8 days Essential Morocco Tour

8 days tour of the imperial cities and sahara desert from Casablanca / 8-day trip from Casablanca to the desert and Marrakech / 8 day travel from Casablanca to the Merzouga desert via imperial cities, route of a thousand kasbahs, high atlas mountains, 8 days Essential Morocco Tour

Description: This 8 days and 7 nights tour from Casablanca to Marrakech offers a great opportunity to visit and discover the imperial cities of Morocco and explore the historical monuments. Morocco is a country full of contrasts, from imperial cities to the vast desert, from spectacular mountains and gorges to lush valleys. You will meet new people, experience their culture and explore their landscapes.

Route: 8 days charm of Morocco
Duration: 8 DAYS & 7 NIGHTS
Start: Casablanca Airport
End: Marrakech Airport

Day 1: Casablanca – Transfer from airport to lodging

Pick up at the Casablanca airport and transfer from the airport to the lodging.

Prepare to be amazed!

NOTE: We can go to see the Hassan II mosque if we have time, it depends on your arrival in Casablanca, if it is in the morning or at noon if we can pay a visit to the Hassan II mosque.

Day 2: Casablanca – Fez – Visit Fez with local guide

After breakfast we leave from Casablanca to Fez, after three hours we arrive at the spiritual and cultural capital of Morocco to visit with a local guide to put into practice the art of haggling through the souks and discover the most remote places of the medina.

Tonight will be in the heart of the medina!

Kilometers of our stage: 294 km.
Duration of the journey by car: 3 and a half hours.

Day 3: Fez – Ifrane – Cedar Forest – Middle Atlas Mountains – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Merzouga Desert

After breakfast, we will start the journey to the desert through the university city of Ifrane, better known as the «Moroccan Switzerland», the cedar forests where the macaques live in freedom and because it is one of the favorite cities of the King of Morocco together with the landscapes of the Atlas up to the Ziz Valley, an extensive palm grove.

Continuation to Erfoud, the gateway to the desert and from there we reach the Merzouga desert, where we relax at the hotel in front and walk to the dunes.

Tonight will undoubtedly be quiet and peaceful!

Kilometers of our stage: 467 km.
Duration of the journey by car: 7 hours.

Day 4: Merzouga – Khamlia – Mifis – Visit to nomadic Berber families – Excursion in dromedaries – Magical night in Berber camp

This will be a day full of adventures in which we will get to know a different Morocco! We are going to discover the Khamlia people this desert town is known for Gnawa music, most of its inhabitants are originally from Mali and Sudan, arrived in the days of slavery. There we can attend a small concert of Gnawa music.

Then we arrive at Mifis, an old and abandoned town since colonization, a place known and famous for the mines and Khol (used with pencils to make up the eyes). Then we will take the path to the nomadic family to have glasses of tea and to see settlements and learn about their secrets and customs.

In the afternoon we will depart in a caravan of dromedaries that will take us to the camp (Haimas) in a journey of one hour. We will make a stop halfway to watch the sunset over the dunes and stretch our legs a bit before continuing to camp. Once there, we will have a hospitality tea and we will have the opportunity to climb the great dune or the small dunes that are near the campsite.

Typical dinner and then a special party to the rhythm of Berber drums.

Without a doubt a fantastic and unforgettable night!

Kilometers of our stage: 40 km.
Duration of the journey by car: 2 hours.

Day 5: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley

Before breakfast, get up early to see the sunrise. And without losing the opportunity to see a sunrise that in few places is enjoyed like that. After breakfast, we will say goodbye to the desert and return with the dromedaries to the place where our transport awaits us to take the route to Dades Valley, we will go to Rissani, one of the oldest markets in Morocco and it is the old commercial capital of the country. If time allows us and if it is market day we can make a stop to witness the local commercial exchanges. 8 days Essential Morocco Tour

After a journey we will arrive at Tinghir, where the spectacular Todra Gorges are found. The Todra riverbed has formed a gorge of vertical walls of enormous proportions and great beauty; It is a climber’s paradise and a unique place, perched at 1,360 meters of altitude. Free time to explore and wander.

Continuation to Dades Valley for a well-deserved rest.

Unique and quiet night surrounded by mountains and valleys!

Kilometers of our stage: 265 km.
Duration of the journey by car: 4 hours.

Day 6: Dades Valley – Rose Valley – Skoura Oasis – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – High Atlas – Marrakech

After breakfast, we leave for Marrakech through the Valley of Roses and Skoura palm grove until. We reach Ouarzazate known as the so-called “door of the desert”.

Let’s get to the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. And in this spectacular setting renowned films such as Gladiator, The Jewel of the Nile or Sahara (with Penélope Cruz). Have been shot also famous for being one of the best ksours and kasbahs in Morocco. Free time to walk through the kasbah and climb to its summit to contemplate its view.

Continuation crossing the high atlas, crossing the port of Tichka at 2260 meters high. Making panoramic stops to contemplate the wonderful landscapes and take pictures. Since it is one of the most impressive routes in Morocco. Where we will begin to observe the first settlements of adobe of the Berbers in the foothills of the mountains with a stop at the argan oil cooperative, where we will discover the process of realization and they will explain to us the innumerable benefits it has for the human body.

Arrival in Marrakech after the high atlas, transfer to the hotel or riad and end of our services.

Kilometers of our stage: 325 km.
Duration of the journey by car: 6 hours.

Day 7: Visit Marrakech with a local guide

Free day with a local guide to practice the art of haggling in the souks and discover the most remote places of the medina. 8 days Essential Morocco Tour

Tonight will be in the heart of the medina!

Day 8: Marrakech – Transfer to the airport and end of the trip

Depending on the scheduled departure time of the flight. Free time for the last visits and purchases or if the scheduled departure time of the flight allows it.

Shuttle to the airport at the set time.

We wish you a happy return home and a future return to Morocco, inchalah

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