Day 1: Rabat

Upon arrival at Rabat airport, our team will pick you up and drive yo to the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 2: Rabat – Volubilis – Meknes – Fez

Departure from Rabat at 9 am to the Roman ruins of Volubilis, where we will visit the Gallic baths, the forum, and the ancient capital. We continue to Meknes where we enter through the monumental Bab Mansour Gate. In Meknes, you can visit the Moulay Ismail Mausoleum, one of the most impressive buildings in the city. Depending on the length of the visit, we may enter and visit the ornate burial chambers. Finally, we arrive in Morocco’s oldest city: Fez. 

Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Fez

This day is dedicated to the discovery of the ancient city. We meet at 10 am for a guided tour. 

A visit to Fez is like a journey back in time: a well-preserved medieval city with its narrow streets – barely wide enough for donkeys – bazaars and an old medina surrounded by a continuous series of ramparts and gates. Medersa Attarin, the Nejarin Fountain, Medersa Bu-Inania, and the tanneries are among the main attractions in Fez. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 4: Fez – Merzouga 

Departure from Fez in the direction of IFRAN. Crossing the High Atlas with AZROU and passing by the largest cedar forest in North Africa. Then the MIDELT pass, then crossing the ERRAHIDIA dam, the magnificent panorama of the ZIZ valley, crossing the town of ERFOUD. Then we’ll drive to the dunes of ERG CHEBBI, take camels to the bivouac (in nomadic tents) in the middle of the desert, and enjoy the sunset in the immensity of the dunes. Overnight in the desert in a bivouac at the foot of the dunes.

Day 5: Merzouga – Dades Gorge

After sunrise 1-hour camel ride to a nearby lodge, where you can take a shower and have breakfast. 

The route then leaves the desert and leads to Rissani, where you can visit an ancient fortress and kasbah. After lunch, the journey continues through an area rich in fossils, small villages, and oases to the town of Tingerhir. We will take you to Todra Gorge’s cliffs and Dades Gorge’s cliffs. There you will have dinner and spend the night in a charming riverside guesthouse. 

Day 6: Dades Gorge – Caves – Skoura – Ouarzazate

After breakfast, we leave the road to visit the caves on the mountainside where the nomads live, have a glass of tea, and then go for a walk. We will then travel to the oasis of Skoura with its palm trees and ancient kasbahs before arriving in Ouarzazate where we will have dinner and spend the night in a hotel.

Day 7: Ouarzazate – Ait Ben Haddou – Marrakech 

After breakfast, drive across the Tiz’n Tichka Pass (2,260 m) on a winding road through spectacular views, Berber villages, and ever-changing scenery to Marrakech. Lunch on the way to the top of Tishka. Along the mountain road, we will drive through Ait Ben Haddou to visit with a local guide the magnificent Kasbah, a fortified 11th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then continue along the narrow road to the ancient kasbah of Glaoui in Teloué. 

Arrive in Marrakech in the afternoon.