10-Day Morocco Highlights Tour from Casablanca with Sahara Camel Ride

• Arrive at Casablanca airport and transfer to Rabat.
• Explore the option of visiting the Hassan II Mosque on a guided walking tour, followed by lunch in the Corniche coastal area.

• After breakfast, your journey begins in the political capital of Morocco, Rabat, where you will explore its most prominent sites.
• If weather permits, visit the Necropolis of Chellah, the Royal Palaces, with the possibility of entering, the Kasbah of Oudayas, the Hassan Tower, and the tombs of the royal family.
• Then drive to Chefchaouen via Ouazane, with stops along the way for drinks and fresh air.

• After breakfast in your riad, explore the Medina of Chefchaouen, a beautiful and unique city with white walls and blue doors and windows. Unlike many parts of Morocco, this city was occupied by Spain, and the influences of Spanish civilization and architecture are present everywhere.
• You will also have the opportunity to meet locals and walk through this beautiful medina.
• Have lunch in Chefchaouen (optional).
• Drive along the Rif Mountains with a brief stop at the Roman ruins of Volubilis for free time to walk and explore.
• End the tour with a visit to Fes.

• After breakfast, a local guide from Fes will accompany you as you explore the oldest imperial city in Moroccan history.
• If the weather permits, the visit will include a medersa (Koranic school), Attarin or Bou-Inania, the Quaraouiyine Mosque, founded by Fatima Bint al-Fihria in the 9th century A.D., Nejjarine Fountain and Museum, Bab Bou Jeloud - the Blue Gate, the Mausoleum of Moulay Idriss II, the Chouara tanneries, the water clock dating from the 14th century A.D., the souqs of Marrakech, traditional ceramics, and the Merenid Tombs.
• Enjoy a free afternoon to relax or wander through the streets of the old medina.

• Check in at 8 a.m. at your hotel or riad and transfer to Ifrane, known as the Moroccan Switzerland, for your first stop to enjoy its European-style atmosphere.
• Along the route, cross the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas, where you can often see Barbary macaques while enjoying the contrasts of the landscapes.
• Then stop at Midelt, famous for its apple trees, to eat at a local restaurant or do some shopping for vegetables and fruits, and have a picnic by a river.
• Continue your journey towards the gorges of the Ziz Valley, with its procession of palm trees.
• Pass through many typical Berber villages before arriving in the town of Erfoud to visit a local fossil craft workshop.
• Proceed towards the fascinating dunes of Erg Chebbi, an incredibly beautiful extension of undulating dunes, also known as the Dunes of Merzouga.

• In the morning, visit the village of Khamlia, famous for its Gnawa music, originally from the great African Sahara.
• Visit some deserted mines and share mint tea with Berber nomads in an oasis of palm trees.
• Then drive through the black desert (Hamada) and along the roads of the Dakar Rally to visit Rissani, where you can walk through the most authentic and traditional souk of Morocco, and the largest in southern Morocco. Here, you can buy all kinds of handicrafts, food and animals. Market days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. You will eat madfouna (Berber stuffed pizza) in a local family house.
• Return to the dunes of Merzouga in the afternoon, where you will ride camels for the night in a camp equipped with music in the middle of the Sahara. This is a great opportunity to take beautiful sunset and sunrise photos. At this time, you will explore the secrets of the Sahara and its unlimited horizons.

• Get up early to enjoy the first rays of sunshine over the desert. After that, have breakfast in the camp and take your camel back to the hotel to meet your driver.
• Visit the Todra Gorges for beautiful views of the canyons as you walk through them.
• Continue through Berber villages and palm groves, stopping en route for lunch at a local restaurant.
• Thereafter, cross the administrative town of Boumalen to reach the Dadès Gorges, where your journey will end in a charming hotel.

• After breakfast, drive along Kelaa Mgouna, the Valley of Roses, where the highly perfumed roses bloom in the hedges during April and May, and where you can also buy a bouquet of roses.
• Then continue to Ouarzazate, known for its film studios, which host many international film productions, and also known as the "Hollywood of Morocco".
• Follow the route along the Ounila Valley and, just 40 km from the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, see the Kasbah of Telouet, an ancient caravan route from the Sahara over the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech. It was the seat of power of the Glaoui family. King Moulay Hassan gave them political power over Morocco south of the High Atlas Mountains. The Glaoui were almost as powerful as the sultan himself. You can still visit the palace, but it is increasingly damaged and slowly collapsing. In 2010, work was underway to restore the property.
• If you get the chance on Thursday, visit the traditional souk of the Atlas village. Have lunch in the Atlas Mountains.
• Cross the Tizi-n-Tichka again to arrive in Marrakech in the late afternoon or early evening and spend the night in a riad in the Medina of Marrakech.

• The city tour includes visits to the following key sites:
  • Souks
  • The Jewish Quarter (Mellah)
  • Bahia Palace
  • Minaret and the gardens of Koutoubia
  • Saadian tombs
  • Koranic school Ben Youssef (Medersa)
  • Apothecary (Berber pharmacy of spices, herbs and oils)
  • Majorelle Gardens with a beautiful museum of Amazigh (Berber) costumes and jewellery.
• Enjoy a half-day free to experience the night in Jamaa el Fna Square.

Accommodation in a riad.

• After breakfast, transfer to Casablanca airport by motorway for your departure. End of our services.