8 days tour from Marrakech to Marrakech

We will stop along the road to see Ait Benhaddou Kasbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. It has appeared in several films, including Lawrence of Arabia, Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, and others.
Enjoy breathtaking scenery with a variety of hues and tiny Berber settlements. We’ll stop at several overlooks to look around and take photographs. Then go to Ouarzazate, well known as “the gate to the desert” Visit the Kasbah Taourirt and Films Studios, then proceed to Dades Gorges along the magnificent route of a thousand Kasbahs, arriving in Boumalne Dades for supper and an overnight stay in a traditional Riad or hotel.

After that, the journey continues to Merzouga Sahara Desert, where you will have time for lunch at a local restaurant before arriving late in the afternoon at the Erg Chebbi dunes.

Enjoy a wonderful meal accompanied by Berber drum music and dancing, and then spend the night in a Standard or Luxury Desert Camp beneath a beautiful sky filled with magnificent stars.

Take advantage of this opportunity to learn about the Merzouga area. Begin your exploration of Berber communities with a visit to the Khamlia settlement, often known as the Black People. Warmly welcomed with a cup of tea while listening to their soulful Gnawa music.
Enjoy the stunning panoramic picture of sand dunes and learn about nomad lives as they live under tents and tend to herds of goats and camels.

Visit some abandoned mines and a palm-tree oasis. Return to Merzouga. You have some free time to explore Merzouga’s streets.

After breakfast, we will continue our 8 days tour from Marrakech to Fes to Midelt via Rissani and Erfoud, where you will be able to wander around the genuine Souk and shop like a native. We continue on our way to Midelt, pausing along the way to take in the panoramic vistas of palm palms across the Ziz valley.

After Errachidia, we’ll go through the Rich Ziz Gorges, which were carved out of volcanic rock. And then through the Tizi N Talghamt pass to Midelt. Arrive in Midelt and spend the night at your hotel, which includes dinner, bed, and breakfast.

We stop in the renowned Cedar forest before the little village of Azrou to observe and photograph the Barbarian apes (monkeys). Then go to Ifrane (Morocco’s Switzerland) before landing at Fes. Drop off at your hotel or riad in Fes.

You will also see the ancient historical landmarks in the Old Medina (Fes-el-Bali), such as the Nejjarin Museum, Al Quaraouin, Morocco’s oldest university, and the Jewish Quarter, and observe Fes’ famed leather tannery from above, among other things. Stay the night in a hotel or riad.

In Meknes, we will see the Bab El Mansour, Africa’s most renowned gate, the Lahdim plaza with its spices Souk (market), and the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, which was once the only mosque in Morocco that allowed non-Muslims to visit.

Then we will continue our journey to Rabat, Morocco’s political capital and also a seaside city, where we will view the crenelated red ocher walls, and visit the Kasbah of the Udayas, the famed Hassan 2 tower, and the Mohamed 5 tomb. At the Medina, spend the night in a hotel or riad.

After you arrive, you will have the remainder of the day to yourself. To wander around the famed Djemaa el Fna square, or to do anything you had planned to do in Marrakech before your trip to Morocco.

Then we will bring you to the hotel or riad or to the airport, depending on the time of departure. This is how our 8 days tour from Marrakech to Merzouga and the imperial cities ends.