Mountains, desert and ocean: Chefchaouen, Fes, Merzouga, Marrakech, two days in Essaouira and the Atlantic coast.
This is a private tour of 12 days · 11 nights: the vehicle, the driver and the timing are only yours, so you can stop for photos, change hotels or add a night wherever you like. Below you will find the day-by-day itinerary.
Pick-up at the port, airport or your hotel in Tangier. Stop in Tetouan, whose Andalusian medina is a UNESCO site, then drive into the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen and enjoy your first walk through its blue alleys.
A last morning walk in Chefchaouen, then a drive through olive groves and wheat fields to Fes, the spiritual capital of Morocco. Check in at your riad and enjoy a first look at the medina from a rooftop terrace.
With an official local guide, enter Fes el Bali, the largest car-free medina in the world: the Bou Inania and Attarine madrasas, the Al Quaraouiyine university, the Chouara tanneries seen from the terraces and the artisans' souks of copper, leather and pottery. Free evening.
Cross the Middle Atlas via Ifrane, the 'Switzerland of Morocco', and the cedar forest of Azrou with its Barbary macaques. After lunch in Midelt, descend through the Ziz Valley and its endless palm groves to Merzouga, where camels take you over the dunes to your camp for dinner and a night under the stars.
A whole day around the great dunes by 4x4: visit a nomad family for tea, listen to Gnawa music in the village of Khamlia, see the seasonal lake of Dayet Srji and the palm grove of Merzouga. Optional sandboarding or quad. Climb a dune for sunset and spend another night at the camp.
Wake up early for sunrise over the dunes and ride back to Merzouga for breakfast. Visit the market town of Rissani, cradle of the Alaouite dynasty, then walk in the Todra Gorge near Tinghir before reaching the Dades Valley and its rock formations for the night.
Follow the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through the Valley of Roses and the palm oasis of Skoura to Ouarzazate. Visit the UNESCO ksar of Ait Ben Haddou, have lunch with a view and cross the High Atlas by the Tizi n'Tichka pass to Marrakech.
Discover the red city with a licensed guide: the Koutoubia mosque, the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs and the Ben Youssef madrasa, then the souks of spices, lanterns and leather. The afternoon is free for the Majorelle Garden or a hammam.
Drive west across the plains and the argan forest, with a stop at a women's cooperative, to Essaouira. Check in near the medina and walk along the Skala ramparts while the sun sets over the Atlantic.
A relaxing day in the windy city: the fishing harbour and its blue boats, the woodcarvers' workshops of thuya, the art galleries of the medina and the long beach, perfect for a walk, kitesurfing or a horse ride.
Drive north along the Atlantic coast: lunch with oysters in the lagoon of Oualidia, then the Portuguese city of El Jadida and its famous underground cistern, before reaching Casablanca for the night.
After breakfast your driver takes you to Mohammed V airport in Casablanca in time for your flight. End of our services.
All our tours can start on any day and from any hotel, riad or airport. We can add nights, change the order of the stops or choose a more comfortable category of hotels and camps.
Ask us for your price: it depends on the number of travellers, the season and the accommodation. A small deposit confirms the booking and the rest is paid in Morocco.
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