We are going to meet you in Casablanca before taking you to the hotel where you will spend your night.
For booking your itinerary of 14 days Casablanca to Merzouga desert tour, contact us.
Our journey begins in Casablanca and takes us to Rabat. Here, you’ll explore the captivating Oudaya Kasbah and its lush gardens. Visits to the Mohammed V and Hassan II mausoleums follow, preceding our exploration of Morocco’s eminent heritage, the Hassan Tower. This unfinished mosque, envisioned as the world’s tallest, was initiated by Caliph Yaqub el-Mansur in 1195 but remained incomplete after his passing in 1199.
Our route then leads to Fes, Morocco’s oldest cultural hub. En route, we’ll pass by various agricultural farms, adding to the scenic charm of our journey.
After breakfast in Fez, we’ll explore the Medina with an expert guide. Fes, known as Morocco’s educational capital, boasts the world’s oldest university “El-Qarouian,” founded by Fatima El Fihri in 859. It’s a center of Arab-Muslim culture, housing landmarks like the Andalusians Mosque. We’ll also uncover the modern side with the 19th-century Mellah, including the Jewish quarter, before returning to our Riad or hotel.
Volubilis, a premier heritage site in Morocco, awaits our exploration on our Meknes journey. Situated around 32 miles from Meknes, this ancient city holds a treasure trove of history. Before reaching Meknes, we’ll first arrive at the charming village of Molay Driss, immersing ourselves in its beauty. Along the way, we’ll delve into the Cartajin period and Roman culture, gaining insights into Morocco’s past.
In Meknes, we’ll uncover the legacy of the powerful kingdom during Molay Ismail’s era. A highlight will be our visit to Bab Al Mansour, an architectural gem, and its proximity to the bustling L’Ahdim public area, where we can capture memories of our journey with photographs.
On our way to Merzouga, we’ll explore key cities. Our first stop is Ifrane, dubbed “Moroccan Switzerland.” It’s a Berber city, known as the “Lion City” due to its lion statue. Next, we’ll reach Midelt, the “Apple City,” situated on the eastern side of the High Atlas Mountains. Passing Berber villages, we’ll capture photos en route to the Southeast of Morocco. Continuing through Errachidia and Arfoud, we’ll cross the “Ghar Z’Aben” cave, observed by Moroccan military.
Finally, we’ll arrive in Merzouga, where many Moroccans seek natural healing by burying themselves in the warm sands. Foreign visitors admire the exceptional Sahara vistas during sunrise and sunset. Our overnight stay will be in a hotel.
Immediately after breakfast we are going to discover Merzouga’s desert by visiting Khamlia Village, its rich in term of musicians (traditional Moroccan music). Our lunch will take a place at the desert with people who live there. The best thing in this tour is the opportunity of riding camels across the dunes, also we will ride the camel to Erg Chebbi to watch the incredible picture of the sunset in the middle of the high sand dunes, then we will spend our night in one of the berber camp watching stares over the sky.
After catching the sunrise immediately we will leave to Rissani to visit the Mausoleum of Molay Ali Chrif, the founder of Tafilalet. Rissani now known with the large Souk and its fossil products, after spending some of our time there we are going to reach into Todra Gorges which located beyond the central High Atlas Mountains, it’s known by its frozen in the winter but the people there are used with its weather. Along this way we will see many different Mountain series includes the Jabel Saghro 2500 m and Jabel Mgoun 4068 m, the highest one in Morocco is Jabel Tobkal the most famous one, by the night coming we will chose a hotel in Todra Gorges.
In that day we will leave to Dades Valley along this way we will explore several Kasbahs before reach into this last. However, we will across a village called Boumalne its located in the last part of Dades valley, most of people there are Berbers with agriculture living. After that we will pass the rose’s valley it’s the local where some interesting people organize the known festival of rose in Morocco, also several products are made here such as the water rose and some oil products.
In our tour we will visit the Hollywood of Africa “Ouarzazate” it’s one of the historical city in Morocco its rich of including Kasbahs such us Taourirt Kasbah, this town also gathers many big cinema’s works around the world because of the historical look of this area, moreover it’s still saving some of the very old heritage building and that’s why its influence the historical Movies also attracted the directors to choose their works to be done here to give an old short view about the past, for instance: Gladiator movie in 2000, and the Kingdom of Heaven (2005)etc. All this works talks about the history and wars, so when you will be there you will feel yourself in the past. After discovering the town we will stay at the hotel for spending the night there.
Ait Benhaddou village, located 35 km from Ouarzazate, during our day’s tour we will explore the famous Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou. The Kasbah is seems to a Sahara because of the long sands around it, and it has an old and wonderful sand castle, which you would like to see, the town has less population and its people there still stick to their old culture. After that we will leave to the next city “Taroudant” to found our hotel there.
Taroudant is a berber city and its traditional one in Morocco the people there are very humble. At that day we will leave to Agadir the most famous touristic place, its known with the modernity look and the high touristic quality; the origin of this big city are berber but there verity is “Tasousit” it’s one of the accent spooks in Morocco, however Agadir is not a traditional city but its seems to the Western culture, also known by its dynamic. It makes Morocco proud of being the first in the world exporting the different tips of fish specially the Sardine and because of the beautiful beaches there Agadir organizes several and international completions of the sports beach.
We still exploring the great cities along Morocco and this time we will visit a very old and historical city which called Mogador or as it’s known “Essaouira”, the most visitors to this last are artists because of the gorgeous look of the city; while you are there you will feel yourself inside a 3 D Portrait. Essaouira located in the marginal of Atlantic Ocean, in that place you will enjoy the waving of the ocean its really a wonder look over there. Of course it will be interesting to spend our night in one of Essaouira’s hotel.
In that day you will have the opportunity to test your tour’s ability; you will be free to decide the way in which you would like to discover the city of Essaouira. And if you feel yourself tired you can stay at the hotel and to get back some of the energy.
New day, we are going to leave into Marrakech the red city or Wlad el-Bahja city; it’s one of the famous touristic cities in the world and many foreigners calling Morocco “Marrakech”, one of its pictures has been decided as the best photo in the world. The people in Marrakech known with their humor soul also its dynamic city, it has the second population after Casablanca; during this tour you will have the opportunity to test the best delicious foods in the world. By arriving there we will stay at one of Marrakech Hotels.
In today’s trip we will spend the full day in Marrakech discovering the beautiful and the heritage city in Morocco, there will be a guided tour with high qualification who will guide us along that day. We will have the opportunity to know more about the heritage and traditional Moroccan Souks also we will know about the historical buildings such as the Koutoubia Mosque and the mazing Riads, Marakech knowns with the traditional crafts besides to Fes. Jamaa el-Fna is the most attractive public place in Marrakech it’s known by the different activities of people: story tillers, snakes, gymnastic shows, product sellers and of course the traditional and delicious foods provided by the best cookers ever. At night we will return to our hotel.
Because you spend the previous day with the guided tour in Marrakech, so you will not have any difficulties to make an individual walk around the city today and you will be free to choose what to do along the day either discovering more the city or staying at the hotel to get relaxed.
From Marrakech to Casablanca; the last moments of our trip before arriving into Med V airport in your expected time of the return.
What is included?
including
✔ Private transportation with air conditioning
✔ Experienced driver/guide who speaks English/Spanish (Multilingual)
✔Carburetor
✔ Camel ride
✔ Night in a camp (Dinner and breakfast)
✔ Free time to take photos, walk, explore places… etc.
Not included
✘ Drinks
✘ Lunch
✘ Accommodation in Casablanca
✘ Tickets
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