6 DAY TOUR FROM CASABLANCA, EXPLORE MERZOUGA DESERT,4,5,6 DAY CASABLANCA TOUR AND EXCURSION MARRAKECH

DAY 1 :

CASABLANCA – FES

Collect from airport or hotel in Casablanca driving to Fes via Rabat and Meknes. If time permits, visit these cities and the Roman ruins of Volubilis, located at the foot of the Atlas mountains in a valley filled with olive and almond trees. Evening arrival in Fes overnight stay in riad (traditional Moroccan house).

DAY 2 :

EXPLORING FES

Morning visit to the medina (the old city); the Jewish Quarter (the Mellah) and the yard of the Royal Palace. Onto the famous tanneries and Kairaouine Mosque (second largest in Morocco = view only). Enjoy a traditional Moroccan lunch and panoramic view of the city from lookout. Overnight accommodation at riad.

DAY 3 :

FES – AZROU – MIDELT – ZIZ VALLEY – MERZOUGA

After breakfast depart for Ifrane also referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco”. Stopping at Azrou, Berber village in the middle of the famous cedar forest to see the Barbarian apes. Lunch in Midelt before travelling through the Tizi n’Talghamt pass along the magnificent Ziz Gorge carved from volcanic rock and through the spectacular Ziz Valley (stopping to take in the panoramic view). Drive to Erfoud and then Rissani, before arriving in Merzouga. Check into guest house next to sand dunes (+dinner and breakfast).

DAY 4 :

MERZOUGA - CAMEL TREK

After breakfast visit the Gnawa people in the village Khamlia, experience their music and lifestyle; then enjoy mint tea with a nomad family. Lunch is the local meal - Berber pizza with option to visit the old city of Rissani with it's traditional souk (held three times a week). Return to Merzouga (about 30 minutes drive) where your camel and guide are waiting to take you to your camp in the desert (1 hour trek). Spend the night in the middle of the dunes in Berber tent and enjoy a delicious dinner.

DAY 5 :

MERZOUGA – TODRA GORGES – DADES VALLEY

Watch the spectacular sunrise before camel trek back to village. After breakfast and shower drive via Tinghir and Todra Gorge (lunch). Drive through the Dades Valley visiting the amazing rock formations known as “monkey toes”. Overnight stay in traditional guest house (+dinner and breakfast).

DAY 6 :

DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU - MARRAKECH

After breakfast drive through the Dades Valley and Ouarzazate, the route of one thousand Kasbahs. Stop at Kalaat M’Gouna, “the rose city” before passing by UNESCO heritage site of Ait Benhaddou. Drive through the majestic Tizi n’Tichka Pass over the High Atlas Mountains, stopping to discover the process of making Argan oil by the local Berber women. Arrive Marrakech

6 DAY TOUR FROM CASABLANCA, EXPLORE MERZOUGA DESERT,4,5,6 DAY CASABLANCA TOUR AND EXCURSION MARRAKECH

DAY 1 :

CASABLANCA – FES

DAY 2 :

EXPLORING FES

DAY 3 :

FES – AZROU – MIDELT – ZIZ VALLEY – MERZOUGA

DAY 4 :

MERZOUGA - CAMEL TREK

DAY 5 :

MERZOUGA – TODRA GORGES – DADES VALLEY

DAY 6 :

DADES VALLEY – OUARZAZATE – AIT BEN HADDOU - MARRAKECH

Private transport

Accommodation in hotels / riads

Dinners, breakfasts as itinerary

Included :

Camel ride in desert

Night in desert camp / tents

Experienced tour driver