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11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca

Day 1
Day 1
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Hassan II Mosque

Casablanca - Rabat

Upon arrival, we will greet you at the airport and drive to Casablanca and then to Rabat.

In Casablanca you will see the Hassan II Mosque, the largest outside of Mecca and experience the coastal « Cornish » seaside.

Afterwards, we will leave to Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

Here, you will see the Hassan Tower, the Oudaya Kasbah before you check in to your riad.

Day 2
Day 2
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Chefchaouen Blue City

Rabat – Chefchaouen

After breakfast in We will visite Hassan Tower in Rabat then drive to Chefchaouen via the city of Kenitra and the Rif Mountain, crossing via Ouazzane and other Rif villages.

We will be in Chefchaouen early afternoon.

Day 3
Day 3
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Volubilis

Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes

After your breakfast in the riad our authentic journey will start towards Volubilis crossing via Ouazzane and other Rif villages.

In Volubilis we will discover the roman ruins and learn about the archeological site of Moroocan history.

After the visit of the ruins we will shift our way to Meknes city the 17 th centry heritage where we will stop for lunch and hang around the historical huge walls of the medina, Bab El Mansour and enjoy a visit of Moulay Ismail’s Shrine.

After the visit of Meknes we will drive directly to Fes city where you will spend the night.

Day 4
Day 4
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Fes Medina Visit

Fes Sightseeing

After breakfast in your riad, you will start exploring the oldest city in Morocco, walking in its alleys and small streets.

Our visit starts by visiting the Royal Palace gate, the Jewish headquarter,the first Mellah ever built in Morocco, built during the 16th century.

We will ensure that you visit all sites with cultural and historical interest including the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest in the region, the Tanneries, the Attarine museum and Mulay Idriss mausoleum.

After lunch, you will visit the tiles cooperative and then experience a wonderful panoramique view over the whole Medina of Fes.

Day 5
Day 5
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Camel Trek Merzouga Dunes

Fes – Ifrane – Midelt – Erfoud – Merzouga

We will pick you up from your Hotel or Riad in Fes then drive southwards to Ifrane and Azrou by the Middle Atlas mountains, On the way we will stop at cedar forest to see the Barbarian Ape in their natural habitat.

Traveling through the Tizi Ntalghamt pass to Midelt and along the magnificent Ziz Gorges carved through volcanic rock, you’ll see views of the Middle-Atlas plateau, noticing how the scenery changes to reveal hints of the desert as you approach the city Errachidia.

After lunch, we’ll continue our journey through the Ziz valley Erfoud, Rissani and Merzouga.

After a glass of mint tea, We will leave our luggage in a room then take the camels to a Berber camp in the middle of Erg Chebbi Sad Dunes, 20 km long and 5 km wide it is also reputed as the highest sand dunes in North Africa.

It is a unique and diverse environment. The camel trek takes about 1hr 30 min from the hotel to the camp where we continue the spirit of the nomadic Berber lifestyle.

There we setup Berber tents with additional restaurant and kitchen with the dunes naturally providing basic facilities. The tents are well equipped and we provide mattresses, blankets, and cushions.

After dinner we gather round the fire and enjoy the desert night perhaps with traditional Berber drums.

Day 6
Day 6
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Roses Kasbah

Merzouga – Todra Gorges – Dades Valley

The camel man will wake you up early in the morning to watch what well may be the best sunrise of your life.

Afterwards, you’ll peacefully camel-trek back to your hotel appreciating the unique beauty of the spectacular Erg Chebbi dunes changing with the light as the day progresses.

After breakfast and shower, you’ll leave for Tinghir and Todra gorges the highest, narrowest gorges in Morocco.

before arriving at Dades Valley for dinner and accommodation.

Day 7
Day 7
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Roses Valley

Dades valley – Nomad caves – Ouarzazate

After breakfast in the hotel, you will travel through the Dades Valley towards Kalaa M’gouna and Ouarzazate.

The route through Dades Valley is the way of the thousand Kasbahs – providing numerous opportunities to take some of your best photographic shots of the trip.

Today you will have the opportunity to meet Berber Nomads in their caves and then you will enjoy the fertile Rose valley and the rock formations along the way.

We’ll stop at Kalaat M’gouna, “the rose city”, to purchase the rosewater, which will make your linen smell good a long time after your trip is over.

Continuing on to Skoura and the birds valley, you’ll visit the Kasbah Amridil, a well-preserved kasbah in this area followed by some light hiking in the valley and a stop for lunch at a restaurant, overlooking the whole valley.

After lunch its on to Ouarzazate, “the Hollywood of Africa”, whose geography and beautiful landscapes has attracted many world class movie producers.

Here you may choose to visit the studios, containing props used in movies, you may have already seen, such as The Mummy, Gladiator and the Last temptation of Christ.

Day 8
Day 8
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca High Atlas Mountains

Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah – Marrakech

After breakfast in the Hotel (Ksar), you will travel to Asni and Imlil via the dramatic Tizi Ntichka Pass.

Today you’ll stop at the famous Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. The largest Kasbah in Morocco, was built by T-hami El Glaoui, one of the last Berber chieftains, at the end of the 19th century to be one of his stops during his long trading routes to Timbuktu in Mali.

Now the Kasbah houses many of the Glaoui family members.

After a short visit to the Kasbah, your journey will continue through the majestic Tizi n’Tichka in the High Atlas Mountian before to arrive to Marrakech. Night in a Riad.

Day 9
Day 9
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Marrakech Sightseeing

Marrakech Sightseeing

After breakfast in the Riad, you can start exploring Marrakech “the red city of Morocco”.

We will ensure that you see the most important sites of historical and cultural interest, including the Majorelle Gardens, the Koutoubia Tower, the Saadian tombs, the Bahia Palace.

After Lunch at a restaurant near the square, you will walk through the souks and view hundreds of handicrafts.

On the afternoon, you will have some free time to wonder by yourself the other parts of the city

Day 10
Day 10
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Marrakech Medina Souk

Free day in Marrakech

Today will be a relax day, for guests who are interested in Cooking class, we can arrange it for them.

Day 11
Day 11
11 Days Sahara Desert and Imperial Cities Tour from Casablanca Airport Transfer

Transfer to the Airport

The pick up to the airport depends on your flight departure.