Embark on a 7-day adventure through the Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert. Explore the imperial cities of Casablanca, Marrakech, Rabat, and Meknes, and experience the beauty of the desert with a camel ride and overnight stay in a desert camp.
ARRIVAL IN CASABLANCA AIRPORT – RABAT
Rabat - Pick-up from airport and start a visit of Casablanca city if your flight land earlier than you may see the Hassan II Mosque and experience the coastal “Cornish” seaside. Afterwards, depart to Rabat, the capital of Morocco! and spend the night at your Riad/Hotel.
RABAT – MEKNÈS – VOLUBILIS – FEZ
Fez Mellah - After breakfast, we will visit the Hassan Mosque in Rabat then drive to Meknès, the 16th century capital whose ruler, Moulay Ismail, modeled himself on France’s ‘Sun King’, Louis XIV: historical guided visit of Meknès, and The Roman ruins of Volubilis, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was built with 20 gates, more than 50 palaces and 15 miles of surrounding walls. Following lunch, stop at the remarkable Roman ruins of Volubilis, with its mosaics and temples. Overight in Riad in Fez.
FEZ GUIDED CITY TOUR
Fes-Meknes - After the breakfast in your Riad/Hotel in Fes. All day devoted for visiting Fez, the oldest of the imperial cities, home to the world’s first university dating from the 9th century and one of the most complete medieval cities in existence, founded in 790 A.D. Seeming to exist somewhere between the Middle Ages and today, the Soul of Morocco stimulates the senses with its visual details, haunting sounds and rich aromas. Guided visit of medieval Medina, Quaraouine University, Medersa Attarine, Kingdom Palace, Ben Denane synagogue, souks. After lunch, you will visit the tiles cooperative and then experience a wonderful panoramique view over the whole Medina of Fes.
FES – MERZOUGA – ERG CHEBBI DUNES NIGHT IN A CAMP
Merzouga Desert - The pickup start from your Hotel or Riad in Fes then drive southwards to Ifrane and Azrou through the Middle Atlas mountains, On the way we will stop at cedar forest to see the Barbarian Ape in their natural habitat. Traveling through the Tizi Ntalghamt pass to Midelt and along the magnificent Ziz Gorges carved and the volcanic rock, you’ll have incredible views of the Middle-Atlas plateau, noticing how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you come closer to of the city Errachidia. After having lunch, we’ll go ahead through the Ziz valley Erfoud, Rissani and Merzouga. After enjoying a glass of mint tea, we will leave our luggage in a room then take the camels to a Berber camp in the middle of Erg Chebbi Sand dunes, 20 km long and 5 km wide. Reputed as the highest sand dunes in North Africa. The unique and diverse environment. The camel trek takes around 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the camp where we take back the spirit of the nomadic Berber lifestyle. There we setup 3 Berber tents with restaurant and kitchen at the dunes naturally providing basic facilities. The tents are well equipped and we provide mattresses, blankets, and cushions. After dinner we gather round the fire and enjoy the desert night with traditional Berber drums.
ERG CHEBBI - DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE
Ouarzazate - The camel guide will wake you up early in the morning to see what well may be the best sunrise of your life. Afterwards, you’ll peacefully camel-trek back to your hotel appreciating the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi dunes. After breakfast we’ll drive through the Dades Valley towards Kalaat Mgouna and Ouarzazate. The route through Dades Valley is the way of the thousand Kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip. Then the roses valley and Skoura village. Continue to Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”. Lunch is at the famous Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, the largest Kasbah in Morocco. After touring this UNESCO matrimonial historical site.
OUARZAZATE- MARRAKECH SIGHTSEEING - GUIDED CITY TOUR
Ait Ben Haddou - After having a typical breakfast, our journey will continue through the majestic Tizi ‘n’ tichka pass (2260m) over the High Atlas Mountains. We will have time to stop and enjoy impressive views and visit the argan oil cooperative. We will arrive in Marrakech in the afternoon and you can start discovering Marrakech “the red city of Morocco”. We will ensure that you will see some of the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadiens tombs, the Bahia Palace. After having lunch at a restaurant near the square, you will walk through the souks “traditional market” and explore hundreds of handicrafts. Late afternoon, you will have some free time to look around by yourself the other parts of the city.
AIRPORT TRANSFER
- Overnight stay at Luxury Riad in Ouarzazate with breakfast & dinner
- 4 nights’ accommodation with breakfast & dinner
- Airport transfer service
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- 7 days of private transportation in A/C vehicle with fuel
- Guided tours with art historian in Fes and Marrakech
- Overnight stay at Luxury Camp in Merzouga desert with breakfast & dinner
- Bottled mineral water provided during the tour
- 1h30 Camel Trekking experience
- Professional English-speaking guide/driver for the journey
- International Airfare.
- Personal Expenses
- Lunches/ Drinks
- Travel insurance
the imperial cities tour from Casablanca to Marrakech through Rabat and its amazing Kasbah and city of Meknes including the landmarks of the city; moulay ismail mausoleum, hri souani, hdim square, and the bab mansour gate as zell as the old Medina of Fes and its narraw streets and old medrassa of bouanania, the king palace, the old university of Quraoiyine. From fes the the desert of Merzouga including camel ride and an overnight in desert camp. Then Marrakech the red city and its wonderful landmarks including; bahia palace, saaian tombs, koutoubia mosque, the djamaa lafna square….
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
