12 Day Berber Tour of Morocco from Casablanca

Overview

Day-by-day itinerary

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   Day 1Casablanca – Marrakech

   We pick you up at Casablanca airport and drive to Marrakech. After checking in to your riad, discover Jemaa el-Fna square at night with its storytellers, musicians, henna artists and food stalls.

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   Day 2Marrakech

   A guided visit of the red city: the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia and El Badi palaces and the Ben Youssef Koranic school. After lunch near the square, you visit the Majorelle and Menara gardens and the Koutoubia mosque.

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   Day 3Marrakech – Tizi n'Tichka – Ait Ben Haddou – Dades Valley

   We cross the High Atlas over the Tizi n'Tichka pass (2,260 m) to Ait Ben Haddou, the most famous kasbah in Morocco and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In the afternoon we pass Kalaat M'Gouna, the town of roses, and follow the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs to the Dades Gorge and its rock formations known as the Monkey Fingers.

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   Day 4Dades Gorge – Todra Gorge – Merzouga

   We drive to the Todra Gorge, the narrowest and highest in the region, with lunch at the foot of its red cliffs. The road then continues through Erfoud and Rissani to Merzouga, where you are welcomed with mint tea.

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   Day 5Merzouga and the camel trek

   In the morning you visit the Gnawa musicians of Khamlia, Lake Merzouga and its birds and a nomad craft shop. In the afternoon you ride a camel into the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi and spend the night in a desert camp with dinner in front of the tent.

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   Day 6The nomads of the Sahara

   Wake up for what may be the best sunrise of your life, then ride back to Merzouga. After breakfast you explore the wide spaces of the Sahara, visit nomad families in their tents and the old mines of Mifis.

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   Day 7Merzouga – Rissani – Errachidia – Imilchil

   We visit Rissani, the cradle of the ruling Alaouite dynasty, then follow the Ziz Gorges and the Ziz Valley to the mountain village of Imilchil, by the lake of Tislit.

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   Day 8Imilchil

   We explore the area by 4x4 and, if you like, walk about two hours to Lake Isli. After a picnic by the lake, you visit a Berber family in Imilchil and enjoy their hospitality.

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   Day 9Imilchil – Khenifra – Azrou – Ifrane – Fes

   Through the Middle Atlas we reach Azrou and its cedar forest, home to wild Barbary macaques, then Ifrane, the Switzerland of Morocco, and finally Fes.

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    Day 10Fes

    A day in the medina of Fes: its alleys, the famous tanneries, the Al Quaraouiyine mosque, the old Jewish quarter and the royal palace, with a panoramic view of the city from the Merinid tombs.

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    Day 11Fes – Volubilis – Meknes – Rabat

    We visit the Roman ruins of Volubilis, then Meknes with the Bab Mansour gate and the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, and continue to Rabat to see the Hassan Tower and the Kasbah of the Udayas.

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    Day 12Departure

    Depending on your flight time, we drive you to Casablanca airport.

Why book this 12 day Morocco tour with us

We have run this 12 day Morocco tour for many years with our own local drivers and guides. You can book this 12 day Morocco tour as a group or a private trip; ask us for a quote. Read our guest reviews on Tripadvisor or send us your dates and we will confirm availability, usually the same day.