Shared group desert tour from Marrakech to Fes 3 Days

Zooo veel meer gedaan en gezien dan wij dachten. We hadden privé kamer in de woestijn, maar het was wel erg koud! Ik zou aanraden om thermokleding mee te nemen om in te slapen. Alles was fantastisch.

Fuimos al desierto con Rony, un tío cojonudos, siempre con una sonrisa y que te hacia amenas las horas en el furgón. Recomiendo mucho.

The trip started with us getting picked up by a driver at our Riad. He was right on time and drove us to a meeting place where we got sorted into the bus for the trip itself. The bus itself was pretty nice and comfortable, no complaints there. Our driver however was not very skilled when it comes to communicating. Throughout the whole 3 day trip, 90% of the time he talked to us was at spots he deemed picture worthy, he stoped at the side of the road, opened the door and said "go picture 5 minutes". Those spots where nice but even a very brief explanation what it is we're looking at or where we are would've made it much better. The first proper stop was at Ait-Ben-Haddou. The tour you get is officially volunatary but while I'd say it was worth it, you're not really getting the chance to pass on it if you want to explore the place on your own. It was quite cheap though. Right after the tour you go to a restaurant for lunch. Lunch is not included and you can't choose a different place to get something. So either eat there or wait throughout the day for dinner. Just to give an idea how good lunch is, compare it to gas station meals. Pretty overpriced for underwhelming food. Next stop would've been in the rose valley. Since there are no roses blooming at that time of the year, that stop was skipped. Unfortunately without any announcement so sompe of us kept wondering throughout the rest of the trip if we'd get there eventually. Like I said, our driver was quite a bad communicator. That first night we spent in a pretty bad hotel. While the included dinner and breakfast was alright(ish), the room wasn't. It was freezing cold, moldy, hot water wasn't working and I'm not too sure if they clean rooms after every guest. The second day we drove towards the dessert. While lunch on that day was compareable to the one on the first day (expensive, underwhelming and no possibility for an alternative), there was not too mcuh to talk about since the day consisted of driving mostly. The end of the day, when we arrived at the Merzouga dessert, we had to wait for an hour without knowing what we're waiting for exactly before we were put on a pickup to go see the sunset. Right after that, we took our camel ride to the dessert tent camp where we had a great night. At the morning of the third day we returned by camels to our driver who dropped us of at the side of a road where we got into a taxi that got us to Fes. As this part of the trip was again only driving, there is not really anything to talk about. tl,dr: Lunch on day 1 and 2 expensive and not good, driver wouldn't talk unless it was complaints, the night in the dessert was great and we got to our destination right on time as promissed.