- Duration: 12 days / 11 nights
- Departure: Morocco tours
- Type: Private, tailor-made
12-day tour from Tangier: imperial cities and the Merzouga desert
12-day tour from Tangier: a private, tailor-made trip with your own driver and a flexible itinerary.
A grand loop of Morocco starting and ending in Tangier: the north, the four imperial cities, the Sahara and the Atlantic coast.
Day 1: Tangier
Pick-up at the port or airport and transfer to your hotel. The rest of the day is free.
Day 2: Tangier – Tetouan – Chefchaouen
To Tetouan, a UNESCO site, and the “blue city” of Chefchaouen. Dinner and night in a hotel or riad.
Day 3: Chefchaouen – Volubilis – Meknes – Fes
A stroll through Chefchaouen’s lanes, then Meknes, the smallest imperial city, and the Roman ruins of Volubilis. Arrival in Fes, the spiritual capital.
Day 4: guided Fes
With a local guide: Fes el-Jdid, the Jewish quarter, the Royal Palace gates, the view from Borj Nord and the mosaic and zellige workshops. Then the medina of Fes el-Bali: a 14th-century madrasa, Al Qaraouiyine University, Seffarine coppersmiths’ square and the carpenters’ souk.
Day 5: Fes – Ifrane – Azrou – Midelt – Merzouga
Ifrane, at 1,650 m, the “Switzerland of Morocco” for its chalets, Azrou and its nature park of cedars, oaks and old volcanoes, home to monkeys. Then Midelt, the Ziz gorges and Erfoud. Mint tea and an hour by camel over the Merzouga dunes for sunset, to the camp: Berber dinner by the fire and a night in a tent.
Day 6: Merzouga excursion
Four hours with a guide: a vintage car museum in Tanamoust, the Gnawa association in Khamlia with music and tea, nomad life and Mifiss, where Berbers have long mined kohl from the mountains. Lunch with “Berber pizza” and back to the hotel. Sandboarding included.
Day 7: Merzouga – Rissani – Todra Gorges – Dades
Sunrise over the dunes, breakfast and the Rissani market, famous for its donkey market. Erfoud and the fossil workshops, the Todra Gorges, the road of a thousand kasbahs and lunch in Boutaghrar. Night in the Dades Valley.
Day 8: Dades – Valley of Roses – Skoura – Ouarzazate
Kelaa M’Gouna, the town of roses and rose water, then Skoura and the kasbah of Amridil with a panoramic lunch. Ouarzazate, “Africa’s Hollywood”, with the studios and the Taourirt kasbah. Night in a riad.
Day 9: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech
The kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO site since 1987, and over the High Atlas to Marrakech, the red city.
Day 10: Marrakech – Casablanca – Rabat
A panoramic tour of Casablanca with the Hassan II Mosque and on to Rabat, the fourth imperial city, with a visit. Dinner and night.
Day 11: Rabat – Larache – Asilah
North to Asilah, with its medina above the rocks and ever-changing murals. Dinner and night in Asilah.
Day 12: Asilah – Tangier
Transfer to Tangier airport to suit your flight. End of the tour.
Included
- Return airport transfers and pick-up at your accommodation
- 11 nights in clean accommodation, one of them at a desert camp
- Comfortable 4×4 or minivan depending on group size, and fuel
- Camel ride and sandboarding in Merzouga
- Photo stops and free time at the main sights
Not included
- Lunches and drinks
- Museum entrance fees and flights
More information
See more tours from Tangier, request a free quote or read our travellers' reviews. Merzouga on Wikipedia.
