11-Day Tour: Price $5,150 (double occupancy) $6350 (single occupancy/private room)
Upon arrival, you will be picked up at the airport in an air-conditioned vehicle with a driver, professional guide, and translator. They will transport you to your lodging to relax. If your arrival time permits, that evening you will enjoy one of Morocco’s magical UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Jemma el-Fnaa. The medina is alive with a carnival of locals and vendors, scents of the delectable Moroccan cuisine, monkeys, snake charmers, entertainment, and the exotic images you imagine Morocco to be.
Add-on options (not included in price of tour):
While in Marrakech, you will be visiting several beautiful historical sites including the 19th century, Bahia Palace; the Saadian Tombs, built in the 16th Century; and Jardin Majorelle, restored by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, featuring plants from all over the world, a Berber Museum (optional add-on), and the Yves Saint Laurent Museum (optional add-on). We will also take you walking through the souks and for dinner and entertainment.
Saadian Tombs (16th Century)
Jardin Majorelle
Travel time: approximately 4 hours
Essaouira is considered an outstanding example of a fortified town of the mid-18th century. It is an international seaport. On the way you’ll have an opportunity to tour and make purchases at an argan production business run entirely by women. As you enter this beautiful town, with its chill vibe, you’ll undoubtedly see kite surfers on the expansive beach.
Morocco has the perfect climate for growing wine grapes and produces millions of bottles a year. You will have a chance to sample some, and see a beautiful estate near Essaouira while enjoying lunch in the vineyard. If everyone on the tour wanted this option, we could add it on the way to Marrakech.
(travel time from Essaouira to Ait Ben Haddou is approximately 6 hours)
Ait Ben Haddou is a ksar (fortified village) and UNESCO World Heritage Site that has been the backdrop to many movies. We can enter the village and hike up to the top if anyone wants to, or just see it from the outside. You will stay nearby and can visit Atlas Movie Studios, where movies like Cleopatra, Gladiator, Jewel of the Nile, and the series Game of Thrones were filmed. (optional)
travel time approximately 6 hours
On this drive, you will travel to the fabulous tent camp in the Sahara Desert and arrive in time for an opportunity to ride on a camel at sunset (included in tour price) as you experience the surreal and mesmerizing changing colors over the dunes of sand. You will be offered a delicious dinner (included in tour price), and then enjoy music and dancing around a fire under the incredible starry night. *
If you choose not to ride a camel, we will transport you by 4 x 4 vehicle to the camp.
travel time: approximately 7 hours
Today we transfer to the oasis village of Skoura while passing through the Todra Gorges and view the Valley of Roses.
We will stay in Skoura for 2 nights so there is time to relax and perhaps enjoy a hammam or massage.
Another option in Skoura is taking a tour of Kasbah Amridil, seen in the movie Lawrence of Arabia, and considered to be among the most impressive kasbahs of its time. You will be staying at the amazing Ksar El Kabbaba (or similar).
Ksar el Kabbaba
travel time approximately 5 hours
Today’s drive takes us over the incredibly beautiful High Atlas Mountains. You will be treated to dinner and entertainment (included in tour cost)
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Hours:
Mon – Fri 8.00 – 17.00 Saturday and Sunday CLOSED