6 Days / 5 Nights Morocco birding tours from Fes to Marrakech
Day 01: Fes » Ifrane National Park » Azrou( Cedar forest » Zaida (hotel accommodation in Zaida for one night).
Our journey start, after we picking up you from your Hotel/Riad, or from Fes saiss airport day before our 05th days birding tours starts(plz contact us about the accommodation of the day before Our O6 days birding starts).
our 01st day of 05 days Bird watching tours, starts with drive to Ifrane national park as one of the beautiful landscapes and rich birdlife and avifauna, then we’ll continue our drive to explore cedar forest of Azrou before reaching our hotel in Zaida.
* Duration: 168km(miles)/4hours *
– the top target bird species we’ll try to see during 1st day birding: Lesser Kestrel, Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker, Wood pigeon, African Blue Tit, Atlas Pied Flaycatcher, Jay …etc
Day 02: Zaida Pain » Merzouga sahara Desert (hotel/riad/camp accommodation in Merzouga for two nights).
After an early Breakfast, We’ll leave our hotel searching looking for special Birds around Zaida plain before drive down southeast to Sahara Desert Merzouga and Erg chibbe, along our way we’ll have a different Birding stops.
* Duration: 295km(miles)/6hours
– the top targrt bird species we’ll try to see during our 2nd day birding: Dupont’s Lark this Birds very difficult to locate, Seebohm’s Wheatear, desert Wheatear, Spectacled warbler, Thekla’s Lark, Short Toed Lark, Red Rumped Wheatear, Black –bellied Sandgrouse…etc
Day 03: Merzouga sahara Desert, Erg chibbe and Rissani (hotel accommodation in Merzouga for 2nd night).
After an early breakfast, we head venture the captivating sandy dunes of Erg chebbi around, we may visit a seasonal lak(Dayet e Srij) between Merzouga and Rissani(3,5km from Merzouga).
* Duration: maximum 6/8hours *
– the top target bird species we’ll try to see during our 3rd day birding : Desert Sparrow, Brown-Necked Raven, Bar-Tailed Lark, Spotted Sandgrouse, Crowned Sandgrouse, Pin Tailed Sandgrouse, Babary Falcon, Lanner Falcon, Fulvous Babbler or Fulvous Chatterer, Blue-Checked Bee-Eater, Egyptian Nightjar, Desert Wheatear, Saharan Olivaceous Warbler(if the season allows)…etc
Day 04: Merzouga » Goulmima » Todra Gorge » Tagdilt Track » Boumalne Dades (hotel accommodation in Boumalen Dades for one night)
After an early breakfast, We’ll head to Boumalne dades, we’ll have amazing Birding stops before reaching our Hotel in Boumalne Dades(Goulmima, Todra Gorge, Tagdilt Track…).
* Duration: 248km(miles)/6hours *
– the top target bird species we’ll try to see during our 4th day birding: Scrub Warbler, Spectaclet Warbler, Tristram’s Warbler…etc
Day 05: Boumalne Dades » Ouarzazate (hotel accommodation in Ouarzazate for one night)
Before heading to Ouarzazate, We’ll visit Tagdilt Track again as one of the top and famous Birds and Biding Point In Morocco, to look for any birds species We may have missed yesterday(08th day), then we’ll continue to el Mansour Eddahbi, and of course we’ll visit Dades Gorge where a berber Nomad family lives, before reaching our hotel in ouarzazate.
* Duration: 123km(miles)/3hours *
– the top target bird species we’ll try to see during our 5th day birding: Maghreb Wheatear(Mourning Wheatear), Pharaoh Eagle Owl, Thick-Billed Lark, Lanner Falcon, Marblet Duck, Ruddey Shelduck, Black Winged Stilt, Maghreb Lark…etc
Day 06: Ouarzazate » Kasbah Ait Benhaddou » High Atlas Mountanis » Marrakech where our 06 days Birdwatching tour end.
We’ll leave ouarzazate, after an early breakfast, drive back to Marrakech After visit Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, High Atlas Mountains…
We’ll have several birding stops along the way before dropping you off in your Marrakech hotel/ Riad, or transfer you to Menara Airport where our trip we’ll end.
* Duration: 193km(miles)/5hours
– the top target bird species we’ll try to see during our 6th day birding: Tristram’s Warbler,Bonell’s and long Legged Buzzard Eagle, Maghreb Wheatear(Mourning Wheatear), Pharaoh Eagl Owl, Desert Lark, Marbled Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Black Winged Stilt, Maghreb Lark, Little Owl, Spotliss Starlin, Moroccan Magpie, Moussier’s Redstart, Blue Rock Thrush, Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker, Crimson-Winged Finch, Rock Sparrow…etc