Tour route : Casablanca – Rabat – Tangier – Chefchaouen – Fez – Erfoud – Ouarzazate – Marrakech – Essaouira – Casablanca

Highlights :

Morocco world Heritage sites to cover : Rabat – Voulibilis – Fez – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech – Essaouira. Sahara Tented Camps, High Atlas Mountains .

ITINERARY  TOUR

 Arrival – Casablanca – Rabat

Once you land in Casablanca, the beauty on the Ocean, our local driver guide will meet and greet you at the exit of the airport, then you will be escorted to the hotel in Rabat (about 1 hour drive). Upon arrival to Rabat, check-in and free time to rest.

Overnight: Rabat

Rabat -Tangier

After breakfast in hotel, depart for Tangier. upon your arrival, enjoy a city tour of Tangier and her surrounding area, including the Spartel Cape and the Hercules Caves. Marvel at the picturesque views of the Atlantic Ocean and the famed Strait of Gibraltar, a perfect photo opportunity. On this day, you will also visit the Old Medina of Tangier, the Kasbah, the romans cemetery -and the Grand Socco. Check in the hotel and overnight in Tangier.

Overnight: Tangier
Meal: Breakfast

Tangier – Chefchaouen

After breakfast in the hotel, you will head to Chefchaouen. Blue lime-washed houses, busy squares, steep alleyways, the best way to discover this old town is to wander around it. Your afternoon tour here includes the Outa-el-Hammam square, the cobblestone medina and the Tarik-Ben-Ziad mosque whose octagonal minaret is inspired by that of the Torre de Oro in Seville. This Andalousian architecture can be found in the Kasbah and its gardens, at the center of the medina. The rest of the day is for you to explore the charm of Chefchaouen on your own.

Overnight: Chefchaouen
Meal: Breakfast

Chefchaouen – Fez

After breakfast in the hotel, you leave late from Chefchaouen to Fez. During the transfer, enjoy some brief touring stops including a visit to the ruins of the ancient city of Volubilis and the holy city of Moulay Idriss. Upon arrival into Fez, a hotel drop-off is provided.

Overnight: Fez
Meal: Breakfast

Fez Discovery

After breakfast you will begin your guided tour to the Fez Medina, a perfect introduction for your trip in Morocco. You will explore the narrow streets lined with fresh fruit, mounds of spices, intricately woven Berber carpets and many other art objects of Morocco. Continue your visit to the UNESCO site – University of Al Quaraouiyyne, the El-Attarine Medersas and the tanneries for leather from 13^th century.

Overnight: Fez
Meal: Breakfast

Fez – Erfoud – Merzouga

After breakfast in the hotel, you will depart early in morning for Erfoud (about 7 hours drive) and pass through the Middle Atlas Mountain range en route. This journey continues along through the dramatic Ziz Gorge, passing the ancient holy city of Rissani, where you will find the ruins of Sijilmasa, a once capital and merchant stopping locale for the ancient caravan routes of the 8th century. When arrive at Erfoud, we continue our adventure by heading towards the dunes of Erg Chebbi, possibly the largest dunes in the Sahara desert.

The camels will be waiting for us all saddled up and ready to go for an amazing experience out  within the sand dunes of the sahara, Witness the sunset from over the desert dunes and be astounded by the peace and calm as well as the changing colors of the landscape!

Overnight: Camp in Sahara Desert
Meal: Breakfast & Dinner

Merzouga – Erfoud – Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou

Get up early to enjoy the sunrise over the Sahara. After breakfast, you will be transferred back by camels to your vehicle’s catch up point, where you have breakfast, then you drive to Ouarzazate. En-route, drive pass the Todra Gorge for some wonderful photos. Before reaching Ouarzazate,bypass skoura oisis as on of the most beautiful date valleys, arrive to ouarzazate as a military small town however, it has an interesting history from the ancient caravans trade along the salt routes in Africa. We continue after lunch to Overnight in the world largest film studio village called Ait Ben Haddou.

Overnight: Ait Ben Haddou
Meal: Breakfast & Dinner

Ait Ben Haddou-Imlil

Enjoy the spectacular views of Ait Ben Haddou Ksar as an old village full of Kasbahs from 9^th century it took place for many movies like Gladiator and Game of Thrones… Next comes the Village of Telouet, The route is scenic, after that, continue driving through the highest pass in Morocco called Tichka (2260m) before we arrive to Imlil and hosted by a berber family for the night.

Please note that today will be the longest day of your trip.

Overnight: Imlil
Meal: Breakfast & Dinner

Imlil-Essaouira

Imlil is a small town situated in the heart of the high Atlas mountains, today’s journey will take you into a deep discovery of the local Berbers to learn about traditions and customs of thousands of years, direct interaction with Berbers, enjoy wonderful landscape along the way.

The village is at the foothill of Toubkal Mountain, standing at 4167m, main Attraction for Mountain lovers for walking, ice climbing or skiing in Morocco; high altitude plateaus for the Berber transhumant, learn about the Berber’s lifestyle in the valleys and visit several Berber villages with traditional architecture, terraced fields built at the foot of high mountains and magnificent panoramas over the range of Toubkal and the surrounding mountains. A wide range of sublime views to enjoy during this journey…before we head up for the coast to explore Essaouira.

Overnight: Essaouira
Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

Essaouira

Guided historical tour in the morning to Visit the fortifications that ring the city were built by the Portuguese and are inherent to the charm of Essaouira. You will have time to see the other attractions including the port, where a daily supply of fresh fish can be found, and the tremendous beach that stretches away to the south. as an old Jewish settlement, the best workshop been preserved is silversmith’s work on jewelry for any interests.

The guided tour will be for 3 hours with an included lunch experience if you are big fun for fresh fish cooked on the embers as the locals do!

The rest of the day after lunch at leisure .

Overnight: Essaouira
Meal: Breakfast & Lunch

Essaouira – Marrakech

Morning at leisure to rest and explore the rest of this beautiful relaxing town before we drive to Marrakech for 3hrs .

Overnight: Marrakech
Meal: Breakfast

Marrakech

Morning city guided tour with a local guide starts at 9h00 from your accommodation towards the ramparts of Marrakech in which There are many interesting historical sites, like la Koutoubia mosque dated back to 12th century represents the glory and depth history of the city. You will discover the royal necropolis of the Saadians 17th century, the beautiful Bahia palace 19th century and the famous souks of Marrakech. You will be amazed of how many different stalls, colors, smells and goods in the souks. It is a great place for shopping some gifts for yourselves and for your beloved ones. It is nice to have a cup of mint-tea in one of the terraces in order to end up your tour of the red city, offering a great view over the magical square Jamae Elfana that you always will remember.

Overnight: Marrakech

Meals:  Breakfast .

 Marrakech

Free day to chill and exploring.

Overnight: Marrakech

Meals: Breakfast & Farwell dinner at the square of Jamaa Lafna.

Transfer to Marrakech airport.

Meal: Breakfast

• Meals : 13 Breakfasts, 2 lunch and 4 Dinners
• City Guides : Rabat – Fez – Marrakech – Essaouira
• Entrance fees to monuments
• Camel ride
• The optional walk in Imlil
• Transport in luxury 4*4 for the entire trip
• Accommodation: all the accommodations to overnight except Marrakech
• Pick up from Casablanca airport
• Transfer to Marrakech airport