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Day 1: Arrival To Tangier

Arrival at Boukhalef Airport in Tangier or one of its ports, Your guide will be waiting for you to greet you then transfer to the hotel.  The morning will be at leisure. You will meet the rest of your small group and begin your Morocco adventure trip. The afternoon will be devoted to exploring the marvels of Tangier.  Time mostly will be spent in the Kasbah and El grand Soco.  Mershan quarter in the old city and M’sella quarter.  Dinner and overnight are at Solazure Hotel.

Day 2: Tangier – Asilah – Larach – Chefchaouen

Today we will take you to the picturesque city of Asilah, then Larach to explore the marvels of white towns of Morocco, traditional fishing ports, Rif Mountains evergreen red cedar forests, Berber villages unique to this undiscovered region.  Endly, you will find yourself in  the Marvelous Chefchaouen Mountain town and its vibrant aura of beauty and charm. Your adventure tour will take to the ancient Roman city of Volubilis and the first Islamic city Moulay Idriss before you reach the Marvelous city of Fez. Enjoy a comfortable night in your hotel to be ready for your guided walking tour of the Medina.

Day 3: Chefchaouen – Volubilis –Meknes – Fes

Your driver will take you on a day trip visiting historic sites and interesting towns on the road to Fez.  Visit the highlights of Meknes via Volubilis and Moulay Idris, an excursion which  embodies much of Morocco's early history:  Volubilis as its Roman provincial capital and Moulay Idris in the creation of the country's  first Arab dynasty. Continue on to Fez, dinner and accommodation at Hotel Merinides.

Day 4: Historic Visit Of Fes

The most ancient of imperial capitals, and the most complete medieval city of the Islamic world, Fez is undeniably unique.  Culturally, spiritually stimulating with its haunting and beautiful sounds, infinite visual details, and unfiltered odors, Fez seems to exist suspended in time somewhere between the Middle Ages and the modern times. Besides its electricity it owes absolutely nothing to the West.  As a spectacle, this is an entirely satisfying experience and a learning process about the sophistication of the Moroccan artisan.  Visiting in the morning some of the important sightseeings such as the Bouinania Medersa, the Moulay Idris Mausoleum,  the Karaouiyine Mosque, the Attarine Medersa, and the Nejjarine museum.   We will break for lunch in a typical Moroccan restaurant,  continue exploring the Medina in the afternoon with our best guide who will introduce you to the hidden treasures of the Medina of Fez and its workshops.  Dinner and accommodations are at your Hotel.

Day 5: Fes – Sefrou - B’hallil – Fes

We will start the day by an excursion to the ancient city of Sefrou.  The city that has thrived in the Phoenician and Roman time, an out post that has linked Africa to Europe as trade Caravans use to meet there to exchange goods and Vehicle from camel to mule.  An old trade outpost of sub-Saharan, it is also a three thousand yeas old spiritual center with lot of Judaic roots.  Shrines and notable places around the city are pilgrimage sites to Moroccan Jews today.  After a little Middl atlas hiking to explore these landscapes we will proceed to Bhallil to visit the troglodyte dwellings that have existed from Neolithic time and still serve the purpose.  Return back to fez for dinner and accommodation.

Day 6: Fez – Azrou – Midelt – Erfoud

After breakfast we will start our overland trekking up to the Atlas Mountains. The first hills you see of the Middle Atlas seem oddly un-Moroccan. Evergreen pines, tall cedar trees on the peaks and poplars stand copiously on the foothills, laced with flowing streams and plowed plots.  The road across is almost ceremonial.  Azrou, Our small group expedition continues on its track hiking across the best Morocco landscapes. The first real town of the Middle Atlas, stands at a major junction of routes, it's an important market center for Berber tribes in the vicinity, and it has long held a strategic role in controlling caravan trade from Saharan desert and the Berbers of these mountains.  The Middle Atlas cease at Midelt, where suddenly, through the haze, appear the much greater peaks of the High Atlas formidably rising behind the town to reach a massive range, the Dgebel Ayashi at over 12,000 ft.  The drama of this sight, tremendous in the clear, cool noon, is the most compelling reason to stop over for lunch.  Erfoud, one of the most pleasing of all southern routes: a dry, red belt of the desert, and then suddenly, a drop into the valley filled  with date palm groves. Dinner accommodations are at camp with the Tuaregs over the dunes of Merzouga. You can ride your camel to camp or simply hop in our Land Rover to cruise these gigantesque dunes.

Day 7: Merzouga Dunes – Rissani – Erfoud

An experience not to be missed is to watch the sun rises from the spectacular Merzouga dunes of the Sahara, so beautiful that no word can describe. Breakfast with the Touaregs and continue on to explore the holy ancient city of Rissani in your 4X4 Land  Rover.  Dinner and accommodations are in Erfoud.

Day 8: Erfoud – Tineghir

The highest the narrowest gorges in the region are Todras, only 15 km from Tineghir. Traveling through the Dades valley in spring you will find the bloom of thousands of Persian roses filling up the air with an ethereal aroma certainly from heaven - cultivated as hedgerows dividing the different plots. Thousands of Kasbahs scattered in a surreal fashion as sand castles standing erect in the shadow of time along the Dades river. Dinner and accommodation at Hotel Bougafer in Tineghir.

Day 9: Tineghir – Ounif – Zagora

Travel in the morning to Zagora exploring the marvels of the Anti Atlas mountains and the beauty of the Draa valley oases and Kasbahs, stop in Agdez and other sun baked mud hamlets of small villages among this largest belt of continuous oases in the world.  Dinner and lodging at Tinsouline Hotel.

Day 10: Zagora - M'hamid – Tinfou – Tamegroute

A very interesting full day excursion to the real gateway of the Moroccan Saharan Desert. We will drive through the lowlands and then along the mountain passes to Tamegroute.  There, we will stop to visit the famous Moorish Koranic Library, with rare books and documents, some are written on gazelle hide from the 13th century.  Return to Zagora.

Day 11: Zagora - Foum Zguid – Tata Oasis

Travel between the Sahara and the Atlas mountains across some of the most remote and breathtaking landscapes in the Sahara desert to reach the Oasis of Foum Zguid where the horizons stretch the imagination to a feeling of vastness and isolation of the Sahara desert.  After lunch we will cruise to Tata where we will enjoy a night in a typical Kasbah raised from the ground to challenge the tallest palm trees. 

Day 12: Travel From Tata Oasis To Guelmime

After breakfast we will travel Bedouin Caravan Trails west to Guelmime, an ancient trade outpost, the exotic oases of Goulimine.  Caravans still gather once a year to buy, sell and barter from major sub-Saharan countries of the Sahel and West Africa.  Sometimes even from East Africa, a journey that takes months to sail the vast desert of the Sahara.

Day 13: Goulimine – Tiznit

Travel in the morning from the best oasis of Goulimine to the Jewel of southwestern Morocco, the magnificent Tiznit.  Named after a woman who has marked the Moroccan myths,  the “Seductive”,  Tiznit still lives up to the reputation of its founder.  Lunch on the road in some of the best eateries this well cultured region of Souss has to offer in its varied staples of Berber tagines cooked as in earthen pots in the same way ancient ancestors did.  Dinner and accommodation are at hotel Tiznit.

Day 14: Hike From Tiznit To Tafrout

Travel from the stark desert to the lush plateaus of the High Atlas Mountains where this ancient village is nestled among groves of almond groves.  The afternoon will be devoted to the natural sites and Neolithic rock carvings this region is so known for.  A natural library scattered all over these slopes with a rich collection of archives of mankind ancient history.  Dinner and Lodging are at hotel Les Amadiers.

Day 15: Trekking Trails From Tafrout To Taroudant

We will travel across great Berber villages known for their distinguished beauty, especially Through Ait Baha that overlooks a valley with unique rock formation.  Reach the walled medieval city of Taroudant at the gate of the rich valley of Souss.  Dinner and accommodation at a dignitary dwelling converted in our days to an atmospheric and intimate guesthouse Riad Ennakhil.

Day 16: Guided Tour Of The Walled City Of Taroudant

Explore the city surrounded by regal, red-ochre walls, often referred to as “Little Marrakech”.  With its authenticity and conservative style, today Taroudant surpasses the charm and beauty of Marrakech in the eyes of many discoverers,  a day to enjoy the colorful pallets of a typical Moroccan city.

Day 17: Hiking Up The High Atlas Mountains From Taroudant To Imilil

Depart to Imlil via Asni and Tizi n’Test pass at an elevation of 11,000 ft. in an impressive site dividing these mountains in two distinct aspects.   One side acts as a shield to protect the hinterland from the Sahara harsh and dry expansion, the other side collects the moisture of the Gherbi winds from the Atlantic ocean, soft and evergreen.  Such is the life of the Berber dwellers,  a day of mountain hiking through the high peaks and deep valleys.  This is an experience to treasure for a lifetime. Overnight and dinner will be at a guesthouse.

Day 18: Imilil – Marrakech

Morning will be devoted to trekking in the Toubkal plateau.  After lunch we will proceed to Marrakech visit cliff hanging villages and wards like Asni and Tahnaout. Arrival in Marrakech the "Morocco City" as the early travelers called it for it has always been something of a pleasure city, a market place where the southern tribesmen and Berber villagers bring in their goods, spend their money, and find entertainment.  For tourists, it's an enduring fantasy  - a city of immense beauty, low, pink, and tent-like before a great shaft of mountains, and immediately exciting.  Visit of the famous Jemaa El Fna square. Dinner will be in a typical Marrakesh  restaurant,  Overnight at the hotel.

Day 19: Marrakesh Guided City Tour

Morning devoted to discovering the historical sites, visiting at the Menara irrigation pools, Bab Agnaw Gate, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, the Badia Palace, Dar Si Said museum.   Explore the vibrant souks of Marrakech in the afternoon. Dinner Fantasia, will be reserved for you at a typical festivity of neighboring tribal dances and spectacular displays of horsemanship. Overnight will be at the Hotel.

Day 20: Travel From Marrakesh To Essaouira

Travel to Essaouira (Mogador), apart from the immediate impact of sea air and the friendly animation of the town, the predominant images of Essaouira are of the Atlantic - of the ragged coast and offshore islands, the vast expanse  of empty sands trailing back along the promontory to the south, and the almost Gothic scenery of the eighteen century fortifications. Lunch will be at Chalet de la Mer restaurant overlooking the ocean.  Dinner and accommodations are at Hotel Des Iles.

Day 21: Explore The Scenic Road From Essaouira To Casablanca

Travel to Casablanca via El Jadida with a stop at El Oualidia for a seafood lunch.  Drive along the coastline to El Jadida to visit the citadel, a vestige of the Portuguese occupation during the 11th century.  Continuation to Casablanca with an accomplished feeling that you have traveled in the same footsteps of antiquity, leaving you with an immediate  nostalgia for this hospitable land.  Goodbye dinner and overnight at Zohor Restaurant.

Day 22: Casablanca Airport - Home

Morning Departure to Mohamed V Airport  to connect to your flight back home

Day 1: Arrival

Meals: Breakfast

Upon arrival in Casablanca, the economic capital of Morocco, you will be met and transferred by your accessible, private accessible transport driver to your Casablanca hotel, where you will check-in and relax for the afternoon.

If desired, you will have the opportunity to head out to see some of the city, perhaps including a visit to popular Ain Diab, a flat and beautiful corniche along the Atlantic Ocean.

Blue sky and the sun shining through an arch in the mosque in Casablanca Morocco

Day 02: Rabat & Fes

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today you will depart from Casablanca with your private driver towards Fes. On route, you will stop at Rabat, the capital city and residence of the Moroccan King. Enjoy lunch and a time to explore the amazing sites of this beautiful coastal city including Le Tour Hassan, King’s Palace, and the Kasbah of the Udayas.

After lunch, you will continue on to Fes – the cultural and spiritual capital of Morocco.

Streel lined with a ancient stone wall in Rabat Morocco

Day 03: Fes Medina Tour

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today, you will venture into the Medina with your personal, English-speaking guide along our specifically designed wheelchair adapted route. This is one of the world’s largest walled cities and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Explore the narrow, winding streets lined with fresh fruit, mounds of spices, intricately woven Berber carpets and many other art treasures of Morocco.

A visit to the Kings Palace, the Jewish quarters and the local pottery artisans are just a few places you can experience. For lunch, eat at a traditional restaurant with handcrafted Moroccan dishes in the heart of the old medina.

After lunch, complete the tour in this historic city and return to your hotel to freshen up before dinner.

Picture of a walled city in Morocco

Day 04: Volubilis/Meknes

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast drive east toward Meknes, the next Imperial city on your tour. En route, take in the ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis. You will spend the morning exploring the 2000-year-old ruins and getting a picture of life during the Roman    Empire.

Lunch may be taken in Moulay Idris, one of the holiest cities in Morocco.  After lunch, your guide will take you on a tour of the imperial city, Meknes. Continue to Fes where you will spend the night.

Brightly colored Tajines fill this market space in Morocco

Day 05: Marrakech(Full Day Drive)

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

After an early breakfast, you will depart for Marrakech. The beautiful drive will take you up into the Middle Atlas Mountains and along the base of the High Atlas mountains. Check into your accommodations and then head off to the Djemaa el-Fna, the famous center square of the medina.

Coming alive at night with the local storytellers, entertainers, and mouth-watering barbeque pits, the square is well worth a visit.

The market in Marrakech Morocco  glitters in the evening light

Day 06: Marrakech

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

After breakfast, you will have a guided tour of Marrakech, the southern pearl of Morocco. You will discover the Palace of the Bahia, the Saadian Tombs, and many other hidden treasures.

After lunch, you will continue with an exploration of the souk (market) of Marrakech.

Picture of brightly colored ceramics and art displayed in the market at Marrakech Morocco

Day 07: Marrakech / Casablanca

Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

It is time to return to Casablanca where you started this fantastic journey. In the early afternoon, you will visit Hassan II, the 5th largest mosque in the world. It is the only mosque in Morocco that allows non-Muslims to enter and is mostly accessible to wheelchair users. The architecture and exquisite details are a wonderful site to see and a great cultural “bookend” to your trip to Morocco.

Day 08 :Departure

Meals: Breakfast

With lifelong memories, stories of your journey to share and perhaps even some new historical expertise, your driver – and new friend – will make sure you get to the airport with plenty of time for departure at Casablanca Mohammed V Airport.