Tour Morocco Outback Mountains, Steppes And Desert Tour

Guide

English speaking tour leader Local guides in historic sites

Insurance

Trip insurance is advised

Transport

Overland Truck or 4x4 Land Cruisers

Accommodation

Hotels 3 stars or similar Camping in Natural sites Auberges and Guesthouses

Meals

Full Board 3 meals a day

Not included:

Optional

Traditional Hammam Henna Tattooing Cooking Class Traditional Cosmetic class

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

Day 1

Once you arrive at Oujda Airport, you will meet with our tour manager, who will greet 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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2

Today you will explore one of the most remote undocumented areas, 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 continues 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), a place that 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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3

After breakfast, we will travel the ceremonial road trekking to Figuig Oasis, right on the Morocco Algerian Borderline. This is one of the less visited oases in Morocco as it is absolutely out of tourist Radar. It’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 the 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 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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4

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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5

An early wake-up will be at dawn to go directly to 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. Then take your land cruisers 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 to Meski to visit Erfoud city souks. Dinner and local Saharan Music will be at Miloud’s house at Meski Ksar. Walk back to camp for a good night’s sleep.
Day 6 Day 6
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6

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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7

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 world—dinner and lodging at Tinsouline Hotel.
Day 8 Day 8
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8

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. 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 M’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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9

Travel 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 cruise the paved road to Tata, where we will enjoy a night in a typical Kasbah raised from the ground to challenge the tallest palm trees.
Day 10 Day 10
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10

After breakfast, we will travel Bedouin Caravan Trails west to Guelmime, an ancient trade outpost, and the exotic oases of Goulimine. Caravans still gather 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 through the vast desert of the Sahara. 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 the center of trade and goods of black Africa in exchange for Moorish artifacts—an international fair unique with its authenticity of Saharan Nomadic and Bedouin identity.
Day 11 Day 11
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 11

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. Lunch on the road in some of the best eateries this well-cultured region of Souss offers in its varied staples of Berber tagines cooked in earthen pots like ancient ancestors did.

Travel from the stark desert to the High Atlas Mountains’ lush plateaus, where this ancient village is nestled among almond groves. The afternoon will be devoted to the natural sites and Neolithic rock carvings this region is known for. A natural library scattered over these slopes with a rich collection of archives of humanity’s ancient history. Dinner and Lodging are at Hotel Les Amadiers.
Day 12 Day 12
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 12

We will travel across great Berber villages known for their outstanding beauty, primarily Through Ait Baha, which overlooks a valley with a 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 the city surrounded by regal, red-ochre walls, often called "Little Marrakech." With its authenticity and conservative style, Taroudant today surpasses Marrakech’s charm and beauty in the eyes of many discoverers, an afternoon to enjoy the colorful pallets of a typical Moroccan city.
Day 13 Day 13
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 13

Depart to Imlil via Asni and Tizi n’Test pass at 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’s 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 hiking through the high peaks and deep valleys. This is an experience to treasure for a lifetime. Overnight and dinner will be at a guesthouse.
Day 14 Day 14
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 14

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. Arrival 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, it’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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 15

The morning I was devoted to discovering the historical sites, visiting the Menara irrigation pools, Bab Agnaw Gate, the Saadian Tombs, the Bahia Palace, the Badia Palace, Dar Si Said Museum. 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
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 16

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

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