Itinerary
- Day 1
Casablanca to Fes
You'll arrive at Casablanca Airport where your guide meets you for the drive to Fes. Once you get there, spend the afternoon walking around the Old City and checking out the ramparts, gates, and Borjs (Moorish Forts) from different viewpoints. Dinner happens back at your hotel.
- Meals
- Dinner
Included Activities
- Panoramic visit to Old City of Fes
- Visit to ramparts, gates, and Borjs (Moorish Forts)
Landmarks/POIs Old City of Fes - Day 2
Fes
This is a full day exploring Fes's medieval medina on foot through narrow streets. You'll see the King's Palace, walk through the 15th-century Jewish quarter with its synagogues and Rabbi mausoleums, then head up Merinides Hill for views over the city. The medina includes the tannery, Al Quarawiyyine Mosque University, Medersa Attarine, and Seffarine Square where metalworkers are at their craft. You'll have traditional mint tea at a local family home before heading back to your hotel.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Medina walking tour
- Visit to King's Palace and Meshwar
- Exploration of Jewish quarter (15th-century)
- Visit to Sephardic synagogues
- Visit to mausoleums of holy Rabbis
- Merinides Hill necropolis visit
- Tannery visit
- Visit to Al Quarawiyyine Mosque University
- Visit to Medersa Attarine
- Sbetryyine bookbinders guild visit
- Seffarine Square visit
- Dyers souk visit
- Visit to Foundouk Tetouani
- Visit to shrine of Sidi Ahmed Tijani
- Traditional mint tea in family home
Landmarks/POIs Medina of Fes King's Palace (Fes) Jewish Quarter (Fes) Merinides Hill Bab Guissa Al Quarawiyyine Mosque University Medersa Attarine Seffarine Square Shrine of Sidi Ahmed Tijani - Day 3
Fes to Imilchil
After breakfast, you'll head over the Atlas Mountains and stop in Ifrane and Azrou cedar forests to look for wildlife. Lunch is a traditional Berber Tagine at Ksibah village, then you'll climb toward Lake Isli near Imilchil. An observation point overlooks the Emmshil lakes before you reach a local guesthouse in the mountains for the night and get to experience real Berber hospitality.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Traditional Berber Tagine at Ksibah village), Dinner
Included Activities
- Atlas Mountains crossing
- Ifrane visit
- Azrou cedar forests visit and wildlife viewing
- Lake Isli visit near Imilchil
- Emmshil lakes observation point visit
Landmarks/POIs Atlas Mountains Ifrane Azrou cedar forests Lake Isli Emmshil lakes - Day 4
Imilchil to Dades
Start with a walking tour through village houses, then drive through streams and villages like Agdalakdim, Agoudal, and Iznagen. After lunch, you'll hike to Taadodete and cross Tizi Vano mountain pass with views of the landscape below. Later you'll descend into Hades Canyon for a short stream walk, then hike through dramatic rock formations of Tamellalt to reach Boumalene Dades. The day ends at your hotel in a small village surrounded by orchards.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Walking tour through village houses
- Hiking to Taadodete
- Tizi Vano mountain pass crossing
- Hades Canyon walk
- Tamellalt rock formations hiking
Landmarks/POIs Tizi Vano mountain pass Hades Canyon Tamellalt Boumalene Dades - Day 5
Tinghir to Zagora
Following breakfast, you'll walk through scattered orchards before heading to the Jabal Sahro mountain range. At Nkob village you can see how juniper wood gets carved into dishes. You'll climb toward Tizi N'Tazazert Pass for views, continue to the pillars of Bab Ali and Tazzarine village, then follow the Draa River toward Zagora, the trading city at the Sahara's northern edge. Dinner and a guesthouse stay finish the day.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Orchard walks
- Nkob village visit
- Tizi N'Tazazert Pass visit
- Bab Ali pillars visit
- Tazzarine village visit
- Draa River route
Landmarks/POIs Jabal Sahro Jbel Amlal N'Mansour Nkob Tizi N'Tazazert Pass Bab Ali Tazzarine Draa River Zagora - Day 6
M'Hamid Desert Camp
Leaving M'Hamid early, you'll spend the day in the Sahara partly on Paris-Dakar Rally trails. Tamegrout is a typical Saharan village with a vast historical library from the Moorish Renaissance, and from there you'll drive through sandy desert to Foum Zguid meeting Tuareg nomads. Tea happens under nomadic tents at Um el Arg oasis. By afternoon you're at a desert camp near an oasis for lunch, exploring dunes on foot and climbing to watch the sunset before dinner under stars.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner (Dinner in Sahara desert camp ambiance)
Included Activities
- Tamegrout village visit
- Tamegrout historical library visit
- Sahara desert trek
- Tuareg nomad encounter
- Um el Arg desert oasis visit and tea
- Desert dunes exploration
- Sunset viewing from high dunes
Landmarks/POIs M'Hamid Tamegrout Foum Zguid Um el Arg oasis - Day 7
M'Hamid to Ouarzazate
You'll leave M'Hamid on back roads in 4WD Jeeps for a sandy Sahara trek. The route goes through flat sandy terrain of the Erike plains with remote oases and natural vistas along the way. You'll stop at Taznakht village, known for hand-woven rugs, then continue to Ouarzazate for the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at Foum Zguid village), Dinner
Included Activities
- Erike plains crossing
- Remote oases viewing
- Taznakht village visit
Landmarks/POIs Erike plains Taznakht Ouarzazate - Day 8
Ouarzazate to Marrakech
After breakfast, you'll visit the well-preserved Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, then take back roads through one of Morocco's least visited regions. You'll explore silver mines and ancient landscapes on the way to the legendary Kasbah Glaoui of Telouate, an early 20th-century Moorish Palace built by Pasha Glaoui to control the Tishka high Atlas pass. A small white-painted village with a local saint's grave is next, then trekking to reach the artificial oasis of Marrakech. Dinner and lodging happen in a Riad near Jamaa el Fna square.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner (Farewell Dinner in a Typical Restaurant in Marrakech)
Included Activities
- Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah visit
- Silver mines visit
- Kasbah Glaoui of Telouate visit
- White-painted village with saint's grave visit
- Artificial oasis of Marrakech visit
Landmarks/POIs Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah Glaoui of Telouate Tishka high Atlas Mountains - Day 9
Marrakech
Your local guide takes you through Marrakech's historical sites. You'll see Menara, a pool built in 1866 with flowerbeds and the Atlas Mountains in the background that functions as a public park and oasis-like space. The Koutoubia Minaret (similar to La Giralda in Seville, Spain) comes next, along with the Saadien tombs showing 16th-century Moorish mausoleums, the Agdal gardens, and the Majorelle gardens. Return to your hotel for dinner.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Menara visit
- Koutoubia Minaret visit
- Saadien tombs visit
- Agdal gardens visit
- Majorelle gardens visit
Landmarks/POIs Menara Koutoubia Minaret Saadien tombs Agdal gardens Majorelle gardens - Day 10
Marrakech to Departure
Your Morocco adventure ends today. You'll get a transfer to the airport to catch your flight home.
