6-Days Tour From Casablanca to Marrakech and Merzouga Sahara

6-Day Tour From Casablanca to Marrakech Overview:

6-day tour from Casablanca that will allow you to explore Morocco’s imperial cities and middle and high Atlas mountains, Ifrane is known for its alpine-style architecture and nearby ski slopes and forests.

A stone statue of a lion, Cedar forest in Azrou the unique place where wild monkeys live in Morocco, and Ziz Valley the second longest river in the country, without forgetting the Camel trek experience and overnight stay at desert camp including Sunset & Sunrise over the dunes of Erg Chebbi.

This Casablanca to Marrakech Tour will allow you to spend more time in the Sahara, and explore the Merzouga area including a visit to the Berber nomad families…

In our 6 days Morocco itinerary, you’ll visit the traditional Weekly market of Rissani, the beautiful Todra Valley and gorge, Dades Valley and Taourirt Kasbah, Film studios in Ouarzazate as well as the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ksar Ait Benhaddou before we arrive at Marrakech.

* Duration: 6 days / 5 nights
* Departure time: 08:30 am
* Starting point: Your hotel in Casablanca
* Ending point: Your hotel in Marrakech
* Price: Depends on number of the people participating in the tour

Tour Itinerary: The Wonderful 6 Days Tour from Casablanca to Marrakech

Day 1 : Casablanca – Rabat – Meknes – Fez

We will pick up you from your hotel in Casablanca at 8:30 am and start our 6-day tour from Casablanca to Marrakech via Merzouga desert traveling to Rabat the capital of Morocco where we will visit Oudayas Kasbah, Hassan Tower…then continue to Meknes to explore its main attractions including Lahdin square, Bab Mansour…after lunch, we will travel to Fes arrival in the late afternoon drop off at your hotel/riad.


Day 2: Fes Sightseeing Tour

After breakfast in your riad, the local guide will start the tour of Fes to explore this great city, the oldest, richest, cultural, religious, spiritual, and mysterious of the tour imperial cities of Morocco, which you will notice has not suffered the passage of time, you will visit the old Jewish quarter called Mellah, and the Royal palace gate yard, where you will learn about the Jewish history in Morocco.

Your visit includes the tile art factory and then a wonderful panoramic view of the town, You will start with a walking tour within the narrow streets, visiting the famous old Tanneries, and then the Quaraouine Mosque and the University which is the oldest university in the world, the Attain Medersa, and the Najjarin Fountain and after the tour, we drive you back to your hotel/riad.


Day 3 : Fes – Atlas Mountains – Tiz’n Talghamt – Errachidia – Merzouga Desert

Today, we will pick you up at your hotel in Fes and drive to Merzouga via the middle Atlas mountains we’ll enjoy a nice drive through Berber villages. Stop in the beautiful city of Ifrane (known as “Moroccan Switzerland “), continue to Azrou the famous cedar forest where you can see the monkeys,

After we will continue to the town of Midelt where you can have a break for lunch. After that, we’ll head south to Erfoud known for fossils and its yearly festival dates market through the beautiful Ziz Valley where we’ll stop to admire a nice panoramic view with the scenery of the oasis in the afternoon we’ll reach the impressive Erg Chebbi dunes dinner and overnight stay at Hotel in Merzouga.


Day 4: Explore Merzouga area – Erg Chebbi – Camel Trek and Night at Desert Camp

The whole is spent in the desert. “Date with the sunrise”  If you are In the middle of the desert, it`s worth getting up early to contemplate the most spectacular sunrise you´ve ever seen at the top of a dune close to the camp and enjoy this landscape, which is a gift of nature. After sunrise, we return to Merzouga on the camels where a hearty breakfast is waiting for us.  

Then we`ll skirt the Erg Chebbi, a great extension of the sandy desert where we can find the Big Dune of Morocco. which is more than 250mts high. We continue then by the road that was formerly used for the “Paris – Dakar”  and ends in the mountains that limit with Angelia. Stop at Tissardmin Oasis where we can find fossil quarries still present in the area, we continue then by a road where we can see nomad settlements and learn their secrets and manners.

The next stop will be at a viewpoint to contemplate the hole, Erg Chebbi. We`ll reach then Kamilia Village, originally from Mali, where we´ll have a relaxing cup of tea meanwhile we listen to a concert of the spiritual music of Gnawa. Transfer to your accommodation and free afternoon to enjoy the town or the dunes next to the hotel to see the sunset. Dinner and night in the hotel.


Day 5: Merzouga – Todgha Gorge – Dades Valley

Today as you’re already in the desert it is worth getting up early in the morning to watch the sunrise near the camp after these lovely moments you will have breakfast and take a shower at the camp then you can ride the camels or transfer by 4WD back to the original started location where you will meet your driver.

And continue your 6 Days Tour from Casablanca, you will visit the weekly market of Rissani if it’s one of the market days ( Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday) we’ll pass through small Berber villages such as Touroug, Tinjdad, and the Tinghir where we’ll stop to admire its beautiful Todra valley full of palm trees and vegetation.

We continue to Todra Gorge located at the feet of the high Atlas Mountains a famous place for rock climbers we’ll have free time to walk through its high canyons…we’ll have a break for lunch then in the afternoon we’ll travel to Boumalne Dades and in the afternoon we’ll arrive in Dades valley, dinner and overnight stay at hotel/riad.


Day 6: Dades Valley – Ouarzazate – Ait ben Haddou- High Atlas Mountains – Marrakech

Today is the last day of our Casablanca 6-day tour our journey continues direction to Marrakech via Kalaat M’gouna, Rose Valley, and Skoura Palm Grove. We make a visit to the Kasbah Taourirte and film studios in Ouarzazate (optional) then we will drive to Ait Ben Haddou where we will visit its famous and oldest Kasbah (declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986).

Famous films have been shot in this spectacular place including Gladiator, Obelix, the Mummy, the Jewel of the Nile, Sahara with Penélope Cruz…etc free time to have lunch. We continue our trip crossing the High Atlas mountains via the highest road pass in Morocco called Tizi N’tichka at 2260 meters above sea level it offers impressive views of valleys, mountains, and many Berber villages nearby.

Arrive in the afternoon/evening in Marrakech, transfer to your hotel and your 6-day Casablanca desert tour ends.

* Pick up at your hotel in Casablanca
* Drop off at your hotel in Marrakech
* Private tour in comfortable vehicle 4WD, minivan A/C
* Experienced English-speaking driver
* 4 nights stay in a private room at the hotel ( dinner & breakfast included )

* 1-night stay at the private tent at desert camp ( dinner & breakfast included )
* Sandboarding in the dunes ( if you are interested )
* Guided city tour of Fes with a local guide
* Fuel
* Visit some interesting places along the way

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