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Land Transportation in 4WD, Chauffered Vehicle

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Breakfast and Dinner Daily

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Hotel Tax and Service Charge Farewell Dinner in a Typical Restaurant in Marrakech Entrance Fees to Monuments and Museums

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Services of English Speaking Guides and Tour Leaders

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9 Nights accomodation in 4* Hotels FEZ: HOTEL L’ESCALE OR SIMILAR, 2 NIGHTS IMILCHIL: GUEST HOUSE, 1 NIGHT TINGHIR: KASBAH LAMRANI, 1 NIGHTS ZAGORA: RIAD LAMANE, 1 NIGHT MHAMID: DESERT CAMP, 1 NIGHT OUARZAZATE: HOTEL TISHKA SALAAM, 1 NIGHT MARRAKECH: HOTEL EL ANDALOUS, 2 NIGHTS

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Day 1 Day 1: Casablanca - Fes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Casablanca - Fes

Upon arrival at Casablanca Airport, you will meet your guide, who will transfer you to Fes. In the afternoon, your guide will take you on a panoramic visit to the Old City of Fes. You will get a taste of the greatest of the Imperial Cities. You will visit the sights outside the ancient walled city, including the ramparts, the gates, and the Borjs (Moorish Forts). After this introductory aperitif to Fez, you will dine in your hotel.
Day 2 Day 2: Fes Guided Historic Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Fes Guided Historic Tour

The most ancient of the imperial capitals and the most complete medieval city of the Islamic world, Fez is reminiscent of a city suspended in time, unfazed by the constantly evolving world outside its walls. Fez owes nothing to the Western world; save electricity.

Time spent in Fez will reveal much about the sophistication of the Moroccan artisan, providing an unparalleled learning experience to those who cross its path. Your morning will be spent visiting the Medina and walking this ancient city’s narrow streets. Then, our specialized guide will take you on a historic discovery of the city of Fez, starting at the King’s Palace and its Meshwar with ramparts and majestic gates.

Next, you will explore the Jewish quarter, a 15th-century citadel with all its Moorish maze architecture and medieval glory. Visits to Sephardic synagogues and mausoleums of holy Rabbis will be the highlights of this part of town.

Then, we will drive to Merinides Hill to visit their necropolis. Here you will enjoy the best panoramic view of the old walled Medina, brimful with countless minarets to call for prayers in a city that has responded to these calls for 12 centuries. Finally, drive down the hills to the gate of Bab Guissa to leave your vehicle and enter an ancient world. Fez has preserved its Medina as it was centuries ago. Not even a bicycle can be used as a tool of transportation. Only donkeys, mules, and horses can help to move all that the city produces and needs as supplies.

You will walk to the tannery and visit the great The Mosque University of Al Quarawiyyine. After that, you will see the Medersa Attarine and walk to Sbetryyine, a guild of bookbinders, which will lead you to the Seffarine Square, where the tapping of metalworkers is still deafening passersby as it was the case for centuries. You will break for lunch and then continue exploring the marvels of Fez Medina. These will highlight the Dyers souk, Foundouk Tetouani, and the shrine of Sidi Ahmed Tijani. We will end this wonderful guided tour of Fez with a break in a family home to experience the lively afternoon of traditional mint tea. Finally, you will return to your hotel for dinner and other accommodations.
Day 3 Day 3: Travel From Fes To Imilchil
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Travel From Fes To Imilchil

After breakfast, you will take off on a journey over the evergreen Atlas Mountains visiting Ifrane and Azrou cedar forests and viewing wildlife there. Break for lunch at the village of Ksibah to savor a Berber Tagine, then start climbing the high elevation toward Lake Isli near Imilchil village.

Towards the afternoon, we will arrive at the observation point towards the spectacular Emmshil lakes, and from there, on a short drive, we will arrive at a local guesthouse and bases for an overnight at the peaks of these dramatic mountains. Tonight you will encounter the genuine Berber hospitality still intact in these far remote mountains not offered to mass tourists. Our 2019 tour programs in the Atlas mountains are unique and sustain communities we encounter. We want you to be a responsible traveler, as green travel and eco-tours are what we are here for.
Day 4 Day 4
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4

We will open the morning with a walking tour between the picturesque village houses. Then we will drive along the streams flowing to the village of Agdalakdim in Ait Amar, Agoudal, and the town of Iznagen at Ait Merghad tribe. Break for lunch, then proceed hiking to Taadodete. Off the road and enter a spectacular space trip in the heart of the Atlas Range. We will cross the Tizi Vano mountain pass, which overlooks the ancient landscape, And go down into the narrow, deep Hades Canyon. We will park the vehicles and take a short walk in the stream. We will be hiking on the slopes and dramatic rock formations of Tamellalt to finish our day at Boumalene Dades. In the evening, we will arrive At our hotel in a small village surrounded by orchards. Overnight: in the town of Dades.
Day 5 Day 5: Dades Valley - Jbel Saghro - Draa Valley - Zagora
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Dades Valley - Jbel Saghro - Draa Valley - Zagora

After breakfast, walk through the many orchards scattered throughout the area. Then, we will continue on our way to Jabal Sahro. In Berber Language, Saghro means drought. This a stark, harsh chain of mountains that rises to 8660 feet at Jbel Amlal N’Mansour. Jebel Sahro is the last ridge before the Sahara. Basalt formations, dark and sharp, mainly characterize the spine. However, the desolation of the harsh landscapes of these imposing peaks offers impressive landscapes for Hikers and active travelers and ethereal moonlit or starry nights for nature enthusiasts.

Our first stop in this area will be at Nkob small village where The juniper makes wooden dishes. From the town, we will continue climbing up the mountain towards Tizi N’Tazazert Pass, where we will see a spectacular view. After that, we’ll continue driving Towards the pillars of Bab Ali and from there to the village of Tazzarine. Later We will continue along the Draa River towards Zagora, the desert city in the area In the northern part of the Sahara Desert, to which nomads and traders from the desert have come to trade and barter for a thousand years. Dinner and accommodation will be in a guest house.
Day 6 Day 6: Zagora - Tamegrout - M;Hamid - Sahara Desert Dunes
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Zagora - Tamegrout - M;Hamid - Sahara Desert Dunes

This morning we will leave for a day that is mostly desert territory, which passes partly along the route of the Paris-Dakar Rally trails. After breakfast, we will leave M’Hamid to visit Tamegrout, a typical Saharan village with a vast historical library from the Moorish Renaissance. After that, we will continue our overland trek in the Sahara sandy desert to Foum Zguid. On our way, we will meet the Tuaregs, nomads living in the desert. We will stop in the desert oasis "Um el Arg" and have tea under nomadic tents. Before lunch, we will arrive at our camp set over the dunes near an oasis. We’ll get organized in the encampment and walk over the nearby dunes. We will climb to the top of high dunes to watch the sunset and then return to our camp for dinner in the ambiance of the Sahara desert. Overnight: A tent encampment.
Day 7 Day 7: Travel From M’Hamid Dunes To Foum Zguid To Ouarzazate
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Travel From M’Hamid Dunes To Foum Zguid To Ouarzazate

Leave M’Hamid on the back road in our 4WD Jeeps and have an experience on the sandy paths passing by remote oases and natural vistas. First, we will cross the flat sandy terrain of the Erike, the vast plains, where you will encounter a driving joy in the vastness of the Sahara trekking experience. Lunch will be at the village of Foum Zguid, then on to Taznakht village, and the capital of hand-woven rugs, then proceed to Ouarzazate for the night.
Day 8 Day 8: Cross The Atlas Mountains From Ouarzazate To Marrakesh
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Cross The Atlas Mountains From Ouarzazate To Marrakesh

After breakfast, we will visit the well-preserved Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah. Then, we will proceed traveleing in our 4WD, the back roads seldom traveled by mass tourists. We will continue on a field trip to One of Morocco’s least visited regions. We will take a scenic route that begins with the silver mines and continues with the ancient landscape to accompany us to the legendary Kasbah Glaoui of Telouate. The Pasha Glaoui (Lord of the Atlas) transformed this Kasbah in the early 20th century into a sophisticated Moorish Palace in the heart of these remote mountains, making it a stronghold to control the only Pass over the Tishka high Atlas Mountains. Next, we will visit a small white-painted village where the grave of a local saint is located. From the town, we will continue our trekking journey to reach the best artificial oasis of Marrakech. Dinner and lodging will be in Riad near the square of Jamaa el Fna.
Day 9 Day 9: Marrakesh Guided Tour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Marrakesh Guided Tour

Your local guide will introduce you to the historical sites, starting at the Menara, a magnificent pool surrounded by flowerbeds, reflecting the image of an exquisite Moorish edifice. This sophisticated irrigation reservoir was built in 1866 for dignitaries who enjoyed glorious sunsets with the ethereal Atlas Mountains as a backdrop. The pool also functions as a public park for the inhabitants of Marrakech in the fashion of an oasis life of the desert.

Your tour will cover many impressive sites, including the Koutoubia Minaret (identical to la Giralda, a tower found in Sevilla, Spain) and the Saadien tombs, demonstrating Moorish architecture at its best. The tombs consist of sixteenth-century mausoleums, which had lain walled-in and undiscovered until 1917. Next, you will explore the gardens of the Agdal and then the Marjorelle. Finally, you will return to your hotel for dinner and other accommodations.
Day 10 Day 10: Marrakesh Airport
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Marrakesh Airport

Our adventure tour of Morocco has come to an end. We will transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home.

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Morocco Mountains And Sahara Hiking Tour

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Itinerary of your trip Morocco Mountains And Sahara Hiking Tour

Day 1: Casablanca - Fes

Day 2: Fes Guided Historic Tour

Day 3: Travel From Fes To Imilchil

Day 4

Day 5: Dades Valley - Jbel Saghro - Draa Valley - Zagora

Day 6: Zagora - Tamegrout - M;Hamid - Sahara Desert Dunes

Day 7: Travel From M’Hamid Dunes To Foum Zguid To Ouarzazate

Day 8: Cross The Atlas Mountains From Ouarzazate To Marrakesh

Day 9: Marrakesh Guided Tour

Day 10: Marrakesh Airport

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