Tour overview
Welcome to an immersive 12-day journey through Morocco with Crazy Camel Tour From Marrakech to the Sahara Desert and Casablanca, each day offers unique experiences and unforgettable memories.
Included
- ● 12 days private transport in an air-conditioned 4x4 or minivan.
- ● Official guides in Fes and Marrakech
- ● Multi-lingual driver (guide) for the entire trip.
- ● All breakfasts and a few dinners as per itinerary.
- ● 11 nights in authentic Moroccan riads.
- Camel trekking through Erg Chebbi dunes along with an overnight stay in a Sahara camp.
Not Included
- ● Lunches.
- ● Travel insurance
- ● Beverages (Drinks).
- ● Tips for guide, drivers.
- ● Airfare (Flight Tickets).
DAY 1:Marrakech Airport – Hotel
Our team will greet you at the Menara Airport in Marrakech and transfer you to your accommodation in Marrakech, where you will spend the night.
Day 2: Explore the best of Marrakech with a Local Guide
After breakfast, your local guide will meet you in your riad and take you on a private guided tour around the most interesting monuments in Marrakech including the 12th century Koutoubia Mosque. Its 225 ft masterpiece minaret dominates the skyline of Marrakech and can be seen from almost every corner of the city. Marrakech is the home of beautiful palaces such as the 19th century palace of El Bahia with its Andalusian and Moorish architecture. It has a trapezoidal garden, a huge tiled courtyard, Andalusian and Moorish architecture and many hidden antique treasures.You will also visit the historical Saadian Tombs; built by Saadian Sultan Ahmed el Mansour in the 16th century. It has a beautiful design with soaring domed ceilings, intricate wood carvings, imported marble statuary and colorful tile mosaics. Next, we will tour the Koranic School, Medersa Ben Youssef; the largest Medersa in North Africa. It is a theological college - once boarding approximately 900 students for religious study.
It was built in the 16th century. Its Moroccan architecture, Moorish archeways, rectangular courtyard and colorful mosaics make it one of Marrakech's most picturesque buildings. After lunch, we will visit the Djemaa El-Fna, Marrakech's main square and open air theater...Snake charmers blast oboes to calm hissing cobras, henna tattoo artists beckon to passersby, musicians play, and so much activity....You are sure to be entertained! Overnight in your riad includes bed and breakfast.
Day 3: Marrakech – Casablanca – Rabat
Breakfast and departure for Rabat stopping by Casablanca, to visit the country's economic capital: the United Nations Square, the Boulevard Mohamed V, the ANFA district and the Corniche with an external visit to the Hassan II Mosque. After lunch, we continue for Rabat, visit of the Mohammed V Mausoleum, the Hassan Tower, the Kasbah Chellah and the Oudaya gardens.
Day 4: Rabat – Volubilis – Meknes
Breakfast and departure for Volubilis to visit the Roman ruins, the thermal baths of Gallien, the forum and the capitol. In Meknes, visit the Moulay Ismaïl Mausoleum, Bab Mansour, Bab Khadim,
Day 5: Meknes - The Wine Factory – Fes
Breakfast and departure to the Factory of wine, we will spend the Half day tasting wines and olive oil, which are made from ancient pressing techniques used for thousands of years. And have lunch in a local restaurant before continuing to our accommodation in fez.
DAY 6: FES LOCAL GUIDED
You will savor breakfast together in your lovely riad. In the mid-morning, you will meet up with your guide to have a half day guided tour of the medina, one of the worlds largest walled cities! Together, explore the narrow streets and all they hold, including stops at the King’s Palace, the weavers and the tanneries. Get a feel for the culture of this unforgettable city, making memories that will last a lifetime! For lunch, you may enjoy dining in a traditional restaurant in the heart of the medina. After your lunch, you have the afternoon free to relax and recharge at the riad or explore Fes together.
Day 7: FES - Middle Atlas - Ziz Valley - Merzouga Desert
After breakfast, we will leave Fes and journey South of Morocco towards the majestic Sahara desert. Today, we will enjoy beautiful views of the middle Atlas mountains and its beautiful Berber villages. Our first stop will be at Ifrane town: built in the 1930s by French Colonization. It is tidy and modern, it feels more like Switzerland with its red-roofed houses, blooming flower beds and beautiful parks, all kept impeccably tidy.
We will journey deep through the middle Atlas mountains to Azrou; a Berber town with magnificent views of cedar and pine forests. Here, you will be able to see and hand-feed Barbary Macaque Monkeys living in Cedar Forest, the largest forest in Morocco. Lunch will be taken in a local restaurant in Midelt (the Apple city). We will the continue along the lush Ziz Valley, one of many oases that dot Morocco’s desert-like landscape, stopping for panoramic views along the way. Arriving in Merzouga at the end of the day, you’ll be welcomed with a glass of mint tea before you check into your riad.
It is located on the edge of the Erg Chebbi dunes, the highest dunes in Morocco where your camels and luxury desert camp await you. Dinner, bed and breakfast included.
Day 8 :Merzouga - Khamlia - Rissani – Erg Chebbi
Today we will explore the desert region. We will make a circuit of the desert dunes where you will have the opportunity to see the nomad's way of life and the amazing changing contrasts of the desert. We will visit the ‘black village’ of Khamlia to see the Gnawa musicians. We will have a traditional Berber pizza for lunch. In the afternoon you will prepare for departure on the camels. Once at the bivouac, you take a camel ride to
watch the sunset from the top of the dunes. Back at the bivouac, dinner and overnight in tents at the camp.
Day 9: Merzouga - Toudgha Gorges - Dades Canyon
Wake up in the early morning and climb the dunes to watch the beautiful sunrise of the Sahara desert. After breakfast in the camp, we will leave the Sahara and drive towards Dades Valley. Our first stop will be Rissani, where the Alaouite dynasty was founded - the current ruling royal family in Morocco. You will visit its traditional souk located in the city center that splits into several sectors: dates, vegetables, spices, animals, cloth, and
craft. After that, we will continue our journey passing by green palmeries and Berber villages to the 984 feet (300 m) deep Todra Gorge. We will have time to explore the gorge and relax in the cool water of the amazing Todra River. After a break for lunch, we will head west towards the Dades Valley to see majestic sand castles and the amazing rock formations known as "monkey toes." Overnight accommodation will be in your hotel overlooking the green, lush Dades valley. Dinner, bed, and breakfast.
Day 10 :Dades Canyon – Boutaghrar Piste – Ouarzazate
After breakfast a walk in the Dades Gorges is scheduled. Back to the car, the trip to Ouarzazate continues, going off-road along the Boutaghrar piste and Iat Mraou Village to visit Berber nomads in their caves and partake of a glass of herbal tea with them. From here we continue through the Valley of the Roses, famous for its Rose Festival in 20th to 25th of May, and past the kasbahs of Amridil in Skoura Palm, continue to Ouarzazate via the big lake of El Mansour Edahbi, Dinner and night in a traditional Riad.
Day 11 :Ouarzazate – Ksar Ait Ben Haddou – Telouet Kasbah – Marrakech
After breakfast, the route goes on to Ksar Ait Ben Haddou, a World Heritage site and the backdrop for many Hollywood blockbusters. It is the most famous Ksar in Morocco. From there the road continues to Telouet, along the new asphalted road. Telouet is set right in the midst of the mountains and was once the seat of the last Pasha of Marrakesh, El Glaoui, from where the highest pass in Africa, Tizi-n-Tichka was controlled. At the end of the afternoon we arrive in Marrakesh.
Day 12: Marrakech or Casablanca – DEPARTURE
Upon concluding breakfast and by your flight schedule, we will provide a seamless transfer to Marrakech International Airport. Our dedicated team will be at your service, assisting you with all necessary formalities to ensure a stress-free departure. Here, we bid you farewell, confident that your journey with the CrazyCameltour has been unforgettable, and eagerly anticipating the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
