Moroccan Expedition 2022
This was a phenomenal trip. Enjoyed every bit of this expedition. I found it was more than just a tour. I called it an expedition. Not only did we learned about Morocco but we also learned about our guides, driver and their life experiences they shared . It was a cultural exchange both ways, we spoke of Canada and they of Morocco. Life is not that different. Morocco is beautiful, clean and food is great. Our guide Elhoussain Boun did a great job giving us history about Morocco and the towns and city enroutei, our driver Hassan were great. Hassan is an excellant driver, felt very safe in his ability. Mohammed our guide in Fes was excellent as was Youssef in Marrakech. I would highly recommend this trip and if 11 days is to much time they will taylor the trip according to your time and interest. Below is a sample of what we did. Day 1: Hassan II grand mosque of Morocco and drive by Rick’s café from the movie Casablanca Day 2:Rabat where we visited the Hassan tower, Mohammed 5 shrine,we missed Mechouar (royal palace, because the King was there), we toured the Oudayas Kasbah. Day 3: Explore Fes - guided private tour of city, by walking in medina with their local guide. explore the Mosque of the Andalusians, also famous tanneries, the Medersas plus we went to the new part of the city that includes royal palce where we learned the history of Morocco and Fes. Not allowed into this palace just outside views. Then panoramic view of Fes city. Day 4: We drove to through Ifrane and Cedar forest to Midelet Town of Ifrane is known as the Moroccan Switzerland because of its alpine weather and the construction of the houses same as Swiss. From Ifrane we drove thru to cedar forest where we see the Barbary apes (Macaques) Day 5: From Midelt we drove thru - Erfoud, Rissani on our way to Merzouga desert dunes. During this drive we cross the Mountain pass along the Ziz valley to reach city of Erfoud that known for its fossils museums and ziz valley (dates palm oasis).Here we see the beginning of the Sahara desert of Merzouga. In the desert we rode camels for quite a while thru the dessert dunes, sat on the dunes to watch the sunset and stayed over night in luxury desert camp. Day 6: Woke up in the morning at the desert camp to go watch the sun rise over the desert dunes before having a shower and breakfast. From here we left Merzouga for Erfoud for a tour of the city market and before we head to Todra Gorges (300m red cliffs) and Dades Valley (one of the coldest places in Morocco) Day 7: Left Dadesand drove thru, Ouarzazate, Ait Ben Haddou, Atlas Mountains on our way to Marrakech We stop at Ait Ben Haddou kasbah, local kasbah that was been built by Ethami El Glaoui in the 17th century. Thi splace has been used in many movies. From here we crossed Tichka mountain Pass at altitude of 2260m over the High Atlas Mountains. We stopped to visit a women cooperative of argan oil to see how they work it and the benefits of the cooperative. Day 8: Marrakech private guided tour to explore main attractions and monuments of the red city including famous Jemma el Fna square , Kotoubia mosque , souks,palaces, museums. We explore also new part of the city called Gueliz and Marjolle garden. The guided tour would end around 4pm but this depends on the places we wanted to visit or not..We had the late afternoon and evening free to explore the old market on our own Day 9: Today we drove from Marrakech to Essaouira to check in at our hotel with ocean front views from the balcony We enjoyed the beach, visited the medina of Essaouira and the port which popular as the place where part of Game of Thrones filmed in Morocco. This was a wind down day after a pack filled tour. Great just to relax. Day 10: After breakfast we drove to Casablanca where we started our tour passing through Safi,Oualidya and El Jadida, Portuguese villages from the past. Day 11: Transfer to Mohammed V airport - Tour in private 4x4 or minivan vehicle with A/C - Driver guide English speaking - Fuel - Pick up and drop off from & to hotels and Airport. - Hotel overnight stays with breakfats - Dinners - Bottle of water each everyday - Camel Trek and night in desert camp - water for your camel trip Not include: - Tickets for entrances - Lunches - Drinks