8 Days Desert Tour From Casablanca to Merzouga
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8 Days Desert Tour From Casablanca to Merzouga
8 Days in Morocco, Magical The tour from Casablanca combines the must-see highlights of Morocco with some free time for independent exploration. From the ruins of Volubilis, a Roman city, and Chefchaouen, a blue city, to Rabat, Meknes, Fes, and Marrakech, imperial cities. Discover the intriguing Ait Benhaddouksar and the picturesque Atlas mountains by taking a camel ride through the Sahara Desert and camping out beneath the stars.
Casablanca to Merzouga Desert trip highlights
- visit the Mosque of Hassan 2
- Visit the capital of Morocco
- Visit the blue pearl
- Enjoy the journey through the Middle Atlas
- Visiting Ifran, the Moroccan Switzerland.
- Explore the cedar forest of Azrou
- Enjoy the scenery of the Ziz Valley
- Passing through Berber villages
- Camel ride in the desert of Merzouga
- Sunset in the Middle Desert
- sandboarding in the dunes
- Music at the Traditional Camp
- enjoy the starry sky
- Sunrise
- Visit the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
- discover Ouarzazate
- Crossing the High Atlas Mountains
- Exploring Marrakech with local guide
8 Days Desert Tour From Casablanca to Merzouga
Someone from our staff will meet you at the Casablanca airport when you arrive. If time allows, we’ll visit the Hassan Second Mosque, one of the biggest mosques in the world, before we depart Casablanca for Rabat. Then we’ll travel to Rabat, Morocco’s capital, where we’ll tour the city’s most important historical landmarks, including the Oudaya Kasbah, the Mausoleum of Mohamed the Fifth, and the Hassan Tower, the mosque’s completed minaret. Bed and breakfast accommodation in Rabat.
After breakfast at your riad, we’ll travel to Chefchaouen via the Rif Mountains, an open plateau cut through by numerous ravines and valleys. Once there, you’ll be stunned by the city’s breathtaking beauty, with everything being dramatically placed while progressively ascending the mountains. Activate your cameras! It is Morocco’s blue Jewel. a night’s stay in Chefchaouen that includes breakfast.
We’ll leave your riad after breakfast around 8 AM and head for Fes, where our local guide will show you the country’s oldest medina, which dates back to the eighth century. You will stroll through the Medina’s confined, meandering cobblestone streets, where donkeys serve as the primary form of transportation. The oldest university in the world, the University of Al Karaouine, the Moulay Idriss Mausoleum, the Nejjarine Fountains, the renowned tanneries, the King’s Palace, the Jewish Quarter, and the ceramics cooperative to view traditional Moroccan crafts are all included in your tour. After dark, the tour comes to an end. A night in Fes with breakfast included.
We will go to the Sahara Desert in the morning, stopping first in Ifrane, sometimes known as Little Switzerland. After there, we’ll proceed through the Cedar Forest, where you might encounter monkeys if you’re lucky. We’ll then travel to Midelt so you may have lunch there. Drive further across the Middle Atlas Mountains while keeping an eye out for the local nomads. We continue the trip through the picturesque, palm-tree-lined Ziz Valley, stopping at beautiful sights along the route. Then, we’ll travel to the Sahara Desert, our last destination. Dinner and breakfast are included in the Merzouga overnight stay.
Your camel guide will wake you up in the morning so you can witness the magnificent sunrise over the sand dunes. One of the highlights of the trip was this encounter. You’ll ride your camels back to the town of Merzouga after eating breakfast amidst the Saharan sand dunes. Then, after stopping to take pictures of the Jewish-built kasbahs in the Todghra Valley and Gorges, we will begin our drive to the Dades Valley. Before continuing to the Dades Valley, you will get the opportunity to stroll through the magnificent Todghra Gorges. Dinner and breakfast are included in the Dades Valley overnight stay.
After breakfast at your hotel, we’ll travel to Marrakech via the Dades Valley once more, which features striking rock formations and historic kasbahs, and the Rose Valley, which is famous for its April harvest of damask roses. We’ll continue on our journey to Ouarzazate, also referred to as African Hollywood, where you may see the Taourirt kasbah and have a studio tour. After that, we’ll proceed to the Ait ben Haddou Ksar, the largest ksar in Morocco and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, where scenes from The Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, and The Jewel of the Nile were filmed. The Tichka Pass, one of Morocco’s highest mountains, is where we travel from there to Marrakech. arriving in the afternoon in Marrakech. Marrakech overnight
Our local guide will take you on a tour of Marrakech after breakfast at your riad. by becoming lost in the red metropolis. The Bahia Palace, the Saadienne tombs, the Koutoubia mosque, Jamaa el-Fna Square, the Majorelle garden, and Ben Youssef Medrasa will all be included in your tour. As you stroll around the souks, take in Marrakech’s sights and noises. We advise you to take a walk to Jamaa el Fna after sunset, the old city’s central square, which comes alive at night with snake charmers, storytellers, vendors, and visitors from all over the world.
We will transport you to the airport at the time of your flight after you have breakfast at your hotel. We will visit Hassan Second Mosque today before we transport you to the airport, if time allowed and it was missed the first day.
Desert tour Casablanca to Marrakech pictures
Services Included in The Tour:
- Pick up at your hotel/Riad
- Private Luxury 4x4 or Minivan
- Camel Ride
- Half-Board /2 meals
- Private luxury tent
Services Not Included in The Tour:
- Alcoholic & fresh drinks
- Tips
- Lunch meal
- Entrance fees optional visits
- Flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Fes and the Merzouga Desert is about 468 kilometers, and the total travel time is about 7 hours.
The distance between Marrakech and the Merzouga Desert is about 564 kilometers, and the total travel time is about 10 hours.
All Sahara Camps, very well equipped with a sanitary block, are powered by solar panels.
Yes, thanks to the policy of the Sahara Relax company, which organizes private and private tours
Yes, it is. In the standard Sahara desert Camp hot showers and toilets shared . If you upgrade to the Luxury Camp, your tent will have a private bathroom and shower.
It is possible, in fact. Make sure you have a small backpack ready to take with you for the camel ride to the camp. The rest of your luggage will be kept safe in your car until it is returned to you after reaching our camps.
Your camel ride in Merzouga desert will take arround one hour and half
- Note : If you want to modify this tour, let us know your idea, travel plans and we can create similar or different program, which match your requirements. Contact us for more info.