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6 days From Casablanca to desert, we will discover many treasure highlights of morocco. First we will visit the largest city in Morocco, Casablanca. Then we may make our way to visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis and explore the cultural capital Fes walking through thousands of alleys in the medina. Furthermore, as we make our way to Merzouga, there’s stops made at the beautiful city Ifrane, the Switzerland of Morocco, where the weather varies throughout the year and is completely different from the rest of Morocco without the medians and narrow alleyways. Passing by cedar forest, we may see many wild monkeys (Barbary macaque).
To add on, you will oversee the desert and watch the sunset while riding on the camel into the heart of the desert where you will stay in a luxury tent for the night. You can enjoy the Berber Bonfire and glazing stars at night. One highlight of this Morocco tour is exploring the desert where you will visit Khamlia village meeting the Gnawa people and visit nomad families living in the desert. You will also visit Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, Atlas mountain, Ouarzazate, Dades valley, Todra Gorges and finally ending in Marrakech.
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To begin, we will pick up you at the airport / hotel in Casablanca and we drive towards Fes. Later, we will visit Rabat –
Today is the day to explore the cultural capital of Fes. Our private Morocco tour continues visiting the medina (the old city). Over here, we will walk inside its alleys and we visit the Jewish Quarter and the Royal Palace. In addition, we will visit the famous tanneries in Fez, worth to experience. Then we visit the Quaraouine mosque which is considered the 1st university in the world . Lastly, we stay overnight in local riad/hotel.
Today we continue to travel towards Ifrane, referred to as “the Switzerland of Morocco”. Additionally, we may stop at Azrou, a Berber village in the cedar forest. We will have a lunch in Midelt and afterwards we’ll drive along the Ziz valley. We’ll pass through few Berber villages to reach Erfoud and then Rissani. Lastly, we arrive to Merzouga desert where we stay in local riad/hotel.
Today, after breakfast we start our Casablanca private tour exploring the desert of Mezouga by 4×4 vehicle. In this day where we dedicated to touring the desert, we will visit Khamlia village where we meet local Gnawa people and here we will learn about their famous traditional music. Then we continue our private Casablanca tour by visiting Nomad families living in the desert. Then we will drive to Rissani –
We drive back to the Merzouga and in the afternoon, we will ride camels to desert. We will be guided by an experienced camel guide to explore highest sand dunes in Morocco watching glamorous sunset over the dunes. After we reach desert camp we will enjoy dinner at campfire with Berber music and we stay overnight in desert camp.
Early in the morning, we will watch sunrise in desert of Merzouga and then we ride camels back to the village of Merzouga and after breakfast we leave for Rissani. We drive towards Tinghir, and then we explore Todra gorges which is the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco. Here we may hike within the amazing valley and after lunch we will continue our private Morocco tour passing the Dades valley. Here we stay in Dades gorges in traditional local riad/hotel with dinner and breakfast.
Today we continue our private Casablanca tour through the Dades valley towards Ouarzazate passing the route of the 1000’s Kasbahs. We will stop at Kalaat Mgouna which is the centre of roses valley. Furthermore, here we may purchase the rosewater, which is local famous product made from roses. We will visit Ouarzazatte movie studio, and also local kasbah in the city. We continue to a the Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou, built by one of the last Berber chieftains. Our trip continues passing Tizi n Tichka mountain pass at 2260 m. Finally, we arrive to Marrakech where our 6 days From Casablanca to desert ends.
