Fez and the Nomadic Desert

We'll wake up overlooking the imposing Sahara Desert and visit the Merzouga oasis, as well as the village of Khamlia, home to the Gnawas (descendants of slaves from Black Africa), where we can enjoy their unique music. We'll then cross a river of sand and enjoy a panoramic view from a mountaintop overlooking the desert in all its splendor. We'll continue to the village of Mefis, where there was once a settlement of French workers in the khol mines, now abandoned. We'll visit a nomadic family in the middle of the dunes and enjoy their company over tea. We'll return to the hotel for lunch, and at sunset, we'll depart on camels for about an hour to spend the night in a Berber tent camp within the dunes.

Wake up in the middle of the desert and return to the hotel for a shower and breakfast. Then we'll depart for Fez. We'll pass through Rissani to visit its local market, which was one of the bases for the ancient caravans that crossed the Sahara toward Timbuktu. We'll pass through various Berber villages until we reach Fez, the end of the route.