10 Days desert tour from Casablanca to Marrakech

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Overview of itinerary

The itinerary with the 10-day trip limit from Casablanca will cover the most popular and attractive places in Morocco country. The trip starts from Casablanca to Fez, and the destination is full of cultural, traditional, and historical heritage. There are several things and activities to enjoy during a trip to the Fez. Moreover, we will dive into the Merzouga desert, which is a large area to ride and hike in the sand dunes.

Here, you will also enjoy the camel ride and Berber luxury camp to spend the night. Then we will move to the next destination, Great Valley Todgha Gorges, and then we will spend the night in the Dades Gorges. After the gorgeous journey, we will look forward to Kasbah Ait ben Haddou’s amazing Fortress that Glaoui Thami builds. In the end, we will arrive at Marrakech, famous as Red City, by crossing the High peaks of Atlas Mountain. Here is the diversity of ancestral and advanced tourist sites.

Zagora Desert Tour Highlights:

Visit The Most Eminent Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca City
Old Cultural Heritage City of Medina, Royal Place
Merzouga Sahara With a Lot of Fun and Activities
Experience Towns Khamlia and Gnaoua and The Salt Mine Mifis and Mascara
Dades: Monkey Toes and Tisdrine Curves
Marrakech: Old Heritage Red City Famous For its Culture
Essaouira Coastline City: Experiences The Citadel on The Shore and Large Scale Port in Essaouira
Ouzoud Waterfalls: Experience Swimming and Natural Lush Green Waterfalls in The Mountain
Al Qarawiyyin Famous university: Oldest University in The World
Koutoubia: Bigest Mosque in Marrakech

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First Day Travel Casablanca to Fes

This spectacle 10 day trip will begin from Casablanca to an enchanting place of Fez. There are various visiting sites to explore and many activities to experience. Our first priority will be to visit the most eminent Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca city.

Secondly, we will go through Rabat Hassan Tower and Les Oudayas. After that, you will visit the beauty of Dark Age-fortified Chellah. At last, we will travel to Fez on the highway. There we will stay in a luxury beautiful riad.

Second Day Exploring Fez

On the second day, we will go through the Fez to explore it completely. After breakfast in the morning, we will travel through the car. Here are some places that will be discovered by walking. Fez has many companies that provide guided tours to facilitate the visitors.

There are many famous, excellent places to experience. Firstly, we will visit the old cultural heritage city of Medina, Royal Place. Moreover, the most famous and amazing Ksar with seven golden gates. Now, we will move toward Borj Nord on the mountain. From here, you can glimpse the whole of Medina city.

The main gate of Medina is famous as Boujloud, from where we will enter the city. Now, we will explore one of the world’s oldest universities, the University of Al Qarawiyyin. Here, you will also experience a leather factory with the title Tannery Chouara. Now we will forward to our accommodation.

3rd Day Visit Fez to Merzouga Sahara

Now, our destination is Merzouga Sahara, which offers a lot of fun and activities to experience. We will initiate our experience in the Merzouga. by visiting Ifrane City, which is a clean city in Morocco. Now, we will travel to Forest Cedar foliage. Here, you will face the funniest and cleverest creature, the monkey.

People bring different fruits and food for the monkeys. There is a lot of fun to play with monkeys. After that, we will drive to the top peak of the Atlas Mountains, covering two villages, Midelt and Rich. Now our destination is Erfoud, famous due to popular fossils and dates festivals.

4th Day Itinerary to Merzouga Tour

There, we will experience the special feature of our Morocco 10-day itinerary from Casablanca. Now, we will explore the towns Khamlia and Gnaoua, where we will entertained by local music. After that, we experienced the Salt Mine Mifis and Mascara.

Moreover, we will go to the Berber families living in the tents. We negotiate their lives, hardships, and problems. Now, our next stop is Srij Lake and Merzouga small oasis. Now, we will experience Berber wandering life on a camel ride to visit Berber camps.

There Berber people play different fun to relax you. The dune peaks are waiting for you to climb and watch the beautiful atmosphere.

5th Day Tour Merzouga to Dades

There is an old irrigation system with a well in the Fzna that we will explore with the brilliant weather. There is a variety of Berber’s clothes for both men and women. Province Tinghir contains canyons of Todgha within a short distance.

After visiting the Todgha Canyons, we move towards the Dades Valley and cross the mountain Monkey Toes and Tisdrine curves. We will divide the road as the Dades is present between the Marrakech and Merzouga.

6th Day Trip Dades to Marrakech

The Morocco 10-day trip itinerary from Casablanca will continue from Dades to Marrakech Red City. Our first stop will be Rose Valley of Kalaat Mgouna, and then we will drive to Skoura to access Ouarzazate. The Ouarzazate is popular with Atas movie studios and cinemas of the city.

After visiting Cinema City, our next generation will be Ait ben Haddaou Kasbah. The Kasbah was fortified and built by the Glaoui for the Touarges. Moreover, the Kasbah is also famous due to the shooting place. The place shot Lawrence of Arabia and Gladiator movies.

Then we will enjoy a spicy lunch, and after that, we will go to the Highest peaks of Atlas Mountain of Tichka Pass. Then, we will drive to the highest point, 2260m of the mountain, and will take an astonishing view of the road. Eventually, we will move towards the accommodation and also visit the Argan oil.

7th Day Marrakech City Tour

There is also plenty of things to do and dive into these activities for the peoples in the brilliant city of Morocco. The guided team will guide you about the trip paths, famous places, and rules of the state. There are Majorelle and Menara gardens to visit and explore these popular places in the historical Marrakech.

There is another old architectural mosque building famous by the name Mosque Koutobia. You will also explore the famous Royal tomb, Bahia Place, in the city. Additionally, you will visit royal places such as El Badi and King Palace. You can also wander the city by walking and exploring the culture and living status of the citizens.

8th Day Tour to Essaouira

You will also explore the Essaouira because it is a part of our Morocco 10-day itinerary from Casablanca. This is a day trip to Essaouira in Magador to see the magical climbing of goats on the Argan trees by using skill. The Essaouira is a coastline city with different economic values.

You will experience the Citadel on the shore and large Scale Port in Essaouira. Here you can experience swimming in the sea. You can also experience the different famous places and take a walking adventure. Eventually, we will move back towards our accommodation in the historical city of Marrakech.

9th Day For Ouzoud Waterfalls

Ouzoud waterfalls are famous falls in the state. Visitors prefer to visit these falls to enjoy the natural paradise in Morocco. We will see these waterfalls in the Ouzoud to enjoy time in the brilliant, attractive sites. Families also find this attraction to relax and enjoy. You can swim in the bottom of the cascade. There is a river at the bottom of the waterfall

10th and Last Day of Itinerary Marrakech to Casablanca

It is the last day of Morocco’s 10-day itinerary from Casablanca, so we will move toward Casablanca city. We wish you good luck so that you visit again a stunning journey to the Moroccan state.

Destination experience and overview

Casablanca

It will be the starting point of our Casablanca desert tours and Casablanca is famous as the economic city of the Moroccan state. Therefore, our Morocco 10 days itinerary will start from here to explore it completely.

There is second second-largest mosque in Africa called THE Hassan II mosque with 210 meters. It is the only mosque in Morocco that allows the visitors to discover it and enter it. It was built by King Hassan II its minaret is the 7th largest in the world.

Casablanca also has a tourist place popular as Cornish of Ain Diab. it is the vibrant lace where you can search restaurants and local food cafes. Furthermore, you can also breathe in fresh air and enjoy the sunset.

Fez First Capital of Morocco

Fes is a well-deserving tourist destination with a wealth of cultural activities. Fes is a significant Moroccan city and, before Marrakech, Meknes, and Rabat, served as the country’s first capital. It currently ranks as one of Morocco’s four historical imperial cities. Not to note, the Idrisid dynasty founded this city in 789. Fes has a lot to offer in terms of travel. Fes is divided into three sections: the Mellah, the Old City, also known as Fes El Bali. The area with the most visitors is the old portion, which contains tourist attractions:

Blue Gate Bab Boujloud

The gate of Boujloud is the main gate or the entrance to the old medina. It was admirably created in 1913 and is beautiful to photograph. There are 10 additional gates, though. Bali. The area with the most visitors is the old portion, which contains tourist attractions:

Madrasa Attrine And Bou Inania

Marinid Sultan Uthman II Abu Said built Madrasa Attarine in 1323 and the Madrasa refers to the school. The Attarine originates from the spices that are sold because there are souqs or markets for the spices. The Madrasa Attrine found near the Al Qarawiyyin. It is famous for its vastness and the highest feature of the Marinid design and architecture.

Madrasa Bou Inania was based on the Marinid ruler Abu Inan Faris of Morocco in 1351. There is a large similarity between the Medrasa Attrine and Bou Inania.

Al Qarawiyyin Famous University

The University was built by Fatima el Fihari in 859 as the first Mosque and should be visited. Then its status changed into a university and now it is considered the oldest functional university in the world. Its age is more than Alama Mater Studiorum in Italy Bologna. In the start, Qarawiyyin was a mosque therefore, the internet shows Alama older than the Al Qarawiyyin.

Choura Tannery and King’s Place

In Fes, leather is produced in three large tanneries. The Chouara tannery, however, is the best, most popular, and biggest. It was constructed in the eleventh century, and villagers still walk barefoot over skins in the dyeing pit there.

Fes is fortunate to have two palaces erected by King Mohammed V. Not to add that he has 12 of them scattered over Morocco. One of these two, El Mellah, which is close to the Jewish neighborhood is expertly constructed and has seven golden gates.

The Centerpiece Merzouga

The small town in the Sahara Desert is the central piece of our Morocco 10 days Trip itinerary from Casablanca. We will enjoy and expect plenty of activities to do.

The erg Chebbi is a famous place due to its Large sand dunes for the camel ride so camel riding is the first activity to do. Moreover, you can also reserve a circuit with a camel to live like Touaregs.

The people who love camel trekking in the Merzouga dunes, spent overnight in Berber tents. We can experience the nomad life of the Berber people’s travel for a time in the Sahara desert.

There is Lake Srij to visit and explore the Merzouga with the migrated birds. We suggest the massive village of Khamlia for music lovers. There is a variety of Krakebs and drums and we can enjoy it with the Gnaoua people

We will experience nomads living in the Sahara dunes. We will also explore how they spent life with their herd.

Dades and Todga Gorges

One of the amazing sights to explore on our 10-day tour of Morocco is the gorges of Todgha Gorges. There is a river crossing located in the middle of these 300-meter-high canyons. Additionally, the flow of water over the rocks there is so strong that it manages to do so without frequently drying out. Additionally, some individuals who enjoy climbing and trekking visit the area for picnics.

The Dades Gorges, which are located halfway between Marrakech and Merzouga in the Sahara Desert, are also worth seeing. Because it takes more than 7 hours to drive between the two cities, some people choose to split the route and spend the night here. The canyons in this area are renowned.

Ouallywood of Africa Ouarzazate

Ouarzazate is the entrance point for the Sahara Desert. It has two words Ouar “without” and the word Zazate stands for “noise” which means city without noise. The city is famous due to its cinema and shooting place in Morocco. You will visit these marvelous attractions in Morocco 10 days Trip itinerary from Casablanca

Our trip includes this astonishing place and you can buy a ticket to visit the cinema studios and shoot sites in Atlas. The place has hosted several movies as a shooting place such as Lawrence of Arabia.

Additionally, the Ouarzazate is also popular due to its stunning Kasbah of tourists which was based on the Glaoui Thami in the 19th century.

Moreover, the city is located near the Sahara, and its temperature to 48c in the summer. The government trying to fix the solar system to increase the energy reserve.

The Ait Benhaddou Kasbah

There are several Kasbahs in the country but the most visited is Kasbah Ait Benhaddou. There are no charges to visit the Kasbah ait benhaddou and the real Kasab which means Bamboo in the Berber language. They also use the term Ksar but it is not right it is used for a place in Arabic

The ait Ben Haddou is worth a place to hike you will also see that the buildings are made of clay and straw. Here you will also go through small houses of the Touarges famous for their trading slat, mascara, cole, and other items.

The term Tombouctou 52 has been used for traders who travel to several South African countries. They also travel to Morocco to trade in Rissani, ait Ben Hadaou, Marrakech, and other trading places.

There are main gates to enter the Kasbah one is Oued El Maleh to cross the river. The river is salty according to Touaregs who traded in it.Most important the kasbah is also famous and suitable for movie shooting.

Marrakech

The city that receives the most tourists is Marrakech. Due to its color, it is also known as the red city and the tourist city. This large city, which was the capital of Morocco after Fes and before Meknes and Rabat, is one of the imperial cities of Morocco. Yusuf ibn Tashfin also established the city in 1062. There are numerous sights and activities here.

Jemaa el Fnaa Square

First, Jemaa el-Fnaa Square in Marrakech is well-known. Snake charmers and performers of the Halka “street performance” have been spotted here since the eleventh. Additionally, since it is the city’s market or souk, you can find individuals selling a variety of goods there.

Second, there is a mosque not distant from the Jemaa el Fnaa square.

Koutoubia

About Koutoubia. Also known as Kutubiyya, this mosque is the biggest in Marrakech and has a minaret that rises to a height of around 773 meters. Non-Muslims are not, however, permitted in. Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca is the only mosque that is permitted for that.

Gueliz Garden

Third, in Marrakech’s newest neighborhood, Gueliz is a stunning garden known as Majorelle that is perfect for art lovers. John Jacques Majorelle created this art gallery as a tribute to Marrakech and Morocco in general. Also, remember that it took this French artist around 40 years to create the garden.

What's Included?

Pick up from your hotel/Airport
Private modern transportation with A/C
English speaking driver/guide
Private tent at our desert camp
Dinner
Breakfasat
Camel riding

This tour is a must-do for anyone looking for an authentic Moroccan adventure. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and helpful, and we visited many amazing places, including the High Atlas Mountains, the Draa Valley, and the Zagora Desert. The camel trek was a highlight, and the luxury desert camp was incredible.

Anasua B

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