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11 Days Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour From Casab

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11 Days Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour From Casab

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Eng, Fr, Spa-speaking professional driver/tour guide Shuttle from and to the airport Accommodation is organised at all stages of the tour City Guide: Marrakech and Fes Medina guided tour Private Transportation: 4wd or Minivan or Minibus Air-conditioned vehicle Visit to womenโ€™s cooperatives Toll road fees, fuel charges and all taxes Transport insurance An opportunity to give back and meet up with locals Camel ride in the desert Option: Some home-cooked dishes with local families, are available upon request and will be at the expense of the customer. Meals: Diner is included only in Merzouga Desert & Dades gorges Daily breakfast

Flights

Please note that while we are dedicated to facilitating every aspect of your travel experience, we do not handle flight bookings for our customers. However, we are more than happy to offer recommendations and assistance to ensure you find the best flights to complement your itinerary. Feel free to reach out to us for guidance and support in arranging your flights, and weโ€™ll gladly assist you in making the most suitable arrangements for your journey.

Meals

As part of our commitment to providing a memorable experience, we offer our customers a daily breakfast served at their accommodation. For dinner, we provide a unique dining experience under the stars in the serene settings of the desert and Dades Gorges. However, in bustling cities, we offer our guests the flexibility to choose their dining venues from a plethora of options available, though we are happy to offer recommendations upon request. For those seeking an authentic taste of Moroccan cuisine, we also arrange home-cooked meals, providing an opportunity to savor traditional dishes prepared with love by local families, enriching the cultural tapestry of your journey.

Accommodation

Unless a specific accommodation is requested, we carefully curate and recommend a selection of the finest 3-star or 4-star authentic stays throughout your journey. From quintessential Moroccan lodging nestled within bustling medinas to charming hotels and riads exuding local charm, each establishment offers a unique experience reflective of the regionโ€™s culture and heritage. In the Sahara Desert, we provide accommodations ranging from Kasbahs to Berber-style tents, complete with private baths, hot water, and exemplary service, all while adhering to sustainable management practices. Daily breakfast is included. For those opting for our Desert Camp experience, we feature spacious walk-in tents adorned with traditional Berber-style bedding or sleeping pads, ideal for two or more persons. Detailed information regarding accommodations will be provided upon completion of your booking, ensuring a seamless and tailored experience for your journey.

Guide

In our service, we deliver more than mere transportation; we provide our customers with an immersive journey guided by skilled professionals every mile of the way. Your devoted driver, who doubles as a tour guide, is proficient in English, French, and Spanish, ensuring seamless communication and insightful commentary throughout your adventure. Theyโ€™ll be your companion, not only ensuring your safety but also offering enriching perspectives on Moroccoโ€™s varied landscapes and cultural richness. Moreover, in cities such as Fes and Marrakech, we arrange for seasoned local guides to lead you through the intricate alleyways and hidden treasures, allowing for a deeper exploration of each destinationโ€™s essence. With our experienced team at your service, every moment of exploration is destined to be profound and unforgettable.

Insurance

We offer transportation insurance as part of our services to ensure a secure journey for our customers. However, itโ€™s essential to note that comprehensive travel insurance is not included in our packages. We strongly advise all travelers to arrange their own travel insurance policies to safeguard against unforeseen circumstances and provide additional peace of mind throughout their trip.

Transport

At Morocco Social Impact Travels (MSITravels), we prioritize the well-being and comfort of our valued customers. Understanding that each journey is unique, we tailor our transportation options to suit the specific needs of our travelers and the nature of their chosen tour. For adventurous off-road excursions, we provide spacious 4-wheel drive vehicles, accommodating a maximum of four passengers per car. Alternatively, for larger groups or tours that traverse more conventional routes, we offer 7-seater minivans, minibus options for groups of up to 17 travelers, and coaches for groups exceeding 17 passengers. With a range of transportation choices, we ensure a seamless and enjoyable travel experience for all our guests.

Optional

As part of our dedication to responsible tourism, weโ€™re thrilled to introduce our "Give Back" initiative, an integral aspect of our commitment to positively impact communities during your journey through Morocco. We proudly endorse the admirable efforts of Ennajah Association and Chabab Time, two non-profit organizations devoted to uplifting Moroccan society. Ennajah Association, headquartered in Zagora, focuses on sustainable development by addressing school dropout rates among girls through initiatives such as providing transportation and vital water resources to the community. Meanwhile, Chabab Time, with operations spanning across Morocco from Rabat, actively promotes youth involvement in public affairs. Moreover, we encourage our travelers to contribute to our giving efforts by donating items such as medications, clothes, or other essentials. Additionally, we may extend our support to a local Berber school by providing supplies and small toys, bringing joy and making a tangible impact on childrenโ€™s lives. We believe in offering you the chance to make a meaningful difference, nurturing genuine connections, and ensuring your visit leaves a positive imprint. As you bid farewell, youโ€™ll carry with you cherished mementos of your adventure โ€“ carpets, Argan oil, lanterns, and treasured memories โ€“ but more significantly, youโ€™ll leave behind a lasting legacy of support and solidarity for the communities youโ€™ve had the privilege to touch.

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Itinerary of your trip 11 Days Adventurous Must-Do Morocco Cultural Tour From Casab

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

      Casablanca Arrival

      It depends on your landing time. After your tour guide/driver has picked you up & dropped you off at your hotel you might like to discover some of Casablancaโ€™s sights. Notably the Hassan II Mosque which is considered to be the largest in north Africa and the third largest in the Islamic world, with its splendid esplanade and its tallest minaret in the world. It is a long reach of marble and emerald zellige rising 210 meters into the sky. Grand and timeless, the Great Mosque is constantly busy, a meeting point for Sunday strolls.

  • Day 2 Casablanca - Rabat - Chefchaouen
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Casablanca - Rabat - Chefchaouen

      If time didnโ€™t allow you to visit Casablancaโ€™s sights yesterday you must do it this morning. After we done with Casa the Moroccoโ€™s political and administrative capital will be waiting, Rabat may be short on top-drawer tourist attractions, but it compensates with plenty of charm. You will have the opportunity to explore the city in a short sojourn, first through the monumental Hassan tower with the pillared stumps of its mosque being all that remains from the earthquake of 1755. There is also the near-by Mausoleum of the royal family. Head further to north to Chefchaouen with its bright blue, Andalusian-tiled medina, with its grand red-hued Kasbah lording it over the Main square of Outa Hmam.

  • Day 3 Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Fes
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Fes

      Rise early to snap photos of the people-less streets before leaving for Fes. Stop along the way at the UNESCO protected Volubilis ruinsโ€”the Romanโ€™s farthest reach in Africa. Wander the complex, exploring merchant homes with still-intact heating systems, temples, and many mosaics in situ. Continue on to the smaller, less busy version of Fes, Meknes, for an introduction to your second historic imperial city. The two main points of interest are the Ville Impรฉriale (Imperial City) and the medina. Be sure to visit the Bab al-Mansour gate, the Mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, and the Royal Stables. Continue east to your third imperial city, Fes. With its impressively large (and somewhat confusing) old medina, Fes is a city worth getting lost in.  Before venturing into the medina, drive up the hill to take the time to visit the Merenid Tombs located just north of the city and enjoy the all-encompassing view of historic Fes and the surrounding area. Descend the hill and find your way to your riad (a traditional Moroccan house with an interior garden) where you can enjoy a delicious meal and relax for the evening.

  • Day 4 Fes Walk And Talk Guided Medina Tour
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Fes Walk And Talk Guided Medina Tour

      Do not panic the guide will show you the must-see sites. With your private Fes born and bred guide you will have the opportunity to discover the ancient breeding ground for scholars and artisans and the largest Medina of the world. Your will see the America Fondouk, Nejjarines, the Tanneries, the Medersa (Theological college) and Karaouine the first established university in the world. Your guide will shed light on many tales and 1200 years of history of this UNESCO-protected Medina, 

      Option: when you finish your visit of the Medina, we will drive you out of Fes to have a delicious house-made food in Lalla Aichaโ€™s place in Sefrou or experience a Traditional Moroccan Hammam-spa.

  • Day 5 Fes - Ifrane - Merzouga
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Fes - Ifrane - Merzouga

      An early-morning start is recommended for this day. We leave the mazing Medina of Fes with its mysteries and secrets of the 9000 alleyways head to southeast towards Merzouga and the gateway into the golden dunes of the Sahara desert. En route we will pass by the cedar forests of Ifran, the Switzerland of Morocco, where you might think that you are in the Alps. If weโ€™re lucky weโ€™ll come across the Barbary Macaques in our way to Midelt where weโ€™ll stopover for lunch. After eating we drive through the Middle Atlas Mountains to reach the Ziz Valley, which considered to be among the largest producer oasis dates in Morocco, then itโ€™s off to Merzouga with its highest dunes in Morocco, you can store any baggage while packing an overnight bag to bring along. Youโ€™ll have the chance to be accompanied by a camel and blue-turban-robed guide into the sandy seas. After hour-long camel ride you will be among the luckiest to watch the sun set over the Sahara dunes and spend a night in a Berber style tent.

  • Day 6 Merzouga - Todra Gorge - Boumalne Dades
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Merzouga - Todra Gorge - Boumalne Dades

      This morning youโ€™ll wake up with the sun shining on your face to witness what we hope is a glorious sunrise among the dunes, meanwhile to watch the light creep slowly down the dunes and pull all the world around you outside their warmth heavy mound of blankets for an early-breakfast. After an hour-ride camel back out of the desert you will depart and head for Erfoud where you can marvel at the million-year-old fossils that the area is famous for. Then heading north for a sublime experience in the Todgha gorges where weโ€™ll be stuck between the gigantic rock walls. Arriving to Dades gorges a rust-red and mauve mountains. A series of crumbling Kasbahs and Ksours line the valley in the Berber villages to the monkey Fingers Mountains. 

      If we get there earlier and you still have some energy to hike a couple of hours, we will drop-off our luggage at the hotel and get dressed for the hike.

  • Day 7 Dades - Ouarzazate - Ait Benhaddou -Marrakesh
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Dades - Ouarzazate - Ait Benhaddou -Marrakesh

      You leave Dades at 8:00am traversing the valley of roses and daggers straight to the 11th century UNESCO-protected red mud-brick ksar, which has formed the backdrop for many Hollywood movies production such as Lawrence of Arabia, Kingdom of Heaven, Jesus of Nazareth, Gladiator, Game of Thrones and many others. You might also like to explore Ouarzazate, home to Taourirt Kasbah and the ยซOuallywoodยป studio. Wind up the memorable Tizi nโ€™Tichka pass via the north Africaโ€™s highest peak, the high Atlas Mountains with the Berber villages lined beside the road to arrive to Marrakech where you will have a day-long to explore the crazed cacophony of musicians, snake charmers and vendors in the open-air famed Jamaa El Fnaa square, and the highly recommended sites with your guide.

  • Day 8 Marrakesh Walk & Talk Guided Medina Tour
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Marrakesh Walk & Talk Guided Medina Tour

      Do you want to discover Marrakech from the sky? So be ready, because today your driver will pick you up at the early morning to catch up with the Air Balloon ride for nearly an hour flight over the red city of Marrakech, enjoy the breathtaking views of the High Atlas Mountains in the background and enjoy a sunrise over red dust, palm groves, and majestic open landscapes from the sky. After having breakfast there youโ€™ll have much time to carry on your Morocco Cultural Tour with your private Marrakech born and bred guide. You embark exploring the Red City from its old part with its Medinaโ€™s skinny lanes that leads to lavish sites, tombs and religious monuments decked out in marble. Bahia and El-Badii Palace and Saadienโ€™s Tombs will be your targets. Afterward, you driver/Tour Guide will pick you up for the outside medina visit to explore the Majorelle Garden, Museum Saint Laurent, Berber Museum. While in Marrakech you will surely encounter thousands of motorcyclists and horse-carts roaming in the city and some of them pull over next the vast square of Jemaa El-Fnaa where itโ€™s carnival night every night and musicians, acrobats, storytellers and slapstick acting troupes tap into the Medina frenetic pulse.

  • Day 9 Marrakech - Essaouira
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Marrakech - Essaouira

      After having your breakfast at the Riad, youโ€™ll be picked up by your driver/tour guide around 08:00am, you will head to Essaouira. Beside the road weโ€™ll have the chance to see the tree goatsโ€™ phenomenon, before having enough time to explore Jimi Hendrixโ€™s town. Youโ€™re free to roam in the city that was once and still a haven for hippie backpackers and Gnawa musicians. You can book a local guide, if not you can start your visit by the ramparts a series of forts that were built in the 15th century around the Medina of Mogador. Inside the Medina youโ€™ll have the chance visit The Mellah (former Jewish quarter), the Moroccoโ€™s 3rd fishing port where you can have a delicious fish meal. For the sports-oriented travelers, Essaouira is a place to some fine wind and kitesurfing schools.

  • Day 10 Essaouira - Casablanca
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Essaouira - Casablanca

      Around 8am youโ€™ll head north to the 15 century Portuguese fortified city of Mazagan known now as El-Jadida, nicknamed ยซthe Deauville of Moroccoยป its Portuguese structures, fortified ramparts and a system of defense surrounding the Medina which advances out into the sea, all evoke the cityโ€™s past history. (Listed as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO), an ancient coastal town impressive testimony of Portuguese architecture. Driving north to Casablanca where you spend your last night in Morocco before leaving.

  • Day 11 Casablanca Departure
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Casablanca Departure

      Our trip comes to an end and we have to say โ€œsee you againโ€ instead of โ€œgoodbyeโ€ and we hope that you spend one of your best and unforgettable tour with us. Your driver/ Tour guide will arrange your time of departure from the hotel.

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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

Personal

Youโ€™ll be just with your guide or pilot. Examples of these activities are paragliding, sky diving, personal mountain climbing, etc.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Basic

Almost everyone is fit for these activities. Every hike or physical exercise last less than 30 minutes, such as paragliding and horseback riding. Please ask about specific conditions.

Age range

Age range

Min: 1 / Max: 99

Experience allowed to all ages.

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