Atlas via the Ziz Valley’s palm oases to Fes — the world’s most complete medieval city; evening first taste of the medina, best entered with a guide.

Day 9

Home

Fly out of Fes or Casablanca.

Where you could stay

Camps & lodges we love on this route

Three of the properties we reach for first on this journey — your final camps depend on your dates, style and budget.

Marrakech, Morocco

All lodging & meals

Every camp night, all meals and house drinks on safari.

Private guide & vehicle

Your own expert guide and 4x4 throughout — never shared.

Fees & flights within Africa

Park fees, light-aircraft hops and meet-and-greet on every leg.

One transparent quote

Priced to your camps, season and style — no set packages, no surprises.

Good to know

Questions about this journey

Very. The distances are manageable, children are welcomed everywhere, and camel rides, cooking classes and a night in a desert camp land better with teenagers than most museums ever will.

Two days each way from Marrakech, broken with the Atlas and the Draa valley — which is why this itinerary sleeps in the mountains rather than driving through them. Private car and driver throughout.

Comfortable, modest layers — shoulders and knees covered in medinas and villages is respectful rather than required, and evenings in the mountains and desert are genuinely cool.

Make this journey yours.

Tell us when you want to go and how you'd bend this route — a specialist sends back your tailored, fully priced version within days. No pressure, ever.

Most of our travelers arrive the old-fashioned way — sent by someone who just came home.

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