9 Days Tour from Marrakech
- 9 Days
- Marrakech
- Comfortable Vehicle
- + 1 People
9 Days Tour from Marrakech Overview
Join us in our 9 Days Desert Tours from Marrakech to Merzouga quest for knowledge. Moroccan Imperial Cities by strolling through the narrow streets of Marrakech and Fes & Rabat Spectacular views of Atlas Mountain & Rif Mountains and enjoying the colorful souks/markets, experiencing Moroccan culture and traditions. During the tour, you will visit the desert and Sahara dunes, ride camels, visit world heritage Kasbahs, and enjoy Moroccan warmth and delicious Moroccan cuisine.
Note: At Explore Morocco Holidays, if the tours we offer do not fit your requirements, please contact us, and we will adapt a tour to your unique needs.
9 Days Tour from Marrakech Highlights
- Archaeological site of Volubilis
- Hassan’s Mosque in Casablanca
- Cedar forest of Azrou & monkeys
- Erg Chebbi dunes
- Sunset over the sand dunes
- Merzouga area & nomad Family
- Atlas Studio and Taourirt Kasbah in Ouarzazate
- UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
- Stunning views of the Atlas Mountains
Includes
- Private tour in a vehicle with air conditioning / 4×4 Toyota Prado
- Driver/ English Spanish Italian speak
- Guide local in Fes and Marrakech
- Nights on half board in hotels (room+dinner+breakfast)
- Nights in a luxury camp (dinner+breakfast)
- Camel trek in the desert
- Sand Boarding activity
- Special dinner and party around the campfire (Berber Drums)
- Pick up from airport & transfer
Not Included
- Lunches.
- Drinks.
- flight
9 Days Tour from Marrakech Itinerary
DAY 1: Arrival in Marrakech
Depending on your arrival, we will begin our 9-day desert tours from Marrakech to Merzouga, from the airport to Riad/Hotel.
DAY 2: Marrakech, Ait Ben Haddou and Ouarzazate
After breakfast in your riad, depart Marrakech for Ouarzazate via the Tizi n Tichka pass, passing through the Atlas Mountains’ spectacular highlands and mountains. There will be photo stops along the way, and then we will take a detour to Telouet to see its magnificent Kasbah, Glaoui. Following your visit to the Kasbah, you will have the option to walk through the picturesque villages and farms of the Atlas Mountains.
Then we’ll go on to Ait ben Haddou Kasbah, which has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We’ll continue on to Ouarzazate, dubbed “Hollywood of Africa” because of its topography and magnificent surroundings, which has attracted many world-class movie makers. Props from movies including The Mummy, Gladiator, and Christ’s Last Temptation are included. We will visit Kasbah Taourirt, another Kasbah of the Glaoui dynasty, which functioned as the administrator of Ouarzazate, before settling into your Riad or Hotel.
DAY 3: Ouarzazate, Skoura, Dades Valley, Todra Gorges, Erfoud and Merzouga
We travel to Todr Gorges via the Skoura Palm Grove. However, before visiting the gorges, we will pass via the Roses Valley and then continue on to the Dades Valley. Then on to Tinghir, a newly refurbished village at the foot of the Anti-Atlas Mountains, before continuing on to the Todra gorges. After lunch, we’ll drive to Merzouga, passing through Tinejdad, Touroug, and Erfoud, among other cities and villages.
You will observe the historic irrigation system known locally as “Kettarat” before arriving at Erfoud. Continue on to Erg Chebbi’s beautiful sand dunes. We will now move from our vehicle to camels, and you will be taken on a camel ride around the sand dunes, where you will be able to watch the sunset before arriving at the Berber camp, Dinner, followed by a drum show, and finally a night at the Desert Camp.
DAY 4: Merzouga, Ziz Valley, Midelt, Azrou, Ifrane and Fes
Depart after breakfast through Rissani, where you will have the opportunity to visit the local Souk (market). Then we carry on to Errachidia through the enormous Ziz valley, which is home to millions of palm trees. We continue on, passing through the Ziz gorges and onto the Middle Atlas Mountains, which provide stunning vistas.
For lunch, we will have a pit stop in Midelt. We’ll go to Fes after lunch, passing through Azrou’s cedar forest, Morocco’s largest, and stopping for photos with monkeys. Then continue to Ifrane, which is known as Morocco’s “little Switzerland” because of its European-style architecture; we arrive in Fes in the afternoon. Arrive at the riad.
DAY 5: Fes City Tour
Begin our visit in the morning by visiting the city’s most important monuments and historical landmarks, such as Medersa Bouaananiya and Karaouine University, which is regarded as the oldest Arabic university.
DAY 6: Fes, Meknes, Volubilis and Chefchaouen
After breakfast, depart for Meknes, where one may enjoy a spectacular view of the Medina. The tour starts with a walk around the walls, which include majestic gates from the seventeenth century, Bab Khemis. We continue our exploration of the city by visiting the stables (Rua), the attics (HERI), and the Stud. Stop needed at Moulay Ismail’s Mausoleum, which was for a long time Morocco’s only mosque open to non-Muslims. It then exits via the well-known Bab Mansour El on Hedim’s large square. We’ll proceed to the ancient Roman ruins of Volubilis, where we’ll spend some time seeing the 2000-year-old ruins and gaining a sense of Roman life. We’ll spend the night in Chefchaouen, the blue city.
DAY 7: Chefchaouen, Tetouan and Tanger
Having free time to roam around the blue city on your own until 12.30 a.m., after which we will pass through Tetouan, with its residences perched on the hills, and through the Rif Mountains, with its lush greenery, and spend the night in Tanger.
DAY 8: Tangier, Asilah, Rabat and Casablanca
The day will be spent touring Tanger. You’ll take a car and go on a walking tour of the city. You’ll see Cap Spartel, the Sultan’s Palace, the Necropolis, and the Hercules Caves, and you’ll have free time to stroll through Asilah’s colorful and fragrant streets and pick up a souvenir. After that, we’ll take you to Rabat. Then we visited Hassan 2 Tower, which has four different façade, three in pink and one in gray due to the sea breeze, as well as the remnants of the old mosque and the Mohamed 5 mausoleum next to the tower. We continue to Casablanca in about an hour.
DAY 9: Casablanca, Marrakech
We’ll travel to Casablanca for a guided tour of the magnificent Hassan II Mosque, we will continue to Marrakech, depending on your flight. On our 9-day desert tour from Marrakech to Merzouga, we finish our service.
9 Days Tour from Marrakech Map
⇒ Destination Overview
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Destination Overviewof 9-Day Tour from Marrakech
Marrakech
Ysuf ibn Tshufn, a member of the Almoravid dynasty, founded it in the mid-11th century, and it functioned as the Almoravid capital until the Almohads seized control in 1147. The Marnids, whose chosen capital was the northern city of Fès, took possession of Marrakech in 1269.
Ait Ben-Haddou
It is reported that, up until the 1940s, the palace was home to over 98 families. Today, only five families call Ksar home, which is unlikely. One of the families converted the home into a coffee shop, where they welcomed visitors and provided them with an overview of the way of life of the original occupants.
Dades Valley
The Nature of the Dades Valley
This wadi gorge is thought to have been at the ocean’s floor millions of years ago. Eventually, tectonic forces pushed the region upward, giving rise to the Atlas and Jebel Saghro mountain ranges.
Todra Gorge
In Morocco’s eastern High Atlas mountains, close to the town of Tinerhir, are the Todra gorges, a collection of limestone river canyons or wadis. The Todgha and nearby Dates rivers meticulously sculpted these imposing cliff-sided gorges over their last 40 kilometers as they traversed the mountains.
Rissani
The past of Rissani is legendary. Sijilmassa, the renowned capital of the desert, was located in Rissani between the 14th and the 18th centuries. It was the location of lucrative slave and gold trades. For producing leather of the highest caliber, Rissani is renowned.
Merzouga:
Legend has it that Merzouga was formerly a lush tropical jungle, but God, as punishment for families declining to assist a needy woman, transformed it into a desert. The disgraced families were purportedly buried in the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi. Initially uninhabited, Merzouga later developed into a hub for travelers carrying goods to Timbuktu.
Ziz Valley:
The massive Ziz Valley or Ziz Gorges, which begin about south of Rich in the Middle Atlas and about 30 kilometers north of Errachidia, offer a rocky route south through the Tunnel du Zaabel, which the French constructed in 1928.
Fes:
In the eighth and ninth century CE, under Idrisid control, Fez was established. It originally consisted of two independent, rival communities. Early in the ninth century, successive waves of mostly Arab immigration from Ifriqiya (Tunisia) and al-Andalus (Spain and Portugal) gave the emerging metropolis its Arab identity.
Meknes:
Meknes, an Almoravid military outpost established in the 11th century, rose to prominence under Sultan Moulay Ismail (1672–1727), the first ruler of the Alawite dynasty.
Volubilis:
On the site of a Carthaginian city from the third century B.C., the Romans constructed Volubilis in the first century A.D. It developed into a significant Roman city in North Africa. It is believed that Volubilis had 20,000 residents.
Chefchaouen:
In 1471, Moulay Ali Ben Moussa created Chefchaouen. It started out as a modest stronghold to fend off Portuguese incursions into Morocco. After the Spanish Reconquista in 1492, the Jewish people, Moriscos, and Ghomara tribes all made their homes there. In 1920, the historic town came under Spanish control and became part of Spanish Morocco.
Tangier:
The Romans ruled over what is now known as Tangier in the first century BCE. The Vandals arrived and set off on their journey across Africa from here. Tangier was an integral element of the Byzantine Empire between the fourth and fifth centuries. Early in the year 700, the Arabs arrived.
Rabat:
The Almohads established Rabat in the 12th century. Following the fall of the Almohads, the city experienced initial growth before entering a protracted period of decline. In the 17th century, Rabat became a sanctuary for Barbary pirates.
Casablanca:
In the 12th century, an Amazigh (Berber) settlement by the name of Anfa stood where it is today. Following its use as a pirate stronghold for attacking Christian vessels, the Portuguese demolished it in 1468.In 1515, the Portuguese made a comeback to the region and established Casa Branca (the “White House”) as a new settlement.
