Marrakech sahara tour 10 days

Day 1: Arrive at Marrakesh

On the first day, your Marrakech Sahara tour will start depending on the time of your arrival, you will explore some interesting sites in Marrakesh. If you arrive a little early, you will explore the famous Jamaa Elfna Square which is full of all types of entertainers like Storytellers, jugglers, acrobats, snake charmers, and more. Then, you will head to your hotel/Riad where you will spend the night.

Day 2: Marrakesh (city tour)

After breakfast in the riad, you will start exploring “The reddish city from which Morocco got its name in French or other languages” Marrakesh. Our team will make sure 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 Jamaa El Fna square, you will walk through the souks (local markets) and view hundreds of handicrafts. In the Afternoon, you will have some free time to wander by yourself through the other parts of the city.

Day 3: Marrakesh –Ouarzazate_ Dades Valley

The next morning of the Marrakech Sahara tour, our transport will pick you up from your Riad Just after breakfast, head to the High Atlas crossing the beautify pass of Tizi Tichka and you will have some stops along the way to enjoy the panoramic view you will encounter along every part of the road especially some small Berber villages scattered all over the place.

And you will continue to the south by visiting the Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah which was declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987. And you will enjoy the place where some famous films were made like Gladiator, Obelix, The Mummy, The Jewel of the Nile, Sahara with Penélope Cruz… and many more. Next you will have some free time for lunch in the village. After that, you will continue to Ouarzazate also known as “The gate of the desert” you will visit the Taourirt Kasbah, one of the most spectacular ksars in Morocco.

You will, then, continue to visit the Rose Valley stretching along the big Skoura palm grove; a beautiful place to experience some of the adventures you may have read about in Bowles’s the sheltering Sky especially the thousands of palm trees and many Kasbahs spread along the road. You can also enjoy rose products especially for cosmetics. The Rose Festival is held here (in Kalaat Mgouna) annually in May, it is an important moussem for Moroccan culture. Finally, we reach the Dades valley where you´ll spend the night.

Day 4: Dades Valley –Toudra Valley -Merzouga (Sahara)

After breakfast the following morning, you will be taken to a small hill from which you can enjoy the panoramic view of the Dades Valley, from this particular place you will see the whole Kasbahs in the region and explore the characteristics of each one. After that, you will head towards Tinghir and Gorge Toudra to enjoy the view of fantastic cliffs as you have never seen them elsewhere and head to the heart of the desert.

On the road you will have many stops to enjoy every aspect of the nature of the region and you will stop in Tinjdad and Torog to have lunch in one of them depending on time. After lunch, you will continue your way to Merzouga. When you arrive to Merzouga, you will find camels that will take you on a trekking excursion for one hour to the nomad camp where you will spend a night in the middle of the desert, and you will enjoy an exotic dinner under a sky decorated with marvelous stars.

Day 5: Sahara Desert to Fes

In the following morning of the Marrakech tour, you will wake up early to enjoy the sunrise from above the dunes and after breakfast, you will head back to the north of Morocco start your journey to the north through the Tafillal palm grove, the biggest in the world. You´ll see thousands of palm trees along the 20km of road. This way leads us to the Ziz valley, which is river comes that down from the high Atlas and feeds the palm grove. Here we make a stop and from this high viewpoint, enjoy a magnificent view of the valley and the town of Aoufous.
We make another stop in Midelt, just in the heart of the Atlas where you´ll have free time for lunch and rest for a while. In the afternoon we continue our way through the Cedar Woods where, if we are lucky, we´ll see some monkeys. The next place we´ll visit is the city of Ifran, situated in the northwestern slope of the Middle Atlas at 1630 meters above the water level. It is named the Moroccan Switzerland because it resembles one of Switzerland cities. By evening we will be in Fes.

Day 6: Fes (City Tours)

The next morning of the Marrakech tour, you will have breakfast in your riad and start by exploring one of the oldest cities in Morocco, walking in its alleys and small streets. Our visit starts by visiting the Royal Palace gate, then the first Mellah ever built in Morocco (an ancient Jewish headquarters which was built during the 16th century).

Our team will make sure that you visit all important cultural and historical monuments including the famous Al Qaraouine University, the oldest in Morocco and the World, the Attarine Museum, Tanneries, and Moulay Idriss Mausoleum. After having lunch, our team and you will pay a visit the tiles cooperative to see how they work then get a wonderful panoramic view over the whole medina of Fes. You will spend the night in one of the wonderful Medina Riads.

Day 7: Fes – Chefchaouen

After breakfast in your Riad, we will leave Fes and head West towards the blue pearl (Chefchaouen), through the Rif mountains. when you arrive to your destination, you will walk through narrow alleys of the old medina whose all walls are painted in blue and it’s from these walls that it got the name of the Blue Pearl. Then you will check in at your Riad and after lunch you will explore more of the city and have dinner in one of the terrace restaurants. And you will enjoy a calm night in the Riad.

Day 8: Chefchaouen – Tetouan – Tanger – Assilah:

The following morning of the Marrakech Sahara tour after breakfast you will enjoy more of the city and our drivers will pick you up around 10:00 GMT and head to the next destination in the list, the white dove (Tetouane) where you will take some photos and move on the Tangers to visit Cave of Hercules and other important places especially those places that many famous authors like Tennessee Williams and Paul Bowles loved. After Tangers you will head towards Assilah where you will spend the night in a hotel. Assilah is a small beautiful city, you will enjoy the city and you will walk through the alleys of the city before you head to your hotel to relax and enjoy a cool night.

Day 9: Assilah – Rabat- Casablanca

After breakfast in your Hotel, you will have a quick visits the Roman, Portuguese and Spanish architecture throughout the ancient buildings. Then, you will visit the medina, famous for its 15th century Portuguese Battlements. After that, you will head for Rabat, the capital of Morocco. You will visit the Hassan Tower, the Udaya Kasbah and Chella before you head to Casablanca to visit Hassan II Mosque and the Casablanca Cornish then head to your hotel to spend the night.

DAY 10: CASABLANCA – Mohamed V AIRPORT:

After breakfast, our transport will take you to the airport for your flight back home. Your Marrakech Sahara tour/our services end at the airport. But we are flexible as far as places you want visit are concerned and our team will be there for you to help with anything that you might need.