16 days tour

Morocco Mountains, Steppes And Desert Absolute Tour

Morocco Mountains, Steppes And Desert Absolute Tour

This tour includes:

Transport

Transportation in 4x4 Vehicles Mini Coach or Overland Truck

Others

Fees to Monuments and Museums Hotel Tax and Service Charges

Accommodation

15 nights accomodations in 3* Hotels

Meals

breakfast, Lunch and Dinner daily

Guide

Services of local guides

Not included:

Others

Other activities and services not mentioned

Optional

Other activities and services not mentioned

Insurance

Insurance is not included

Flights

International flights are not included

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Itinerary of your trip Morocco Mountains, Steppes And Desert Absolute Tour

  • Day 1 Day 1: Casablanca - Oujda Airport
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 1: Casablanca - Oujda Airport

      Once you arrive at Oujda Airport, you will meet with our tour manager, who will greet you and introduce you to your group of travelers. A briefing of your hiking tour will be at your Hotel to start your trip. Your guide will take you on an introductory tour of the old city of Oujda, visiting Bab El Ouahab, Saint Louis Cathedral, The Great Mosque, and the Click Tower. Dinner and accommodation will be at your Hotel.

  • Day 2 Day 2: Oujda - Jrada - Guenfouda - Ain Benimathar - Tendrara - Bouarfa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 2: Oujda - Jrada - Guenfouda - Ain Benimathar - Tendrara - Bouarfa

      Today you will take off to explore one of the most remote areas undocumented, even by Lonely Planet, an authority on trekking areas in Morocco. Your overland expedition will take off in 4x4 caravan vehicles from Oujda across the massif of Jebel Metsila, passing by the typical Berber village of Guenfouda to Jbel Bou Keltoum, reaching its highest Pass of Jerada. Your trek keeps going down to the lush steppes of Mrija, where we will stop for lunch after visiting the Rass el Ain springs and the Cascades of Benimathar. The afternoon will be devoted to the natural cross of our first aspect of the stony desert, where life exists only for nomads who can cope with the vastness, isolation, and remoteness of this aspect of life in the desert. We will stop at Borj of Trarite Rhars Allah (Fort of Gods Plantation); indeed, a place lives up to its name. Locals will host us for a typical mint Tea; then, we will proceed to Tendrara for a brief stop and continue to Bouarfa, where we will set camp for two nights. Dinner will be in Bouarfa town.

  • Day 3 Day 3: Bouarfa - Figuig And Zanaga Oases - Bouarfa
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 3: Bouarfa - Figuig And Zanaga Oases - Bouarfa

      After breakfast, we will travel to the ceremonial road trekking to Figuig Oasis right on the Morocco Algerian Borderline. This is one of a less visited oasis in Morocco as it is absolutely out of tourist Radar. By far itโ€™s the most beautiful valley of palm groves where you can capture authentic Saharan life in a bottle. We will leave our vehicles over the hill of Figuig and hike down the footpaths to mingle and roam around the oasis of Zenaga, Merires and old town of Figuig, Adobe hamlets punctuate the dense green of extensive Palm Groves. Lunch will be in a typical Kasbah hosted by a local family to give you a taste of local staples unique to this region and to have an opportunity to experience life inside an oasis. In the late afternoon, we will hit the road hiking back to our camp in Bouarfa.

  • Day 4 Day 4: Bouarfa - Boudnib - Meski Blue Springs
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 4: Bouarfa - Boudnib - Meski Blue Springs

      After breakfast, we will continue on our trek to Boudnib and then to the lush oasis of Meski. Set Camp and enjoy a festive lunch. In the afternoon, we will visit the valley of Ziz palm grove and the canyons of El Kenz, then take mild hiking on the trails leading to the Ksar Jdid Ait Amira, leave the vehicles, and walk around the oasis, hike around Zaouia Jdida and Douirat oasis, stop for tea at a local home Kasbah at Brj Yerdi where your Land Rovers will be waiting for you to take back to enjoy an evening at Meski Oasis. Dinner will be in Camp.

  • Day 5 Day 5: Meski Oasis - Merzouga - Rissani - Erfoud - Meski
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 5: Meski Oasis - Merzouga - Rissani - Erfoud - Meski

      An early wake-up will be at dawn to go directly hiking over the dunes of Merzouga for a sunrise experience in the Sahara desert. Ride camels back to Kasbah Leila, where a well-garnished breakfast will be ready for you. Then take off in your land cruisers, trekking to Rissani for a historical visit to this holy city and a center of sub-Saharan caravan traders. A local guide will be with you to elaborate on the history and life of the desert culture of Bedouins and Tuaregs tribes. Lunch will be in Rissani Kasbah; then we will return trekking in our 4X4 vehicles to Meski with a stop to visit Erfoud city souks. Dinner and local Saharan Music will be at Miloudโ€™s house at Meski Ksar. Walk back to camp for a good nightโ€™s sleep.

  • Day 6 Day 6: Meski - Tinghir - Todra Gorges
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 6: Meski - Tinghir - Todra Gorges

      Travel in the morning after breakfast to Tinghir, where your local mountain guide will take you on a historic tour first of old adobe villages and sun-baked bricks Castles of the Valley of Todra, then later on an adventure hiking through the valley of Todra. Explore the ancient life of this valley and the history of Judaism among the Berber tribes of Ait Atta in this valley. Lunch will be straight from Todra Canyons. Time will be devoted to a mild hike around the Todra Mountains in the afternoon, then return to Tinghir for dinner and overnight at Kasbah Lamrani.

  • Day 7 Day 7: Tinghir - Ounif - Zagora
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 7: Tinghir - Ounif - Zagora

      Travel in the morning to Zagora, exploring the marvels of the Anti-Atlas mountains passing by Jbel Saghro, one of the starkest desert mountains with a unique rock formation. Trekking arid desert villages and Berber wards at high elevations will lead to the lush Draa Valley. The largest Palm Groves on earth. It serpent the Draa River for over 250 km. Explore travel from the arid beauty of the Draa Valley oases and Kasbahs, and stop in Agdez and other sun-baked mud hamlets of small villages among this giant belt of continuous oases in the worldโ€”dinner and lodging at Tinsouline Hotel.

  • Day 8 Day 8: Zagora - Tamegroute - Tinfou - Mhamid
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 8: Zagora - Tamegroute - Tinfou - Mhamid

      An exciting full-day hiking excursion to the natural gateway of the Moroccan Saharan Desert. We will drive through the lowlands and then along the mountain passes to Tamegroute. There, we will stop to visit the famous Moorish Koranic Library, with rare books and documents, some written on gazelle hide from the 13th century. Venture in the Sandy Terrain along the Draa Valley to the dunes of Mโ€™Hamid El Ghizlanes in the heart of the Sahara. Camp near the Iriki Lake will be set over the surrounding dunes to enjoy a night under the African skies. Dinner and accommodation will be in the cathedral of nature.

  • Day 9 Day 9: Zagora - Foum Zguid - Tata Oasis
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 9: Zagora - Foum Zguid - Tata Oasis

      Today we will explore the trails trekking between the Sahara and the Atlas mountains across some of the most remote and breathtaking landscapes unique to this part of an immense plateau to reach the Oasis of Foum Zguid, where the horizons stretch the imagination to a feeling of vastness and isolation of the Sahara desert. After lunch, we will reach the paved road to Tata Oasis, where we will enjoy a night in a typical Kasbah raised from the ground to challenge the tall palm trees. Our adventure today will be in the heart of the Sahara desert in all aspects.

  • Day 10 Day 10: Tata Oasis - Guelmim
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 10: Tata Oasis - Guelmim

      After breakfast, we will continue on our adventure, discovering Bedouin Caravan Trails west to Guelmime, an ancient trade outpost, namely the exotic oases of Goulimine. Caravans still gather in this oasis fair once a year to buy, sell and barter from major sub-Saharan countries of the Sahel and West Africa. Sometimes even from East Africa, a journey that takes months to sail the vast desert of the Sahara riding camels. Goulmime is a hustling bustling Souk at the edge of the desert connecting North Africa to sub-Saharan countries of the Sahel. You are in a trade center, and goods from black Africa are found in abundance to exchange for Moorish artifacts. An international trade fair unique with its authenticity of Saharan Nomadic and Bedouin identity.

  • Day 11 Day 11: Guelmim - Tiznit - Tafrout
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 11: Guelmim - Tiznit - Tafrout

      Travel in the morning from the best oasis of Goulimine to the Jewel of southwestern Morocco, the magnificent Tiznit. Named after a woman who has marked the Moroccan myths, the "Seductive," Tiznit still lives up to the reputation of its founder. Here is where you will find the best and most skillful silversmith working on the best Berber jewelry for every tribe in Morocco. Lunch on the road in some of the best eateries this well-cultured Berber region of Souss has to offer in its varied staples of Berber tagines cooked in earthen pots in the same way ancient ancestors did.

      Proceed on our adventure in the back roads from the stark desert to the lush plateaus of Ait Baha in the High Atlas Mountains, where this ancient village is nestled among almond groves. The afternoon will be devoted to hiking in the natural sites and exploring the Neolithic rock carvings this region is known for. A natural library scattered all over these slopes with a rich collection of archives of humanityโ€™s ancient history. Dinner and Lodging are at Hotel Les Amadiers.

  • Day 12 Day 12: Tafrout - Taroudant
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 12: Tafrout - Taroudant

      We will travel across great Berber villages known for their distinguished beauty, especially along the trails of Ait Baha overlooking a valley with the unique rock formation. Reach the walled medieval city of Taroudant at the gate of the rich valley of Souss. Dinner and accommodation at a dignitary dwelling converted in our days to an atmospheric and intimate guesthouse Riad Ennakhil. Explore with your local guide the city surrounded by regal, red-ochre walls, often referred to as โ€œLittle Marrakechโ€. With its authenticity and conservative Berber style, today Taroudant surpasses the charm and beauty of Marrakech in the eyes of many discoverers, an afternoon to enjoy the colorful pallets of a typical Moroccan city. Dinner will be in the Riad.

  • Day 13 Day 13: Taroudant - Imlil
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 13: Taroudant - Imlil

      Proceed on your adventure quest to Imlil via Asni and Tizi nโ€™Test pass at an elevation of 11,000 ft. in an impressive site dividing these mountains in two distinct aspects. One side acts as a shield to protect the hinterland from the Sahara harsh and dry expansion, the other side collects the moisture of the Gherbi winds from the Atlantic ocean, soft and evergreen. Such is the life of the Berber dwellers, a day of mountain trekking through the high peaks of the Atlas Mountains and deep valleys. This is an adventure experience to treasure for a lifetime. Overnight and dinner will be at a guesthouse.

  • Day 14 Day 14: Imlil - Marrakesh
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 14: Imlil - Marrakesh

      The morning will be devoted to trekking in the Toubkal plateau. After lunch, we will proceed to Marrakech and visit cliff-hanging villages and wards like Asni and Tahnaout. Arrived in Marrakech, the "Morocco City" as the early travelers called it, for it has always been a pleasant city, a marketplace where the southern tribesmen and Berber villagers bring in their goods, spend their money, and find entertainment. For tourists, itโ€™s an enduring fantasy - a city of immense beauty, low, pink, and tent-like before a great shaft of mountains, and immediately exciting. Visit the famous Jemaa El Fna square. Dinner will be in a typical Marrakesh restaurant, Overnight at the hotel.

  • Day 15 Day 15: Marrakesh
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 15: Marrakesh

      Your local guide will take you on a walking tour of Marrakech. Morning you are devoted to walking, discovering the historical sites, and visiting the Menara irrigation pools, Bab Agnaw Gate, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, and the Badia Palace. Explore the vibrant souks of Marrakech in the afternoon. Dinner Fantasia will be reserved for you at a typical festivity of neighboring tribal dances and spectacular displays of horsemanship. Overnight will be at the Hotel.

  • Day 16 Day 16: Casablanca - Home
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 16: Casablanca - Home

      Morning Departure to Mohamed V Airport to connect to your flight back home

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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Average

There are several physical activities that last from 2 to 6 hours in easy terrains, low altitude flats, or water experiences. Please ask if youโ€™re not sure this applies to you.

Age range

Age range

Min: 18 / Max: 78

Age range allowed for this experience.

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