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The Thousand Kasbahs from Fez

Day 1 – Arrival in Fez

“Las Mil Kasbah” TOUR – Circuit of 8 days (7 nights) passing through Marrakech. We propose a route that begins and ends in Fez, with enough time, not only to get to know the desert, but also to enjoy the lively life of Marrakech. 1st Day: Fez At the agreed time, we pick you up at the airport and transfer you to the hotel. Depending on the time of arrival possibility of having a first contact with the city. Dinner and accommodation in RIAD.

Day 2 – Fez – Merzouga (Desert)

After breakfast we leave Fez towards Merzouga (desert). We will stop to visit Ifrane, known as the Switzerland of Africa. We will cross the Cedros Forest, with ancient cedars and you will be able to enjoy seeing the Barbary macaques or Gibraltar monkeys. The next town will be Azrou. We will cross the Middle Atlas, passing through the Ziz Valley, where the extensive oases full of palm trees reveal, during this day of travel, the typical geography of the South of Morocco. Arrival at sunset at the door of the desert, Merzouga. Accommodation in a hostel, traditional adobe Kasbah, located at the foot of the dunes of Merzouga.

Day 3 – Merzouga – Erg Chebbi Dunes.

You are already in the desert! …enjoying the magic of the dunes… Early in the morning, when the heat is not yet strong… we take the 4×4 and go to see these lands: the lake or Dayet Srji full of flamingos, the house of a family of Gnawa or Bambara musicians, descendants of the slaves who came from Black Africa, and who will delight us with their traditional music, we will enter the dunes, where the Paris - Dakar passes, we will meet some semi-nomadic families who live as best they can in that sea of sand and stone… A real adventure!! …. In the afternoon, we return to the hotel and change the 4×4 for the 8×8 (these are camels) that will take us to the heart of the desert where we will contemplate an unforgettable sunset. Upon arrival, an excellent and restorative tea awaits you, an exquisite Berber dinner and all this enlivened with the music of the tam-tam (drums) around a bonfire, to enjoy a unique night, thanks to the large number of stars that populate the nights of the desert. We will sleep in a Berber haima.

Day 4: Merzouga – Gorges – Kasbah Ait Benhaddou

We will get up early to admire the sunrise between the dunes, we will return to Merzouga and after a good breakfast, we will pick up the 4×4 and we will go to Rissani to visit its legendary market. Then we will continue our trip and we will pass through several towns, Erfaud, Jorf, Tinjdad... We will visit the Todra and Dades Gorges, until we reach the Ait Benhaddou kasbah where we will spend the night.

Day 5 – Kasbah Ait Benhaddou – Marrakesh

After breakfast, we will visit the kasbah, (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987), a fortified enclosure within a walled town that you will surely recognize, since this citadel has been the setting for such famous films as Gladiator, Sahara, Asterix and Obelix: Cleopatra Mission. Then we will go to Marrakech through the Tizi port in Tichka (2,260 m altitude). The ascent of the port is made by a particularly winding road that offers a spectacular panorama with a multitude of colors, arriving in the early afternoon in Marrakech. Afternoon in Marrakech to enjoy the lively life that overflows the Plaza de DJemaa el Fna, dinner in the square and accommodation in a riad.

Day 6 – Marrakech-Ouzoud Waterfalls – Azrou

Breakfast and departure from Marrakech, towards the Ouzoud Waterfalls, the largest in North Africa, whose jump exceeds 100m in height, once visited these beautiful waterfalls, we will go to Azrou crossing the middle atlas passing through Kasbah Tadla and Khénifra, where We will have dinner and stay in a hotel.

Day 7 – Azrou – Fes

From Azrou to Fez it is about an hour's drive passing through Ifrane. After breakfast we will visit the Cedar Forest where we can observe monkeys, from there to Fez, where we will arrive around noon, and you will have the whole afternoon to discover the most intellectual city of the Kingdom. There are many monuments that you can visit: Medersas (Koranic Schools) Chahrij, Bouinania Attarin. Souks, Fez El-Jedid, the Karaouine Mosque (first university in the world). Dinner and accommodation in a riad, located very close to the Medina.

Day 8 – Fes – Airport

We will have breakfast and at the agreed time, we will go to the airport and end of the trip.

It includes

  • Transportation by 4×4 or minivan with air conditioning.
  • Spanish speaking driver.
  • Camel ride at sunset and sunrise.
  • Pick up and drop off at hotels outside the Medina.

Does not include

  • Lunch
  • Personal Expenses
  • Drinks

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    Borj Guemessa, Mhamid 9, 40000 Marrakech – Marruecos

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