The Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour
The Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour
The Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour
11 Days Starting and ending in Casablanca, Morocco
Visiting: Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, Ifran, Merzouga, Todra River, Dadès Gorges, Valley of Roses, Ouarzazate, Marrakesh, Essaouira, El Jadida
Tour operator:
Tour code:
MSIT001
Recommended For:
Guide Type:
Fully Guided
Group size:
1 - 15
Physical rating:
Low
Age range:
2-99
Special diets catered:
Vegetarians, Vegans, Meat, Kosher, Halal
Tour operated in:
English , French , SpanishTrip Styles:
Interests:
Cultural, Eco Conscious, Photography, Special Guest Tours, Wildlife Tours
Activities:
Camel Trekking-Riding, Hiking, Hot Air Ballooning, Sightseeing
Private Available:
Request A Private Tour
Tour Overview
Ready to joint this adventurous Morocco Cultural Tour? Take a careful look on this 11 days tour where you will find us waiting for you at the airport Mohamed V in Casablanca with a sign by your name to drive you to your hotel. Our tour will start from Hassan II Mosque with its splendid esplanade and its tallest minaret in the world, before leaving to Morocco’s political and administrative capital for a short sojourn to see what is remained from the earthquake of 1755 of the monumental Hassan tower. Later on at the same day we’ll head further north to Chefchaouen with its bright blue, Andalusian-tiled Medina. The 3rd day the wheels will be turned south for the maze to end all mazes, Fes, the largest Medina of the world. From the busy life we’ll head southeast towards Merzouga and the gateway into the golden dunes of the Sahara desert to spend a Bedouin night. Then to Todgha gorge to be stuck between the gigantic rock walls before getting dressed to hike in the canyon. The next morning we’re not only going to see the 11th century UNESCO-protected red mud-brick Ksar of Ait Benhaddou but also the Hollywood of Africa and valley of roses as well. At the end of the day we’ll be in Marrakech to continue our adventurous Morocco cultural tour by riding the hot air Balloon to see the city from the sky before you discover its Medina on your feet by your Marrakech born and bred guide. At you 9th day tour we will head west to Gnawa City –Essaouira- passing by tree goats’ phenomenon before getting back to our meeting point Casablanca. Note: This Morocco Cultural Tour can embark from any city posted in the tour details! (Contact us)
Highlights
Itinerary
Day 1 : Arrival Day
Location: Casablanca
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
It depends on your landing time. After your tour guide/driver has picked you up & dropped you off at your hotel you might like to discover some of Casablanca’s sights. Notably the Hassan II Mosque which is considered to be the largest in North Africa and the third largest in the Islamic world, with its splendid esplanade and its tallest minaret in the world. It is a long reach of marble and emerald zellige rising 210 meters into the sky. Grand and timeless, the Great Mosque is constantly busy, a meeting point for Sunday strolls.
Day 2 : Head To The Blue-Washed City
Location: Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
If time didn’t allow you to visit Casablanca’s sights yesterday you must do it this morning. After we're done with Casa the Morocco’s political and administrative capital will be waiting, Rabat may be short on top-drawer tourist attractions, but it compensates with plenty of charm. You will have the opportunity to explore the city in a short sojourn, first through the monumental Hassan tower with the pillared stumps of its mosque being all that remains from the earthquake of 1755. There is also the near-by Mausoleum of the royal family. Head further north to Chefchaouen with its bright blue, Andalusian-tiled Medina, with its grand red-hued Kasbah lording it over the Main square of Outa Hmam.
Day 3 : Addictive Chefchaouen And Hectic Fes
Location: Chefchaouen, Fes
Accommodation: Homestay
Meals Included: Breakfast
You will have a free morning to discover Chefchaouen city that perched beneath the raw peaks of the Rif Mountains. The «Blue Town» has a mystical blue-washed Medina, surely the prettiest and the smallest when compared to others in the country. The town remained isolated with the Andalusian character architecture. Chefchaouen is undoubtedly a place to enjoy exploring at random.
Later on, you will be picked up by your driver/ tour guide and head south to Fes where you can prepare for tomorrow’s amazing tour in its mysteries and secrets of the 9000 alleyways that make it a maze, do not panic the guide will show you the must-see sites.
Day 4 : The Ancient Capital Of Science
Location: Fes
Accommodation: Hotel, Homestay, HomestayHomestay
Meals Included: Breakfast, Lunch
Do not panic the guide will show you the must-see sites. With your private Fes born and bred guide you will have the opportunity to discover the ancient breeding ground for scholars and artisans and the largest Medina of the world. Your will see the America Fondouk, Nejjarines, the Tanneries, the Medersa (Theological college) and Karaouine the first established university in the world. Your guide will shed light on many tales and 1200 years of history of this UNESCO-protected Medina, When you finish your visit of the Medina we will drive you out of Fes to have a delicious house-made food in Lalla Fatiha’s place in Sefrou.
Day 5 : The Road To The Sahara
Location: Fes, Ifran, Merzouga
Accommodation: Camp
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
An early-morning start is recommended for this day. We leave the mazing Medina of Fes with its mysteries and secrets of the 9000 alleyways head to southeast towards Merzouga and the gateway into the golden dunes of the Sahara desert. En route we will pass by the cedar forests of Ifran, the Switzerland of Morocco, where you might think that you are in the Alps. If we’re lucky we’ll come across the Barbary Macaques in our way to Midelt where we will stopover for lunch. After eating we drive through the Middle Atlas Mountains to reach the Ziz Valley, which considered to be among the largest producer oasis dates in Morocco, then it’s off to Merzouga with its highest dunes in Morocco, you can store any baggage while packing an overnight bag to bring along. You’ll have the chance to be accompanied by a camel and blue-turban-robed guide into the sandy seas. After hour-long camel ride you will be among the luckiest to watch the sun set over the Sahara dunes and spend a night in a Bedouin style tent.
Day 6 : Glorious Sunrises And Berber Lifestyles
Location: Merzouga, Todra River, Dadès Gorges
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast, Dinner
This morning you’ll wake up with the sun shining on your face to witness what we hope is a glorious sunrise among the dunes, meanwhile to watch the light creep slowly down the dunes and pull all the world around you outside their warmth heavy mound of blankets for an early-breakfast. After an hour-ride camel back out of the desert you will depart and head for Erfoud where you can marvel at the million-year-old fossils that the area is famous for. Then heading north for a sublime experience in the Todgha gorges where we’ll be stuck between the gigantic rock walls. Arriving to Dades gorges a rust-red and mauve mountains. A series of crumbling Kasbahs and Ksours line the valley in the Berber villages to the monkey Fingers Mountains.
If we get there earlier, and we still have some energy to hike a couple of hours we will drop off our luggage at the hotel and get dressed for the hike.
Day 7 : Hollywood Of Africa And Atlas Mountains
Location: Dadès Gorges, Valley of Roses, Ouarzazate, Marrakesh
Accommodation: Hotel, Homestay, Homestay
Meals Included: Breakfast
You leave Dades at 8:00am traversing the valley of roses and daggers straight to the 11th century UNESCO-protected red mud-brick ksar, which has formed the backdrop for many Hollywood films production such as Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus of Nazareth, Gladiator, Game of Thrones and many others. You might also like to explore Ouarzazate, home to Taourirt Kasbah and the «Ouallywood» studio. Wind up the memorable Tizi n’Tichka pass via the North Africa’s highest peak, the high Atlas Mountains with the Berber villages lined beside the road to arrive to Marrakech where you will have a day-long to explore the crazed cacophony of musicians, snake charmers and vendors in the open-air famed Jamaa El Fnaa square, and the highly recommended sites with your guide.
Day 8 : The Miniature Marrakech
Location: Marrakesh
Accommodation: Hotel, Homestay, Homestay
Meals Included: Breakfast
Do you want to discover Marrakech from the sky? So be ready, because today your driver will pick you up at the early morning to catch up with the Air Balloon ride for nearly an hour flight over the red city of Marrakech, enjoy the breathtaking views of the High Atlas Mountains in the background and enjoy a sunrise over red dust, palm groves, and majestic open landscapes from the sky. After having breakfast there you’ll have much time to carry on your Morocco Cultural Tour with your private Marrakech born and bred guide.
You embark exploring the Red City from its old part with its Medina’s skinny lanes that leads to lavish sites, tombs and religious monuments decked out in marble. Bahia and El-Badii Palace and Saadien’s Tombs will be your targets. Afterward, you driver/Tour Guide will pick you up for the outside Medina visit to explore the Majorelle garden, Museum Saint Laurent, Berber Museum. While in Marrakech you will surely encounter thousands of motorcyclists and horse-carts roaming in the city and some of them pull over next the vast square of Jemaa El-Fnaa where it’s carnival night every night and musicians, acrobats, storytellers and slapstick acting troupes tap into the Medina frenetic pulse.
Day 9 : Goats In Trees And Hendrix's Hometown
Location: Marrakesh, Essaouira
Accommodation: Hotel, Homestay, Homestay
Meals Included: Breakfast
After having your breakfast at the Riad, you’ll be picked up by your driver/tour guide around 08:00am, you will head to Essaouira. Beside the road we’ll have the chance to see the tree goats’ phenomenon, before having enough time to explore Jimi Hendrix’s town. You’re free to roam in the city that was once and still a haven for hippie backpackers and Gnawa musicians. You can book a local guide, if not you can start your visit by the ramparts a series of forts that were built in the 15th century around the Medina of Mogador. Inside the Medina you’ll have the chance visit The Mellah (former Jewish quarter), the Morocco’s 3rd fishing port where you can have a delicious fish meal. For the sports-oriented travellers, Essaouira is a place to some fine wind and kitesurfing schools.
Day 10 : From Essaouira To Casablanca
Location: Essaouira, El Jadida, Casablanca
Accommodation: Hotel
Meals Included: Breakfast
Around 8am you’ll head north to the 15th century Portuguese fortified city of Mazagan known now as El-Jadida, nicknamed «the Deauville of Morocco» its Portuguese structures, fortified ramparts and a system of defence surrounding the Medina which advances out into the sea, all evoke the city’s past history. (Listed as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO), an ancient coastal town impressive testimony of Portuguese architecture. Driving north to Casablanca where you spend your last night in morocco before leaving.
Day 11 : Departure Day
Location: Casablanca
Meals Included: Breakfast
Today is not goodbye, it is merely “take care and see you sooner rather than later” for another adventure.
Your guide will drop you off directly at the airport when you have checked out of your hotel, and your whirlwind adventure will come to an end.
What's Included
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Accommodation
Accommodation is organised at all stages of the tour
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Airport Transfers at Destination
You will find your host holding a card with your name, waiting to drive you to your hotel to settle in before you start your journey.
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Free Wi-Fi at Accommodation
You will find wi-fi wherever you stay
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Fully Guided
- Guide: Marrakech and Fes Medina guided tours and Hiking guide in Dades - professional Driver/Tour Guide throughout the trip
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Meals – Breakfast Only
Daily Breakfast in the hotels
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Hot Air Balloon
Early Morning hot Air Balloon Ride In Marrakech to watch the sunrise on the Atlas Mountains
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Meals – Half Board
2 dinners
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Free Wi-fi On Board
Free wi-fi in the vehicle
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Local Experiences
- An opportunity to meet up with locals and live like them - Home cooked meals with local families - Visit to women's cooperatives
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Transport
Private transport is provided throughout so that you can simply sit back and enjoy the journey.
What's Not Included
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Meals – Full Board
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Anything not mentioned in 'included'
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1 bottle of Mineral Water per person per day
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Drinks with Meals
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Entrance Fees
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International Travel
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Tipping and Gratuities
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Country Entry Visas
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Game Drives on Safari
Check out our Q&As
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Can you assist with pre or post tour accommodation?
Surely YES
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Are all the relevant entry visa’s included in the price of the tour?
No
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Are children permitted to take part in the tour?
Yes
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Are all entrance fees included in the price?
No
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Are flights included in this tour?
No, you better choose the flight that suit you
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Are airport transfers included in this tour?
Yes
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Are the local guides on the tour English speaking?
Yes
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Are vaccinations required for this tour?
No
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Can I join the tour once it has departed?
Sure!
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What happens if I need to change my holiday date once I’ve booked?
just let us know. check the polici
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Will the accommodation included meet local health and safety regulations?
As Long as
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Who will be my travelling companions on the tour?
Your MSITravels' Driver/ Tour Guide
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What documents will I receive before I travel?
You're going to receive the tour details with accommodation, your driver/tour guide's name. More information under request
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Am I contributing to any charity by booking the tour?
Absolutely, The main idea behind creating this social business is to help vulnerable families and to contribute by creating sustainable development in some vulnerable areas that need more attention and care. For that, 15% of the yearly revenue will go directly to two associations
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How long has the tour company been trading?
Officially, more than 5 Years
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What policies are in place for Covid-19?
Check it up on the profile
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Up to 60 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.
At 30 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.
At 15 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.
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