Berber Treasures Morocco Tours 9C: Magnificent Morocco Travel (18 days/17 nights)

This itinerary is available as one of our individual private Morocco tours and also operates as one of our Deluxe Cultural Experience small group tours of Morocco

Berber Treasures Morocco Tours immerses you in the magnificent contrasts and Morocco highlights on this 18 day Magnificent Morocco Travel itinerary.  Explore the villages and scenic gorges of the High Atlas Mountains, Alpine Middle Atlas Mountains and once infamously rebellious Rif Mountains.  Discover the best of Morocco ‘s cities and towns and villages visiting the marvellous imperil cities of Morocco with their old medinas, exotic markets and architectural beauty, the charming historic Atlantic and Mediterranean coast towns and villages and the fabulous Morocco Sahara Desert with its incredible mud kasbah villages, lush oases, beautiful gorges and soaring sand dunes.  This truly is Magnificent Morocco.  This Berber Treasures Morocco Tours itinerary operates as one of our Deluxe Cultural Experience small group tours of Morocco or it is available as one of our personalised private tours of Morocco .

This Morocco itinerary operates Casablanca – Casablanca and is also available as Tour 9M: a Marrakech – Marrakech itinerary.

Ө Itinerary Overview
Ө Deluxe Morocco Group Tour Departure Dates & Pricing
Ө Morocco Private Tours Dates

PROGRAM INCLUSIONS

• 16 nights’ accommodation at riads, kasbahs & hotels
• 1 night camping in Sahara Desert Morocco deluxe camp – deluxe Berber tents with private ensuite (option to stay at Merzouga Kasbah)
• 17 breakfasts
• 2 dinners (Merzouga & Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert Camp)
• Full-day city tour of Marrakech with English speaking official local professional Marrakech guide
• Full-day city tour of Fez with English speaking official local professional Fez guide
• Sunset camel ride in Sahara Desert Erg Chebbi sand dunes
• Guided morning walk with local Berber guide in High Atlas Mountains ~ easy walk (optional vehicle-based excursions available)
• Entrance fees for included sightseeing
• Airport transfers
• Air-conditioned private professional tour vehicle with English speaking official professional tour driver guide
• All Berber Treasures Morocco group tours are guaranteed departures

MOROCCO TOUR 9 ITINERARY

Day 1: Casablanca

Your Morocco travel adventure begins when you arrive at Casablanca Airport and are met by your Berber Treasures Morocco Tours driver guide and transferred to your Casablanca hotel. Afternoon city tour of Casablanca highlights this famous city’s principal sights.  Overnight in Casablanca.

Day 2: Casablanca – El Jadida – Marrakech

This morning Berber Treasures Morocco Tours takes you south along the Atlantic coast to the historic coastal town of El Jadida with it’s  Moroccan and 16^th century Portuguese heritage.  Turning inland your Morocco travel adventure takes you to the fascinating old imperial city of Marrakech dramatically situated near the base of the soaring High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.  Experience true Moroccan atmosphere staying at one of the beautiful Marrakech riads.  Overnight in Marrakech riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 3: Marrakech

Full-day city tour of Marrakech with your expert local Marrakech travel guide.  Discover the heritage of Morocco ‘s Jewel of the South as our Marrakech city tours  itinerary immerse you in the sights, sounds, smells and colours of Marrakech’s UNESCO world heritage old walled medina , La Bahia Palace, Koutoubia Mosque, the Saadian tombs, Djemaa El-Fna Plaza with its magicians, story tellers and snake charmers and the famous Marrakech souks and markets.  Overnight in Marrakech riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 4: Marrakech – Essaouira

Travel to Morocco ‘s charming Atlantic coast town of Essaouira.  You can explore Essaouira’ s attractive UNESCO world heritage medina with its extensive old Mellah, colourful traditional port’s lively fish markets and brightly painted small boats and old cannon studded sea wall ramparts.   Overnight in Essaouira riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 5: Essaouira – High Atlas Mountains

Heading inland your Morocco travel adventure climbs into the majestic High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.  Enjoy stunning views, the small Berber villages perched on the steep mountainsides and scenic valleys and mountain peaks as you make your way into the High Atlas Mountains.  Overnight in High Atlas Mountains riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 6: High Atlas Mountains

This morning your Berber Treasures Morocco Tours itinerary showcases the Morocco High Atlas Mountains.  Led by a local Berber guide you will discover some of the local village areas of this scenic High Atlas Mountains area on foot (optional mule ride).*  Afternoon free time for your own investigations or to relax and soak up the scenery and local culture.   Overnight in High Atlas Mountains riad.  (Breakfast)  *NB:  High Atlas Mountain mule ride option available.

۞  Guided Walk: This is an easy walk for a person of average fitness/mobility.  The pace is easy with plenty of stops to take photos and opportunities to meet with local village people and learn about their mountain lifestyle.  Please contact us if you have any questions concerning the suitability of the walk for you.

۞  Vehicle Excursions:  Optional half and full day vehicle based excursions available – supplement applies

Day 7: High Atlas Mountains – Tizi n’Tichka – Ait Benhaddou – Ouarzazate

Today your Morocco travel adventure sets out for the Morocco Sahara Desert crossing the High Atlas Mountains via Tizi n’Tichka pass, the highest pass in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco.  Winding down to the Morocco Sahara Desert the first desert destination on your Morocco travel adventure is the spectacular UNESCO world heritage mud kasbah village of Ait Benhaddou.  Continue to the nearby desert oasis town of Ouarzazate set against the contrasting High Atlas Mountains backdrop.  Overnight in Ouarzazate kasbah.  (Breakfast)    

Day 8: Ouarzazate – Dades Gorge – Skoura Oasis – Ouarzazate

Your Berber Treasures Morocco Tours excursion takes you along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through the Roses Valley to where the High Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert of Morocco merge.  Visit the striking Dades Gorge with its unique rock formations and picturesque village settings.  Explore the beautiful Skoura oasis area where you can find historic mud kasbahs set among the date palm, olive and henna groves. Overnight in Ouarzazate kasbah.  (Breakfast)

Day 9: Ouarzazate – D’raa Valley & Oasis – Tamgroute – Zagoura

The route followed by Magnificent Morocco tours the extensive lush palm groves of the D’raa oasis in the D’raa Valley.  Berber Treasures Morocco Tours showcasing of the Morocco’s Sahara Desert culture visits Tamgroute, with its distinctive ceramics and library of illuminated medieval manuscripts.  Tonight stay in the heart of the D’raa Valley oasis at Zagora, famously, 52 days by camel caravan to Timbuktu. Overnight in Zagora/Amazraou area riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 10: Zagoura – N’Kob – Merzouga (Erg Chebbi)

Continuing your discovery of the Morocco Sahara Desert your Morocco travel adventure follows the rugged Jbel Saghro Mountains eastward passing through oasis villages en route to Merzouga, a small Berber village situated at the base of the spectacular Erg Chebbi Sahara Desert sand dunes.  Overnight in Merzouga area traditional kasbah. (Breakfast & Dinner)

Day 11: Erg Chebbi Desert Villages, Desert Deluxe Camp & Sunset Camel Ride  

Visit the Merzouga oasis and village area, the home territory of the Berber nomad “blue men”, and the Moroccan village of Khamlea famous for its Gnaoua singers.  Relax at your kasbah in the afternoon until you take a comfortable 4-wheel drive excursion through the lower Erg Chebbi sand dunes to your deluxe desert camp on the sand dunes in the heart of the Morocco’s desert.  Here, meeting your local Berber camel guide, your  Morocco travel adventure immerses you in days gone by as  you experience the heritage of these nomadic Berber people and their love of their desert home as you are led on a desert camel ride through the Erg Chebbi sand dunes to witness the sun set over these beautiful, soaring,  ochre coloured sand dunes of Morocco’s Sahara Desert.  (The sunset desert camel ride is led by the local Berber guide at walking pace.  Client’s preferring not to join the camel ride can relax at the camp or enjoy a stroll in the sand dunes.)  Returning to your deluxe camp you spend a magical night under the stars experiencing the warm hospitality of Morocco’s desert Berber as you relax around the camp fire then enjoy a Berber meal before retiring to your deluxe Berber tent with private ensuite.  Overnight at Erg Chebbi desert camp in deluxe Berber tents.  (Breakfast & Dinner)

۞  Prefer not to ride a camel:  The camel ride leaves from and returns to the camp.  If you prefer not to ride a camel you can relax and enjoy the desert sunset from the camp. 

۞  Non-camping Option – Merzouga Kasbah:  If you prefer not to stay at the camp you can choose to stay in a Merzouga Kasbah – Supplement applies

Day 12: Merzouga – Midelt

Today your Morocco holiday takes you north.  Following the path of the Ziz River through the town of Erfoud to the beautiful Ziz Gorge with its vast date palm groves you farewell the Morocco Sahara Desert as Berber Treasures Morocco Tours takes across the eastern High Atlas Mountains on your way to Midelt.  Overnight in Midelt area.  (Breakfast)

Day 13: Midelt – Middle Atlas Mountains – Meknes – Volubilis – Fez

This morning your Morocco holiday itinerary takes you across the Middle Atlas Mountains where, if fortune is on your side, you may spot the indigenous Barbary Macaque.  Continuing on your Morocco travel adventure next takes you to the UNESCO world heritage 17th century imperial city of Meknes.  Discover the sights, including Bab el Mansour, Heri es-Souani and Agdal Basin.  Visit the ancient Roman town of Volubilis, Morocco’s most important Roman site and a UNESCO world heritage site with its mosaics and ancient buildings.  Berber Treasures Morocco Tours then takes you to one of the oldest medieval cities in the world, incredible Fez.  Overnight in Fez. riad  (Breakfast)

Day 14: Fez

Full-day heritage tour of Fez, with your expert local Fez travel guide.  Our Fez tours ’  highlights include the historical monuments, bazaars and souks of the UNESCO world heritage designated old walled medina’s 14th century Madrasa Bou Inania, the Kairaouine Mosque, Royal Palace Dar el Makhzen , Bab Dekakene, the Mellah – the old Moroccan Jewish heritage quarter, and Borj Sud.  Overnight in Fez riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 15: Fez – Chefchaouen  (Rif Mountains)

Climbing into the Rif Mountains Berber Treasures Morocco Tours takes you to the beautiful Rif Mountain town of Chefchaouen, Morocco’s pretty “blue town”.  Enjoy the gorgeous mountain setting as you explore the lovely old medina with blue washed houses and central plaza and kasbah garden.  Overnight in Chefchaouen riad.  (Breakfast)

Day 16: Chefchaouen – Tetouan – Tangier – Asilah

Today your Morocco travel itinerary’s first destination is lovely whitewashed Tetouan with its UNESCO world heritage media and then onto the historic port town of Tangier on the Mediterranean coast.  Tour of Tangier ’s principal sights then travel way west along the Mediterranean coast toward the Atlantic coast and onto the charming Atlantic beachside town of Asilah home of the annual Asilah Arts Festival.  Overnight in Asilah riad.  (Breakfast) 

Day 17: Asilah – Rabat – Casablanca

Turning south Magnificent Morocco tours the Atlantic coastline heading to the imperial city of Rabat, the capital of the Kingdom and another UNESCO world heritage site.  Our Rabat tours showcasing of Rabat’s ancient heritage includes Oudaya Kasbah, the Hassan Tower, the Mohammed V Mausoleum, and the medieval Chellah and Roman Sala Collonia.  The final leg of your Morocco holidays itinerary returns you to Casablanca.  Overnight in Casablanca.  (Breakfast)

Day 18: Casablanca

Casablanca Airport transfer where your Magnificent Morocco travel adventure ends. (Breakfast)

2024 & 2025 DEPARTURES & PRICING

Berber Treasures Morocco Private Tours of Morocco:

• Departures every day on our private tours of Morocco
• Luxury to budget accommodation options available
• Lots of fabulous kasbahs and riads in Morocco with great hotel options too
• Stay in luxury at an Erg Chebbi desert camp sleeping in deluxe tents with private en-suites
• Your personal chauffeured vehicle with English speaking licensed professional tour driver guide
• Private airport transfer included on Day 1 and last Day
• Variations to the itinerary permitted – or choose a personalised tailor made Morocco tours itinerary
• No minimum numbers
• Lots of optional activities and inclusions available

EMAIL US now for pricing information, further details and to book your private tour of Morocco.

The price of your private tour of Morocco depends on the standard and type of accommodation you seek, the itinerary you choose, the number of people travelling and the time of year you are planning to travel to Morocco.

Berber Treasures Morocco Group Tours:

• Deluxe Cultural Experience group tour of Morocco
• Average 4 **** star accommodation
• Fabulous kasbahs and riads in Morocco with great hotel options too
• Camp in comfort in the desert  ~ Morocco deluxe camp tents with private ensuite
• Small groups only
• Our deluxe Morocco group tours are guaranteed to operate
• Regular departures
• Private transport with English speaking licensed professional tour driver guide
• Group airport transfer included on Day 1 and last Day at scheduled time
• Lots of optional activities, inclusions and private airport transfers available

 Berber Treasures Morocco Group Tours
CE9C Departures & Pricing
(Wed – Sun)

* A single supplement for single client bookings applies – singles receive their own room. Please ask for details.
† Operates Mon – Thu; †† Operates Sun – Wed
Ψ Operates during Feast of the Sheep (estimated feast dates)

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