Overview : 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech

DAY 1: TANGER ARRIVAL MOROCCO

For your first day of the 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech, your personal driver will come pick you up from the airport and drive you to the hotel where you will be staying. After you shower and rest for a bit, we will take you on a tour to explore all of Tangier’s interesting landmarks. Starting with the amazing caves of Hercules at Cap Spartel, we will then move to the 17th century Kasbah in the city. We can also walk around the perfect Old medina and enjoy its colorful souks.

DAY 2: TANGER – RABAT – CASABLANCA

Today, we will have breakfast then head to Casablanca city. We will give you a tour of the most important historical monuments of Morocco’s economical capital, starting with Hassan II mosque. This mosque is a stunning piece of Islamic architecture, built at the edge of the great Atlantic coast, making it the very trademark of the city and a great monument to witness during your 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech. After that, we will take you to a charming quarter called Habous, where a market for artisanal products takes place.

You will get to walk around the quiet and picture perfect streets of the souk, then we will head to the corniche to enjoy the sea breeze as a well as a plate of fresh seafood for lunch. At this point, we will be done exploring Casablanca and we will head to Rabat city, the capital of the kingdom. After visiting the afordable Hassan tower and the Oudaya Kasbah, we will finally check in at the Riad where we will be having dinner and spending the night.

DAY 3: CASABLANCA – MEKNES – FES

To begin our program of the day, your personal driver will come pick you up from the Riad to start today’s journey. Our first destination today will be the imperial city Meknes, but on our way there we will stop at Volubilis town. Volubilis is an important archeological site, since it used to be a Roman city back during the 3rd century BC. Here you can explore interesting Roman ruins such as streets, castles, houses and arches. After we are done with Volubilis, we will continue straight to Meknes where we will get a thorough guided tour.

Our 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech will visit include the city’s cultural and historical monuments such as the gate of Bab Mansour, Dar El Jamai museum, the mausoleum of Moulay Ismail, Sahrij Souani and more. You will get to experience the unique feeling of being in a traditional Moroccan Medina and walking through its streets.

DAY 4: FES GUIDED TOUR

For the next day, we will explore everything that the spiritual capital of Morocco has to offer. In fact, Fes was the first-ever imperial city founded by an Islamic dynasty in Morocco, hence why it’s considered a spiritual and holy capital. We will walk through the narrow streets of Fes’ old Medina, in order to learn more about the traditions and customs of locals, and discover the wide range of artisanal products displayed by craftsmen.

Our tour will also include, the colorful Chouara leather tanneries, and a variety of buildings showcasing the finest Arabo-Islamic architecture. After we are done with that we will explore the Jewish quarter “Mellah” as well as the modern part of the city, before finally returning to our luxury Riad.

DAY 5: FES – IFRAN – MEDILT – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA

Today, we will pick you up early in the morning in order to begin our journey towards Morocco’s Sahara Desert. Along the way, we will be driving through the Middle Atlas Mountains in our comfortable private car, which will allow you to appreciate all the scenery from mountains to rivers to scattered small villages. We will from stop by the beautiful Ifrane town, known as “the Switzerland of Morocco”, then at the cedar forests of Azrou in order to interact with the wild monkeys that live there.

We will stopping at the town of Midelt for lunch, then finally head to Erfoud town after crossing the magnificent Ziz valley. At this point, we will reach our final destination, which is the Erg Chebbi desert near Merzouga. Our camel caravan will be waiting for us, which we will ride through the sunset and head to the desert camp where we will be spending the night. You will enjoy a cozy atmosphere around a campfire and under the starry night sky, followed by a mouthwatering dinner before sleeping in your nomad tent.

DAY 6: MERZOUGA – GORGES TODRA – OUARZAZATE

Today we will wake up relatively early in order to go for one last camel trekking ride while the sun is rising, and enjoy the majestic desert scenery. After that we will return to the hotel where you can shower and have breakfast, before we start driving towards the famous Todra Gorges. On the way there we will pass by the towns of Rissani and Tinghir before finally reaching our destination.

The site, where we will also have lunch, is known for its 300 meters high gorges that attract people from all over the world. We can hike around the valley or simply walk along the Todra River, the experience will be just as interesting regardless. Finally, we will head to our final destination of the day: Ouarzazate city, where we will have dinner and spend the night.

DAY 7: OUARZAZATE – KASBAH AIT BEN HADDOU – MARRAKECH

After breakfast of our 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech, will begin exploring this highly cinematic city, which is known for being home to the famous Atlas movie studios and the Kasbah of Taourirt. After that, we will visit the famous UNESCO world heritage site: the historical Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, where many important international movies were shot (such as Gladiator, Lawrence of Arabia, the Mummy…).

Following that, we will drive to another nearby Kasbah, the Kasbah of Telouet to enjoy a Moroccan lunch in the middle of a Berber village. Finally, we will head straight to Marrakech city, by driving through the High Atlas Mountains (specifically the Tizin Tichka pass). We will arrive at the red city in the evening, and we will have dinner (traditional local Tanjia) and spend the night at a local Riad.

DAY 8: MARRAKECH GUIDED TOUR

This day will be very eventful, because we will be touring the famous Marrakech. We will start by visiting some very important locations such as, the charming Bahia Palace, the Menara gardens, the Saadian tombs (a dynasty that used to rule Morocco, which took Marrakech as its capital), and the Koutoubia mosque. At this point during the day, we will return to our Riad to enjoy a traditional delicacy for lunch.

Then we will continue our tour, this time hitting the old Medina part of the city with its colorful souks and narrow streets. As the sun starts to set, we will explore the famous Jamaa El Fna square and enjoy the traditional street arts there, before finding a spot at a terrace café to have dinner before returning to our Riad.

DAY 9: MARRAKECH DEPART MOROCCO

For the last day tour in Morocco, you might to go for some last minute shopping before we transfer you to the airport to catch your flight, end of the 9 Days Desert Tour from Tangier to Marrakech.