9-Day Morocco Itinerary: Marrakech, Atlas & Sahara

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

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. In fact, this is the route we plan most often. So tell us what to keep, lengthen or swap, and we’ll send you your own version, fully priced.

Best time to go

March–May and September–November. Midsummer is too hot for the Sahara; however, 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

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

Days 6–7

Erg Chebbi, Sahara

Next, 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

Afterward, 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’ll stay in Morocco

We select your accommodation privately after we understand your dates, pace and priorities. We then recommend each camp, lodge or villa for its location, guiding, privacy, room configuration and seasonal suitability. You’ll also see the places we suggest, and why, in your proposal.

Plan your private safari

All lodging & meals

Every riad and desert-camp night, with meals as listed.

Private guide & vehicle

A private driver-guide and vehicle throughout, from Marrakech to Fes.

Fees & transfers

Site entrance fees, all road transfers and meet-and-greet on arrival.

One transparent quote

Priced to your budget, your camps and the season. No set packages.

This journey at a glance

Duration & route

9 days · Marrakech, Atlas & Sahara

Best months

March – May and September – November

Best suited to

Couples and culture travelers

The heart of it

Medinas, the Atlas and a private Sahara camp

Typical private investment

Every itinerary is priced individually, to your budget.

Based on two guests sharing. So final pricing depends on season, camps, private guiding, internal flights and itinerary length. International flights are excluded.

Generally included

Every riad and desert camp named night by night · private driver-guide · transfers · site entrance fees · meals as listed · airport meet & greet · a founder’s direct line while you travel.

In short, this itinerary is a starting shape, not a package: every journey is fully tailor-made around your dates, pace and interests. Design this journey privately →

Questions about this Morocco itinerary

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

Two days from Marrakech, broken in the Atlas and the Draa valley, then a day on to Fes, 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’d like to go and what you’d change. We’ll then send back your own fully priced version within a few days.

This Morocco itinerary is a starting point; most travelers add a night somewhere, and that is the idea.

Plan your safari