10-day private Morocco tour from Marrakech

The trip at a glance

Duration

10 days · 9 nights

Start and finish

Marrakech → Tangier

Type of trip

Private: just your group

Vehicle

Air-conditioned 4x4 or van

Your driver speaks

English, Spanish, French or Italian

Nights

Marrakech (3), Dades Valley, the desert (2), Fes (2) and Chefchaouen

Day by day

Itinerary

1. 1

   Day 1: Marrakech

   Arrival in Marrakech

   We pick you up at the airport and take you to your riad. A free afternoon to discover Jemaa el-Fna square and the souks.

   Night in Marrakech
2. 2

   Day 2: Marrakech

   Marrakech with a local guide

   A guided tour: the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs, the Ben Youssef madrasa and the souks. The Majorelle Garden and the Koutoubia. In the evening, Jemaa el-Fna square at your own pace.

   Night in Marrakech
3. 3

   Day 3: Marrakech → Essaouira → Marrakech

   Day trip to Essaouira

   A day on the Atlantic coast. On the way, the argan trees and an argan oil cooperative. In Essaouira, the walled medina, the fishing harbour and the cannons on its ramparts. Back to Marrakech.

   Night in Marrakech
4. 4

   Day 4: Marrakech → Tizi n’Tichka pass → Ait Ben Haddou → Ouarzazate → Valley of Roses → Dades Valley

   The High Atlas, Ait Ben Haddou and the Dades

   An early pick-up at your accommodation. Over the High Atlas by the Tizi n’Tichka pass to the Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, a World Heritage Site. Through Ouarzazate and the Valley of Roses to the Dades Valley.

   Night in Dades Valley
5. 5

   Day 5: Dades Valley → Todra Gorge → Merzouga

   The Todra Gorge and the Merzouga dunes

   A stop at a viewpoint over the Dades and a walk in the Todra Gorge. On to Merzouga and, at sunset, by camel across the dunes to the camp, where you have dinner and spend the night.

   Night in the desert
6. 6

   Day 6: Merzouga

   A day in the Sahara by 4x4

   Sunrise in the dunes, breakfast and back to the village by camel, where your driver is waiting. A day by 4x4 around Merzouga: an old kohl mine, tea with a nomad family in their tent and Khamlia, the village of Gnawa music. In the afternoon, back to the camp for a second night.

   Night in the desert
7. 7

   Day 7: Merzouga → Rissani → Erfoud → Ziz Valley → Midelt → Ifrane → Fes

   From the desert to Fes over the Middle Atlas

   Sunrise in the dunes and back by camel. Through Rissani and Erfoud, then up the Ziz Valley and Midelt into the Middle Atlas, with stops in the cedar forest and Ifrane before reaching Fes.

   Night in Fes
8. 8

   Day 8: Fes

   Fes with a local guide

   A tour of Fes with a local guide: the gates of the Royal Palace, the Fes el-Bali medina, a World Heritage Site, with its craft souks and madrasas. Free time in the afternoon to keep exploring its lanes.

   Night in Fes
9. 9

   Day 9: Fes → Meknes → Volubilis → Chefchaouen

   Meknes, Volubilis and the blue city

   From Fes to Meknes: Bab Mansour, the royal stables and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail. Then the Roman ruins of Volubilis, a World Heritage Site, and the Rif Mountains to Chefchaouen.

   Night in Chefchaouen
10. 10

    Day 10: Chefchaouen → Tangier

    Chefchaouen and Tangier

    A free morning to say goodbye to the blue medina. Then on to Tangier, where the trip ends: at your hotel, the port or the airport.

    End of the tour

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