8 days Casablanca desert tour. Travel from Casablanca to chefchaouen and Fes. Trip to Morocco desert From Casablanca, discover the moroccain culture.
◙ 8 days Casablanca desert tour
Day 1: Arrive in Casablanca
We welcome you at Casablanca airport and transfer you to your accommodation.
Day 2: Casablanca – Rabat – Chefchaouen
Visit of the Hassan II mosque on the Atlantic coast, then we leave for Rabat. Here we will visit the Hassan tower and the Chellah kasbah and Royal palace. From there we will travel via the Rif mountains to Chefchaouen. Chefchaouen is a small mountain town in northeastern Morocco, full of charm. At the turn of its narrow streets with a Mediterranean decor of whitewashed houses embellished with smalt blue. Dinner and night in a beautiful riad.
Day 3: Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes
You visit the medina on foot to take beautiful photos. We go to Volubilis where you discover the Roman ruins. Then we continue to the city of saint Molay idriss Zerhoune. From there we drive to Meknes to see the mausoleum of Molay Ismail. The sultan of Morocco who reigned from 1672 to 1727. From there we continue our trip to Fes. we arrived in afternoon enjoy thr rest of the day one the streets of Fes, Dinner and night in a Riad.
Day 4: Fes – Merzouga
We leave Fes towards Merzouga. Pass through the beautiful landscape of the Middle Atlas. Via Ifran at 1,713 meters above sea level. where the Michlifen sky station is located.
Afterwards we continue towards Azrou, its name to a large rocky peak present in the city (Aẓrou, in Berber means stone) located in the center of the city. It is a city of altitude (1,250 m) bordered by mountains planted with holm oaks and cedars giving a particular charm to the city. From there we continue to Midelt, located at an altitude of 1,521 m in the Atlas, often with snow in winter.
Lunch in Midelt, and continue to Erfoud through the Ziz Valley. to reach Erfoud. visit a Fossil museum and continue to Merzouga here you will meet your camel driver who will guide you to the Erg Chebbi dunes, to spend the night there in the desert camp under the stars and milky way
Day 5: Merzouga – Todra gorges – Dades gorges
After breakfast we will leave the Erg Chebbi dunes on camels, and we will go towards Rissani, Rissani is the former capital of Tafilalet. Under the name of Sijilmassa, it is a former major caravan center of the trans-Saharan trade, the most important in Morocco, in the Middle Ages. Most of the traffic with Africa then concerned gold, ivory, slaves and salt, coming from Sudan, which notably includes present-day Mali. here We will visit the great market Tafilalt, and we continue to Todra gorges via Erfoud, Kssar Touroug. We will visit the Toudra palm grove and we have lunch at the gorges, then we leave for the Dades gorges via the city of Tinghir and Boumalne Dades. Dinner and night at the inhabitant.
Day 6: Dades gorges – Ait ben haddou – Marrakech
The Dades valley its waters from the upper Msemrir valley cross the famous Dades gorges, irrigate Boumalne, receive those of lassif M’Goun at El Kelaa then join the Ouarzazate wadi at Mansour Eddehbi lake to form that of Drâa. Its valley separates the massifs of the central High Atlas and Jebel Saghro.
The valley follows the course of the wadi and vegetable crops are present throughout the valley (apple trees in Msemrir) (alfalfa for cattle, barley, wheat, almond, date and fig trees). We will follow the valley to kelaa Mgouna, to visit a cooperative of rose products from there we continue to the Skoura palm grove where we will visit the Amridil kasbah, we stop in front of the Taourirt kasbah and the cinema studios to take beautiful photos. we will visit the famous kasbah Ait Ben Haddou, and we continue to Marrakech via the High Atlas mountains. Dinner and night in a riad,
Day 7: Marrakech – Essauira
After breakfast we will visit the Jamaa Fna square, and the souks of the medina, then we continue our journey towards Essaouira. The climate of the city of Essaouira is exceptionally mild, semi-arid. The wind gives surfers an opportunity to practice their hobby. We will visit the Medina and the port, and we admire the sunset over the horisan. Dinner and night in a beautiful Riad.
Day 8: Essaouira – Casablanca
We transfer you to Casablanca airport.
◙ Include:
- Transport en S/V vehicle, fuel.
- Driver/guide.
- 06 Nights in hotel.
- 01 Night in desert camp.
- Camel ride in the dunes.
- 07 Breakfasts 07 diners.
◙ Not include:
- Lunches.
- Drinks.
- Tips.
