Morocco, The Great Desert

Morocco, The Great Desert

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INCLUSIONS

  • Guided city tour with local guides in Casablanca, Marrakech, Fez , Meknes and  Rabat
  • Tour director throughout the journey
  • Transportation in luxury coach
  • Accommodation at selected hotel class
  • Daily breakfast and 7 dinners
  • Travel insurance.

Important Notes to Remember

  • It is necessary to have the passport data at least 30 days before departure to manage the passage to Morocco
  • Only one piece of luggage per person will be accepted. Passengers must go through customs control with their luggage.
  • The itinerary of the part of Morocco can be modified without substantial variations of the services.
  • It is recommended to reconfirm the departure time at least 48 hours in advance.

DAY 1: TANGER – RABAT

Arrival to Morocco, disembark, clear customs and continue to Larache. Short break and free time. Continue to Rabat. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. (D)

DAY 2: RABAT – CASABLANCA – MARRAKECH

Breakfast at the hotel. Morning city tour visiting the important sights as the Mohamed V Mausoleum, the ruins of the Oudayas or the exteriors of the Royal Palace. Continue to Casablanca, the economic capital of the country to take a panoramic view including the Exteriors of Hassan II Mosque, and the United Nations Square. Free time in this city. Continuation to Marrakech. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. (BD)

DAY 3: MARRAKECH

Departure to visit the city called “Pearl of the South”. A tour that begins in the magnificent Menara Gardens, which has a side pavilion and an infinity of olive trees. Afterwards, visit outside the Koutoubia minaret, twin sister of the Giralda in Seville. Once inside the semi-old part of the city, there is a visit to the Bahia Palace, owned by a nobleman from the city. Finally we go to the Jmaa el Fnaa square, one of the most interesting places in Morocco from where you can access the souks and the medina. The guilds of craftsmen of wood, ceramics, leather, etc. will be the places they visit. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. (BD)

DAY 4: MARRAKECH – AIT BEN HADDOU – OUARZAZATE

Breakfast at the hotel. Early departure from Marrakesh heading south. Cross the High Atlas Mountains through the Tizi n’Tichka that connects Marrakesh with the presaharian oases. After several stops enjoying the wonderful panoramas, continue onto, Ait Ben Haddou, considered the most beautiful fortress in the country and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here famous films such as Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, Jesus of Nazareth or The Jewel of the Nile among others were filmed. Continue to Ouarzazate. Arrival, dinner and accommodation at the hotel. (BD)

DAY 5: OUARZAZATE – ERFOUD

Breakfast. Visit the Kasbahs Taourirt, located in the heart of the city. Visit the interior and the Patio de Armas. Later departure to Erfoud crossing the Dades Valley through cities like Boulmane to Kellah M “gouna with its immense palm trees and the Valley of the Roses. Arrival at the Todra Gorges, impressive geographical accident caused by the erosion of the river. Free time to discover it on your own. Continue to Erfoud, dinner and overnight at the hotel. (BD)

Optional excursions*:

  1. Sunrise in the dunes of Erg Chebbi – Excursion in a 4×4 vehicle to see the sunrise in the desert. Departure very early in the morning of the 5th day of the tour from our hotel in Erfoud to the sea of ​​dunes of Erg Chebbi, where you can see the sun’s effect at dawn and take a dromedary ride. Return to the hotel for breakfast.
  2. Night in the dunes of Erg Chebbi – Continue towards the dunes of Erg Chebbi, where you will stay in nomadic tents. You can spend the night in a heavenly place and dine the typical desert dishes. You will see the sunrise in the desert and take a 4×4 tour and a camel ride.

*If you hire this optional excursion, you cannot make use of the Erfoud hotel and there is no refund for not using the hotel in Erfoud.

DAY 6: ERFOUD – FEZ

Breakfast and depart towards Fez. Visit the Ziz River Valley with endless palm groves and houses built on mud and straw. Continue to the Middle Atlas through Errachidia and Midelt with high mountain climates and almost perpetual snow, being an incredible contrast between the heat of the desert and the snow of this place in a few kilometers. Continue to the cedar forest of Azrou to arrive at the end of the afternoon in Fez. Dinner and overnight at the hotel. (BD)

DAY 7: FEZ

After breakfast at the hotel, visit of this old city that with its 785 mosques and its splendid Medina (old city), is the intellectual and religious capital of the country. The guided tour starts with the exteriors of the Royal Palace and its 7 gates, Dar El Makhzen, old residence of the Sultan, the Bab Bojloud gate decorated with blue enameled ceramics (the color of Fes) and green (color of Islam) gives access to the walled enclosure of the Medina (old city), the largest of North Africa and declared World Heritage. During this authentic maze of more than 2,000 squares, streets and alleys that ramble endlessly, guarding some of the most beautiful buildings in Morocco: palaces, madrasas, mosques, doors, fountains, which pleasantly surprise the visitor. Plaza Es-Seffarin will be seen with its pretty fountain of beautiful pottery and in it will be engraved in the marble flowers of lis; The Karaouine Mosque, the best known in the city with its celebrated Friday prayer, holy day of the Muslims, built in the IX C. and which is the oldest religious teaching center. Also visit the district of the dyers, the tanners with spectacular colors and the Souk, where they will be assaulted by noises, smells and colors of a crowded crowd, seeming to emerge from a forgotten page of history. Return to the hotel and free afternoon. Dinner and accommodation at the hotel. At night, possibility of attending a dinner-show in a typical restaurant in La Medina. (BD)

DAY 8: FEZ – TANGER DEPARTURE

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Tangier. Transfer to the pier and aboard the ferry to return across the strait of Gibraltar back to Spain. OR AIRPORT OF TANGER

BOOKING CONDITIONS:

  • Non-Refundable / Non-Transferable deposit of USD 500.00 Per Person
  • Full Cancellation will be applied to any cancellation made 4 weeks before departure
  • Full payment should be made at least one month prior to departure
  • Please refer to our TERMS AND CONDITIONS policy
  • MINIMUM OF 20 FULL PAYING PASSENGERS TO RUN THIS PROGRAM (NOTE: PLEASE REFER TO THE FLYERS FOR THE REQUIRED NUMBERS)

RATES, TOUR PROGRAMS and SCHEDULES are subject to change if conditions demand. We reserve the right to postpone the departure if participants fall below the required number of persons or visas are not processed on time. Tour fare is based on group departure. Air tickets are based on group/discounted fares, hence, certain restrictions apply, i.e., non- endorsable, non- reroutable, with refunds, if any, subject to cancellation and other charges.

CONDITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

We, our employees, sub –agents shall be responsible only for making arrangements as your travel agent. It shall not be responsible and liable for any accident, loss, injury, and damage to property in connection with any accommodation, transportation or other services resulting directly or indirectly from any occurrence or defects of vehicles, breakdown of equipment, acts of God, strikes, civil disturbances, theft, delay or cancellation or change in the itinerary. Baggage is at the owner’s risk throughout the trip. The company shall not hold liable in any form on any health problem/s that may occur during the trip brought about by pre-existing illness/es, disclosed or undisclosed by the passenger to us. We reserve the right to terminate servicing any participant who in its opinion is prejudicing the harmony of the tour group, a burden to the group or for any reason by his/ her conduct that hinders the successful operation of the tour. Payment of reservation fee/ total tour cost shall constitute to all the provisions in the tour booking, payment and cancellation policies and conditions of responsibilities stated herein. 

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