8 Days 7 Nights
From casablanca to Explore Morocco
Including desert tour
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Casablanca > Rabat > Meknes
We will meet you in Casablanca Airport or your hotel and then we will start our tour to explore Casablanca and drive you to Meknes via Rabat. The first stop is the most famous in Casablanca – the Hassan II Mosque. Hassan II Mosque is the largest mosque in Africa, and the 3th largest in the world. After visiting Hassan II Mosque, we will go to the Capital of Morocco – Rabat to visit the Kasbah Oudaia, the Mechouar of the Royal Palace, the ruins of Chellah, the Mohammed V Mausoleum and the Hassan Tower. We will enjoy lunch in a local restaurant. After lunch, we will depart to Meknes in early evening.
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Meknes > Volubilis > Fes
After breakfast in hotel, we will go to Meknes city, the 17th centry heritage, we will look around the historical huge walls of the medina and bab el Mansour, the grandest of all imperial Moroccan gateways. After that, we will drive to Volubilis which is a partly excavated Berber city in Morocco, you can see the Roman ruins and Moulay Idriss over there and you will enjoy your lunch here. After that, we will go to Fes and you will have dinner and live in a traditional Riad tonight.
Extra Day in Fes, Walking Tour with Local Guide
After breakfast in Riad, we will start exploring the oldest city in Morocco, walking in its alleys and small streets. We will see the Royal Palace gate, the Jewish headquarter and the first Mellah ever built in Morocco. Our tour guide will bring you to the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest in the region, the Tanneries, the Attarine museum and Mulay Idriss mausoleum. After having lunch, you will visit the tiles cooperative and experience a wonderful view over the whole Medina of Fes.
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Fes > Ifrane > Azrou > Midelt > Ziz Valley > Efroud > Merzouga > Camel trekking and stay overnight in luxury desert camp
Leave Fes after eating breakfast in Riad. Going to Merzouga by passing Ifran, the place as known as the Switzerland of Morocco, and Azrou which is a place of the residence for the monkeys .We will stop at Midelt and you can enjoy your lunch. After leaving Midelt, we will go to the Middle Atlas Mountains and visit the nomads that live there. We will bring you to see the views of volcanic rock and near by Errachidia. In the way, you can see the high cliffs and Ziz Valley that is surrounded with palm trees. After that, we will go to Erfoud, visiting a marble industry that is full of a variety of decorations and we will stop at Merzouga and go into desert by camel trekking. The experienced camel man will lead you to desert and will set you off to in a sand dune to see an amazing sunset. Enjoy your dinner and night in a luxury camp. After dinner, you can listen to traditional berber music while watching the stars and the rising moon in the amazing Sahara Desert.
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Merzouga > Erfoud > Dades Gorges > Rose Valley > Ouarzazate
Early wake up in the morning to see a magnificent sunrise in desert. After breakfast, we will back to Merzouga and look around the village of Merzouga. We will go to Dades Gorge by passing through the valleys of Tourog and Tinjdad. In Dades Valley, you will see beautiful sand castles and the amazing rock formations – monkey toes. After that, you can visit El Kelaa Magona – the valley of the Roses, you can purchase the rosewater or others rose product in a reasonable price in the way if you want. We will arrive to Ouarzazate in early evening.
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Ouarzazate > Ait Ben Haddou > Telouet > Marrakech
After breakfast, we will take a walk in the gorge after breakfast and then we continue to Ouarzazate, in the way you can see the road of the thousand Kasbahs. In Ouarzazate, we will explore the Kasbah Taourirt and the Atlas Film Studio. In afternoon, we will visit the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou before crossing over the High Atlas mountains through Tizi N’tichka. we will arrive to the Riad of Marrakech in early evening.
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Extra Day in Marrakech, Walking Tour with Local Guide
After breakfast in the riad, we start to explore Marrakech. Our experienced tour guide will lead you to walk through the street and souk and introduce you the history and the life style of local people. We also will visit the beautiful Palace of Bahia and the Ben Youssef Coranic School. After that, we will walk through the medina alleys and you can see the different artisans performing their crafts before arriving at the famous Jamaa El Fna Square. Enjoy your lunch at a restaurant near the square, and then in the afternoon visit the gardens at Majorelle, and have a short tour at Gueliz, the new city of Marrakech. After lunch, you can walk through the square entertained by magicians, story-tellers, tooth-pullers and food sellers and will stay in Riad overnight.
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Marrakech > Marrakech Airport or Casablanca Airport
Depends on your needs, we can choose spend a morning for shopping in souk or relaxing in Marrakech. We will depend on our flight schedule to customized the tour schedule for you.
Tour Highlights
Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. It is the second largest functioning mosque in Africa and is the 7th largest in the world.
Chouara Tannery
Chouara Tannery is one of the three tanneries in the city of Fez, Morocco. It is the largest tannery in the city and one of the oldest.
Ait Benhaddou
The site of the ksar has been fortified since the 11th century during the Almoravid period. It is considered a great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture and has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987
Todra Gorges
The Todgha Gorges are a series of limestone river canyons, or wadi, in the eastern part of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, near the town of Tinerhir, where a 300m-deep fault splits the orange limestone into a deep ravine at some points just wide enough for a crystal-clear river and single-file trekkers to squeeze through.
Sahara Desert
It is the world’s largest desert, at once continental in its scale and exquisite in its detail, from a sand sea the size of a small European country to an orange sand dune sculpted to perfection by the wind
Ifrane
Ifrane is a city in the Middle Atlas region of northern Morocco. Ifrane also known as the little Switzerland is a beautiful mountain town located in the middle Atlas.
Tizi N’tichka Pass
Tizi n'Tichka is a mountain pass in Morocco, linking the south-east of Marrakech to the city of Ouarzazat through the High Atlas mountains. It lies above the great Marrakesh plains, and is a gateway to the Sahara Desert.
Jemaa El Fna Square
Jemaa el-Fnaa is a square and market place in Marrakesh's medina quarter (old city). It remains the main square of Marrakesh, used by locals and tourists.
Price Includes
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Transport as per the indicated schedule
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Driver/Guide English speaking, Customer Services in Fluent English and Chinese Speaking
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3 nights in Hotel/Riad with breakfast and dinner; accommodation in rooms with private bathroom
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4 nights in Hotel/Riad with breakfast; accommodation in rooms with private bathroom
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Excursion in dromedary in the Desert
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Vehicle jeep 4×4 with air conditioning; for groups over 6 people, mini-bus with air conditioning.
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Fuel and transport costs
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1 night in the desert in tent camp (dinner and accommodation)
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Exclusive service (not accompanied by other visitors)
Price Excludes
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Flights
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Drinks
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Tips and personal expenses
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Lunches
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Dinner not mentioned in the item "Price Includes"
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Monumental entrance tickets
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All that is not indicated in the item “price includes”.
