Casablanca Trip Overview
Make the most of each moment when you travel. Explore best of Merzouga desert in 5 day Sahara Desert Tour departure Casablanca. Desert trip from casablanca include Camel Trekking. Our bespoke travel tours include Morocco tailored tours and escorted holidays that cover Imperial cities tours, cultural and eco tours, Sahara desert tours.
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* Duration: 5 days
* Starts: Casablanca, Morocco
* Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat, Morocco
Make the most of each moment when you travel. Explore best of Merzouga desert in 5 day Sahara Desert Tour departure Casablanca. Desert trip from casablanca include Camel Trekking. Our bespoke travel tours include Morocco tailored tours and escorted holidays that cover Imperial cities tours, cultural and eco tours, Sahara desert tours.
Itinerary
Day 1: CASABLANCA – MARRAKECH EXCURSION
Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
We organize private tours in Morocco to explore Sahara desert. Upon arrival at Casablanca Airport, you will be welcomed and taken to your Marrakech hotel.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Marrakech, Marrakech, Marrakech-Safi
We will have a guided tour of Marrakech. You will discover the Palace of the Bahia, the Saadian Tombs, and many other hidden treasures. After lunch, you will continue with the tour on to the magnificent Koutoubia Mosque and the famous Jemaa el-Fna, one of the centre attractions of Marrakech . Coming alive at night with the local storytellers, entertainers, and mouth-watering barbeque pits, the square is well worth a visit. The tour will conclude with an exploration of the souk (market). Dinner & accommodation in hotel.
Duration: 4 hours
No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Comfortable accommodation in local riad or hotel for best experience.
Day 2: MARRAKECH – Ait BENHADDOU – OUARZAZATE – SKOURA – DADES GORGES
Stop At: Ait Ben Haddou, Ait Ben Haddou, Souss-Massa
We organize private Morocco tours from Casablanca. Following a morning pickup from your accommodation in Marrakech, meet your guide and take the Tizi-n-Tichka pass through the Atlas mountain range, where local Berber farmers work the land as they have for centuries. Head through Ouarzazate — also known as ‘The Gate of The Sahara’ — and onward for lunch (own expense) at the UNESCO-listed Aït Benhaddou kasbah.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Ouarzazate, Ouarzazate, Draa-Tafilalet
Follow your guide on a tour of the kasbah and hear of the many famous films and photo shoots that have taken place there.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Skoura, Skoura, Beni Mellal-Khenifra
Travel onward past the palm trees and olive groves of the Skoura oasis to Kasbah Amridil and gain insight into its construction and history from your guide. Continue on through the Valley of Roses to Kelaa Mgouna, a local rose plantation. Visit one of the rose-growing cooperatives and watch as workers blend their ingredients to make rose-scented perfumes.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Boumalne Dades, Boumalne Dades, Souss-Massa
We then head on to your guest house in Boumalne du Dadès for dinner and your overnight accommodation.
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in your local riad or hotel.
• Dinner: Dinner in your local riad or hotel.
Accommodation included: Comfortable accommodation in local riad or hotel for best experience.
Day 3: DADES GORGES – TODRA – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA DESERT
Stop At: Gargantas del Todra, Tinerhir 45800 Morocco
Depart Boumalne du Dadès after breakfast and take the famous Road of 1,000 Kasbahs through the Dadès Valley. Visit one of the valley’s traditional kasbahs and listen as your guide details the role it has played in the region’s history. Head into the foothills of the High Atlas to the oasis of Tinghir and enjoy a 1-hour walk along the Todgha River, where olive groves and palm trees flourish by the riverbanks. Visit Berber villages with your guide to meet one or two of the locals, then head into the mighty Todgha Gorge for lunch (own expense).
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
Travel through the oasis towns of Erfoud and Merzouga, then meet your camel train in Erg Chebbi for the onward journey by camelback into the Sahara Desert. Enjoy beautiful views of the Saharan sunset, then arrive at your desert camp for a traditional Moroccan dinner under the stars while local nomads play traditional folk songs.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in your local riad or hotel.
• Dinner: Dinner in comfortable desert camp in Merzouga.
Accommodation included: Comfortable accommodation in local desert camp for best experience.
Day 4: MERZOUGA DESERT – FES
Stop At: Merzouga, Merzouga, Draa-Tafilalet
Wake early to watch the morning sun rising over the dunes. Enjoy breakfast in the desert, then hop back into your vehicle for the onward journey to the holy town of Rissani, the birthplace of 17th-century ruler Moulay Ali Cherif — founder of Morocco’s ruling Alaouite Dynasty.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Midelt, Midelt, Meknes-Tafilalet Region
Continue on to Midelt for lunch (own expense), then head along the Ziz River where fortified kasbahs (traditional Moroccan fortresses) lie among dense palm groves.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Ifrane, Ifrane, Fes-Meknes
Travel through the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas mountains and onward through the fertile Saiss plains, where native flora and fauna thrive.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Fes, Fes, Fes-Meknes
In the early evening, arrive at your riad or hotel in Fes .
Duration: 1 hour
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in your local riad or hotel.
Accommodation included: Comfortable accommodation in local riad or hotel for best experience.
Day 5: FES – CASABLANCA
Stop At: Fes el-Bali, Fes 30110 Morocco
After guided tour of Fes our tour finishes in concludes in Casablanca in the evening after the return drive.
Duration: 4 hours
Stop At: Casablanca, Casablanca, Casablanca-Settat
End of tour in Casablanca. Enjoy our Moroccan Desert Trips – Morocco Tours & Excursions.
Duration: 3 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast: Breakfast in your local riad or hotel.
No accommodation included on this day.
