12-Days Casablanca Desert Tour
12-Days Casablanca Desert Tour
Introduction:
12-Days Casablanca Desert Tour – Explore Casablanca, Rabat, and Fes, enjoy the camel trekking and spend night in Desert Camp at Merzouga Desert, explore the Oases, kasbahs, Marrakech red city and Essaouira Mogador. The tour ends at Casablanca.
Highlights :
- Visit Rabat, Meknes, Fes.
- Camel ride in Merzouga desert.
- Night in Desert camp.
- Explore 1000 kasbahs Road.
- Tour guided in Marrakech.
- Visit Essaouira.
Itinerary:
Day 1: Casablanca – Rabat
Reception at the airport, visit to the Hassan II mosque, then we continue to Rabat, visit the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of Chellah, enjoy Walking in the Medina market. Dinner and overnight at the riad.
Day 2: Rabat – Meknes – Fes
After breakfast, we move to Fes, via Moulay Idriss (holy city) and visit to the Roman ruins of Volubilis. Lunch will in Meknes. After, we are going to Visit the great gate of Meknes (Bab Manssour). Arrival in Fes. Dinner and overnight at the riad.
Day 3: Fes tour guided
After breakfast, the day will be devoted to the discovery of Fes, the oldest of the imperial cities and medinas, founded by Idriss II. We will visit: The Andalusian Mosque, the tanneries, the potters’ quarter and the Medina. Lunch will be in a Riad in the Medina, in the afternoon we continue to discover Fes by visiting: the Hispano-Moorish buildings, the Medersas, the Nejjarine square. Panoramic view of the city of Fes. Dinner and overnight at the riad.
Day 4: Fes – Midelt – Ziz Valley – Erfoud – Dunes of Merzouga
After breakfast, we travel towards Merzouga through the Middle Atlas. We stop at Midelt for lunch, and then we continue towards Erfoud, you will have Photo stops along this Sahara road. Arrival at the dunes of Merzouga. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 5: Merzouga – Erg chebbi – Merzouga
After breakfast, you will have a tour around the dunes passing by: the oases of Merzouga, the village of Khamlia, the mines of Mifiss, the desert plateaus to meet the nomads, the Tisserdmin oases. After, we return to Merzouga in order to ride on camels to watch the sunset over the dunes (about an hour and a half of camels). You will spend the night in nomad tents in the dunes to enjoy the silence of the desert with a sky in full stars. Dinner and night in the bivouac.
Day 6: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges
After the sunrise show, we return to the hotel for breakfast and shower. Then, we depart to Tinghir via Rissani, Erfoud and Tinejdad; you will have several photo stops before arriving at the Todra gorges. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 7: Todra Gorge – Dades Valley – Valley Of Roses – Skoura – Ouarzazate
After breakfast, we move to Ouarzazate via Kelâa M’Gouna, we will visit the rose product stores, then we continue to the Skoura palm grove in order to visit the historic Amridile Kasbah, where we will have lunch and continue to Ouarzazate. Dinner and overnight at the riad.
Day 8: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben haddou – Ouarzazate – Marrakech
Visit the city of Ouarzazate, the kasbah of Taourirte, the movies center, visit the kasbah of Aït Ben Haddou, then we Continue to Marrakech. We cross the High Atlas Mountains, taking advantage to see the panoramic views of the Berber villages. Arrival at Marrakech in the late afternoon.
Day 9: Marrakech – Cultural tour
After breakfast, the whole day will be spent in visiting Marrakech; discovering the historic sites of the city: the Koutoubia, Saadian tombs, the Menara garden and the Bahia Palace. Lunch will be in; in the afternoon, we will visit the markets of the old Medina and Jmaa El Fna square. Dinner will be in a Moroccan restaurant.
Day 10: Marrakech – Essaouira
After breakfast, departure to Essaouira, we will stop to visit a copperative of Argan oil. Arrival at the harbor, where we will have lunch (fish). in the afternoon, we will visit the city and the alleys of the medina of Essaouira, an Old Portuguese city renowned for these crafts: silver jewelry and marquetry on wood. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 11: Essaouira – El Jadida – Casablanca
Breakfast and departure towards Casablanca via El Jadida with having lunch at El Oualidia. We will visit to the oyster farming center, then we carry on to El Jadida along the Atlantic coast. Arrival in Casablanca. Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 12: Casablanca – Med V Airport
After breakfast, we will transfer you to Mohamed V airport in Casablanca. 12-Days Casablanca Desert Tour ends.