Morocco Mountains, Steppes And Desert Absolute Tour

Once you arrive at Oujda Airport, you will meet with our tour manager, who will greet you 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.

Today you will take off to explore one of the most remote areas undocumented, 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 keeps going down 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); indeed, a place 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.

After breakfast, we will travel to the ceremonial road trekking to Figuig Oasis right on the Morocco Algerian Borderline. This is one of a less visited oasis in Morocco as it is absolutely out of tourist Radar. By far 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 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 to have an opportunity to experience life inside an oasis. In the late afternoon, we will hit the road hiking back to our camp in Bouarfa.