Luxury Round Morocco Desert and Imperial Cities

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Morocco Desert and Imperial tours: This trip starts in Casablanca and brings you to the Imperial cities of Rabat, Meknes, Fes and Marrakech. We travel across the Middle Atlas to the desert, gorges and mountain passes of the High Atlas. We stop in each city to see the main monuments and sites and spend nights in traditional Riads or in nomad tents while visiti...
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Overview

Trip type
Private Guided
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • travel across the Middle Atlas to the desert, gorges and mountain passes of the High Atlas
    • spend the night in a Riad in the heart of Sale medina
    • visit the Hassan Tower and Mohammed V’s Mausoleum
    • Explore the medieval part of the city, Fez El Bali or “Old Fez”

What's this trip about?

    Morocco Desert and Imperial tours: This trip starts in Casablanca and brings you to the Imperial cities of Rabat, Meknes, Fes and Marrakech. We travel across the Middle Atlas to the desert, gorges and mountain passes of the High Atlas. We stop in each city to see the main monuments and sites and spend nights in traditional Riads or in nomad tents while visiting the desert.

Details

Itinerary focusClassic Highlights
Group sizeIntimate group - max of 10 people
Age range10 to 80 years
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityCasablanca
End CityMarrakesh

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • High Adventure
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Trekking & Expeditions
  • Photography

Destinations

  • Africa
  • Morocco

Attractions

  • Ait Benhaddou
  • Casablanca
  • Dades Gorges
  • Erg Chebbi
  • Errissani
  • Essaouira
  • Fes
  • Marrakech
  • Marrakesh
  • Meknès
  • Merzouga
  • Midelt
  • Rabat

Activities

  • Adventure & Adrenaline
  • Culture
  • Historic sightseeing
  • History
  • Land expedition
  • Nature
  • Photography
  • Relaxing Retreat
  • Camel Riding
  • Luxury Travel

Trip includes

    • Accommodation
    • Guide
    • Meals
    • Additional Services Entrance Fees to Sites Transport

Itinerary

Day 1 Casablanca - Rabat

After pick up at the airport, we drive to the city where you will visit Hassan II mosque ” (except on Fridays or on religious holidays). The largest of the African continent, this mosque partially built over the ocean is decorated with beautiful mosaics, marble floors...

Day 2 Rabat - Meknes

After breakfast, we cross the river again to reach Rabat. Here you will visit the Hassan Tower and Mohammed V’s Mausoleum hosting the tomb of the king and of his deceased son and successor,Hassan II. Continue to Kasbah Oudaya to visit its Andalusian gardens. The Kasba...

Day 3 Meknes - Volubilis - Fes

Depart for the UNESCO listed Roman ruins of Volubilis after breakfast. Placed below Zerhoun mountain, these ruins overlook a plain area from where you can have spectacular views of the valley and hills and see also the holy city of Moulay Idriss, located at 5 km of di...

Day 4 Fes

Spend the entire day visiting Fes, the oldest of the “Imperial Cities”. Explore the medieval part of the city, Fez El Bali or “Old Fez”, which has maintained its original state, and its exotic Bouanania Medresa that is open to non-muslims, the Medina and the 9th-century Kairaouine Mosque. In the afternoon explore the “New Fes” or Fez El Jdid and the Museum of Moroccan Arts. Night in the Riad.

Day 5 Fes - Midelt - Er Rachidia - Rissani

Departing from Fez at 8 am, we drive towards Midelt via Azrou and the nearby Cedre Gourat forest in the Middle Atlas where groups of Barbary apes (monkeys) can be found. After lunch in Midelt, a city famous for the production of apples, we continue over the Tizi-n-Tal...

Day 6 Rissani - Merzouga Erg Chebbi Dunes

After breakfast, visit the traditional market and the old ksar of Rissani before heading towards the Erg Chebbi dunes in Merzouga for lunch. Afterwards, take a camel ride to watch the sunset from the top of the dunes before returning to the desert camp. Here you will enjoy dinner, entertainment with music and spend the night in a nomad tent.

Day 7 Merzouga - Tinghir/Toudgha - Dades Gorges

Wake up early to admire the sunrise over the dunes and enjoy breakfast. Take a walk to the dunes before we depart for Tinghir and the Toudgha gorges, where we will have lunch. The road to these places passes through Tinjdad and the Toudgha Valley, where you can take a...

Day 8 Dades Gorges - Saghro Mountains - Draa Valley - Zagora

After breakfast at the hotel, we head towards the Sarhro volcanic mountains via the road of Tizn Tazazart, a spectacular route following dramatic rock formations and gorges. We then drive through the Draa valley with its lined up palm groves and Berber villages to reach Zagora for dinner. Overnight stay in hotel.

Day 9 Zagora - Tamgroute - Mhamid - Erg Chegaga dunes

After breakfast, we head out to Tamgroute to visit its famous Koran Library, subterranean kasbah and pottery manufacture before continuing towards M’hamid, the “doorway to the Sahara desert” for lunch. In the afternoon, after a one-hour camel ride, we take a track whi...

Day 10 Erg Chegaga Dunes - Foum Zguid - Taznakht - Ait Benhaddou

Admire the sunrise over the sand dunes and enjoy breakfast before we depart with 4×4 vehicles via the old Paris-Dakar road to Foum Zguid, crossing Iriqui lake. We will stop for lunch in the Berber village of Taznakht before arriving to Ait Benhaddou, where you will have dinner and spend the night in hotel.

Day 11 Ait Benhaddou - High Atlas Mountains - Marrakech

After breakfast, visit Ait Benhaddou’s 16th century spectacular Kasbah, ” one of the best preserved in Morocco.Listed by UNESCO World Heritage, this Kasbah was famous for Hollywood films shooting including blockbuster film Gladiator in 2000 “. After the visit, we drive through the high Atlas Mountains over its highest pass at 2.260 m before reaching Marrakech around 3 pm.

Day 12 Marrakech

After breakfast, you will spend the whole day visiting Marrakech, ” known also as the “red city” for its red mud brick buildings. Founded by the Almoravides dynasty at the end of the 12th century, the city is located in the heart of a palm grove and surrounded by impr...

Day 13 Marrakech - Essaouira - Marrakech

After breakfast at the hotel, we drive west towards Essaouira, a charming town well known for its artisans who produce unique handicrafts made of Thuya tree roots. After the visit to the city, souk and shops, we drive back to Marrakech.

Day 14 Marrakech

Free day in Marrakech. Dinner and night at the hotel.

Day 15 Marrakech – Back to the airport

The morning is at leisure for some last minute shopping or more sightseeing. Later in the day, transfer to the airport.

Morocco Desert and Imperial tours

End point Airport, Marrakesh, Marrakech - Tensift - Al Haouz, Morocco

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Last Updated: 4/19/2024

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Desertrise Travel is an independent local Moroccan tour company based in the Saharan palm oasis town of M'Hamid and the Imperial city of Marrakech in Southern Morocco. We offer magical, authentic, personalized, private Moroccan tours and travel primarily from Marrakech, Tangier, and Casablanca, with a dynamic selection of unique experiences and activities to choose from. We also create Custom tours of Morocco to suit your specific tour and travel requirements. All our tours aim to provide you with authentic experiences and considered journeys that connect you to the culture and people of our homeland.

We Are About Providing Personalised Tours

DesertBrise Travel is an independent local Moroccan tour company based in the Saharan palm oasis town of Zagora and the Imperial city of Marrakech in Southern Morocco. We offer magical, authentic, personalized, private Moroccan tours and travel primarily from Marrakech, Tangier, and Casablanca, with a dynamic selection of unique experiences and activities to choose from. . We also create Custom tours of Morocco to suit your specific tour and travel requirements. All our tours aim to provide you with authentic experiences and considered journeys that connect you to the culture and people of our homeland.

As a professional family team of Saharan heritage, we are able to provide you with insights and a sense of our homeland you would otherwise not encounter while in Morocco. Our Morocco tour packages and Desert tours primarily depart from Morocco’s larger destination cities, making our collection of Marrakech tours, Casablanca tours & Tangier tours convenient and popular choices. We also customize our tours to suit your travel requirements should you wish your tour to depart from Fes, Essaouira, or Agadir. We welcome any more specific customized tour requests or inquiries, therefore please don’t hesitate to get in touch and tell us exactly what you’re looking for from your visit to Morocco.

We Are About Authentic Travel Experiences

Here at Morhara, we offer hassle-free private, Moroccan tour packages, custom Morocco tours, and a range of day trips for independent travelers, couples, families, and private groups. As local Moroccan tour specialists, we can offer and share with you insights and experiences unique to our homeland, that you would otherwise not have access to.

We offer private, personalized, authentic tours throughout Morocco and specialize in desert tours to Erg Chigaga, in our home region. Our service and tours are client-centric so that we can provide you with the best possible personalized service. Our tours range from short day trips from Marrakech and adventure tours to much longer trips, such as our 15-day tour of the Imperial Cities, Essaouira & Erg Chebbi.

Many of our tours visit and explore the opulent Imperial Cities, the dramatic Atlas Mountains, the gleaming white beaches of the Mediterranean & Atlantic, the Kasbah-lined Draa & Dades Valley, and last but not least the mighty Moroccan Sahara. All are inclusive of special unique on-and-off-road experiences along the DesertBrise Travel way!

We Are About Desert Adventures

We are local desert specialists, providing Morocco desert tours to the best dune regions, where you can choose to stay in either luxury accommodation or Berber Desert Camps at Erg Chigaga, Erg Chebbi, and Erg Lihoudi Dune sets. We take guests into the historically authentic towering dune sets of Erg Chigaga and we share with you the love and knowledge of the desert we have as native Moroccans. All our Desert Tours include camel trekking and sandboarding as optional extras. Should you wish to visit one of the Moroccan desert regions our 10-day Atlas Trekking & Erg Chebbi Desert Tour and our 8-day Marrakech, Erg Lihoudi, & Erg Chigaga Desert Tour offer memorable and exciting desert adventures.

If you want to experience the Moroccan desert but you are nervous about safety, we’d like to reassure you that we are experienced when it comes to safely navigate through the Sahara. Due to our desert heritage, we have an instinctive understanding of the ever-changing desert landscape and our off-road 4×4 driving skills allow us to traverse the shifting Saharan sands with relative ease. Our desert trips are most certainly an adventure, but we have the background, experience, and skills to ensure you are completely safe at every stage of the tour.

In the words of a client, “Khalil and his team are super drivers, they have the GPS in their minds and as sons of the Desert, they are there in their element.

We Are About Sharing Our Saharan Heritage

As co-owner, Khalil is passionate about his family heritage, which is intrinsically linked to the Moroccan Saharan nomad way of life.

Like many nomadic families in the region, Khalil’s father was forced to settle his family beyond the desert due to increasing and severe water shortages. As a result, the family’s generational nomadic lifestyle became no longer sustainable and their nomadic way of life had to be abandoned.

However, the desert and the nomadic calling remain in Khalil’s blood; the ways of the desert belong to his family and to the DesertBrise Travel team. Khalil is proud of his country and is committed to his culture and heritage. This pride and heritage continue to influence and shape the Morocco tours we offer. It is this heritage and culture specific to southern Morocco and the Sahara — that we want to share with our guests.

We Are About Memorable Moroccan Tours

Khalil and his touring team all have intimate knowledge of their homeland, making them accomplished, confident, and considerate drivers and dessert guides. The entire touring team has a proven track record of managing the holiday experiences of national and international visitors alike.

Khalil and the DesertBrise travel team are warm, friendly, and inviting. We believe that it’s vital to make people feel welcome and the team of Moroccan guides is always happy to have a chat and meet any of your tour guide needs and wishes. All of our Moroccan tour guides are accomplished linguists; they are fluent in Moroccan Darija of course, as well as English, French, and Spanish.

We are sure you will quickly feel at ease with Khalil or any member of our team when you meet them in Morocco. We hope you will get a sense that our guides care about your safety and your enjoyment, and that you have a truly unforgettable experience in Morocco.

Our Mission

We strive to be the highest rated tour company in Morocco Imagine seeing all the greatest icons of Morocco. Desert, Cities, and Mountains, totally immersed in the Local culture of every region you across and the fours seasons in just 1 Tour.

Planning unique custom trips, Providing a fun, relaxed, and social atmosphere for group travelers, Connecting travelers to locals and authentic experiences, Unique local knowledge and expertise about your destinations

We are local specialists, providing wide range of activities and tours around  Morocco Kingdom, fom the north the Coast to the Desert.

We loved it because we have great customer service and connect travelers to locals and authentic experiences ,also we make family travel fun and easy.

We normaly collect all the information about the rom the travller and give 2-3 options of itineraries

Why we love this operator
Small locally based company with unparalleled knowledge and passion for Morocco.
What they’re known for
Real and authentic private tour holidays to Morocco.

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • Flights
    • Optional
    • Additional Services Drinks
    • Lunches
    • Personal Spending

Accommodation

,Accommodation in  Hotels/Riads Half Board

Transportation & Flights

Transport in 4×4 jeep or Minivan,

Transportation & flights

Transport in 4×4 jeep or Minivan
Guides
Guides for the imperial cities
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Meals Included
  • Dinners and Breakfasts 

This tour offers Vegetarian and Halal food options on request. Simply let Desertbrise Travel know the food option that you prefer.

Age Requirements
10 to 80 years
Additional Information
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