Morocco Family Experience Tour Packages -11day

Marrakech Best Family Adventures: Cities, Atlas Sahara & Hiking -11 days

Morocco Best Family  Holiday Tours & Adventures Itinerary –  Family experience in Morocco offers fabulous experiences in Morocco´s most attractive Corners.

The adventure starts from Marrakech, down to the Atlantic ocean, the Atlas mountains; The Berber villages of the countryside and into the Sahara Desert itself. There is also one very unique stay in the Sahara dunes where we travel in and out by camel and stay in a Bedouin style camp.

Morocco Family Holidays, can be customized to suit you, 3, 6, 15 days. Each day offers completely different scenery – integrating as much of the culture and scenery possible. At times, your guide will offer free interpretive visits to monuments and/or historic or cultural attractions both during the day and in the evenings.

Morocco family Tour to desert with camel trek, begins and ends in Marrakech, making international air travel very affordable. Our Marrakesh to Marrakesh Sahara desert Tour transfers in the form of Private A/C Toyota land Cruiser, or deluxe Van, Qualified Guides, Conditioned typical hotels.

DAY 1: WELCOME TO MOROCCO

Welcome to Morocco! On arrival at Marrakech Airport, you will be met by a Premium Morocco Tours representative and transferred to your hotel. While this is an arrival day and you may arrive at any time, please note that hotel rooms are generally only available after midday, and that there will a Welcome Meeting with your leader tonight. Transfer to a Hotel to spend the night.

Notes: Please be aware that some travellers in Marrakech are being approached by locals offering excursions before their Premium Tours trip commences. This has been particularly prevalent in and around the hotels used by Premium Tours. These guides are in no way connected to Premium Morocco Tours and we cannot guarantee the safety or quality standards of their tours. We strongly advise customers not to join any tour offered by unauthorised guides. Premium Tours assesses the safety of all optional excursions offered by our tour leaders. If you would like more information on the excursions available, please contact us before you travel or see the Premium Tours.

Option to explore the Djemaa El Fna Square in the evening on your own. There are food vendors in the square and many restaurants to choose from.

Spend the night at a charming riad in Marrakech with a swimming pool & medina views.

Accommodation: Riad ( 2 Nights)

Activities : Airport Transfer to Marrakech

Meals Included : Breakfast

DAY 2: MARRAKECH EXPLORATION

Meet your guide at 9am and Enjoy a guided city tour of Marrakech “Paris of the Sahara” as Winston Churchill once described it. Stop first at the Koutoubia Mosque, which is an old monument built under the reign of the Almohad Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur (1184 to 1199). This monument inspired other buildings such as the Giralda in Seville in Spain and the Hassan Tower in Rabat. Stop next at the Bahia Palace. This Palace was built in the late 19th century and was intended to capture the essence of the Islamic and Moroccan style. Visit Madrasa Ben Youssef after that. This Coranic school is named after the Almoravid Sultan Ali Ibn Yusuf (reigned 1106–1142). Madrasa Ben Youssef is the largest in all of Morocco. Stop next at the Saadian tombs, which is a site that dates back to the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur (1578-1603). The tombs were discovered in 1917 and were restored by the Beaux-arts service. Optional lunch at a local restaurant. Continue the tour with the world famous Jema El Fna Square where you will enjoy amazing performance of traditional activities by storytellers, snake charmers, peddlers of traditional medicines. Your last stop is the bustling souks in the Medina.

Activities

Guided walking tour Marrakech

Bahia Palace

Souks

Jamaa lfna & Koutoubia

Coranic medrassa ben youssef

Jewish Monuments and Heritage Tour

Meals Included : Breakfast /

DAY 3: MARRAKECH – ESSAOUIRA

Morning departure from your hotel. Take the road to Essaouira.

Journey to the former Portuguese fishing village of Essaouira passing roadside towns and Berber village. During the ’60s and ’70s, Essaouira was a pit stop on the hippie trek from Marrakesh.

Visit this sea-side medieval town that boasts lovely white-washed and blue-shuttered houses, colonnades, thuya wood workshops, art galleries and mouthwatering seafood.

Explore Essaouira, the sea-side medieval town with lovely white-washed and blue-shuttered houses is enchanting. Learn about the local tradition of thuya wood workshops, roam the art galleries, and enjoy fresh seafood. Once called Mogador by European sailors and traders, Essaouria is known for its annual Gnaoua Music Festival that attracts 300,000+ people in June. It also has an expansive beach for surfing called Plage de Safi.

Take a stroll along the sunlit pedestrian main square, Place Prince Moulay el Hassan, and then on to Skala du Port, the fishing harbor, offers breathtaking views of the Portuguese ramparts. Explore the ramparts, the spice and jewelry souks of the medina, and the Jewish Mellah. The medina of Essaouira is a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it is a well-preserved example of a late-18th century fortified town.

Have lunch at the fish grill cafes with wooden tables and benches laid out overlooking the sea.

After lunch visit Orson Welles’ Square and memorial, designed by Samir Mustapha, one of the towns artists, which pays homage to the filming of Othello in Essouaria.

For a side trip within Essaouira consider a visit to Ranch de Diabat, located in the small village Diabat. Ranch de Diabat arranges luxury camel or horse trekking for 2 hours or several days.

in Essaouira to try kayaking, kite surfing, wind surfing, or relaxing on the beach.

Accommodation : http://www.riad-maisondusud.com/

Activites : Guided walking tour of Essaouira

Meals Included : Breakfast /

DAY 4: ESSAOUIRA – AGADIR – TAROUDANT

9am Pick up at your hotel. drive along the Atlantic ocean, see enourmous argan trees.

Visit the Valley of the Birds, a pleasant and verdant park that draws in migrating birds throughout the year. The park, with a zoo and aviary, is wonderful for children and adults.

Next, visit the Agadir Kasbah. The Agadir Kasbah was built in 1540 by the Saadian Sultan Mohammed ech-Cheikh. The grassy area below the kasbah, Ancienne Talborjt, covers the remains of Agadir’s old medina which was destroyed in the 1960 earthquake.

By the roadside you will see argan trees with their gnarled and twisted trunks. This tree is native to south-west Morocco and produces nuts that are the source of a rich and tasty oil.

Stop to visit the outer ramparts and then take a short break at Jnane Soussia restaurant for refreshments.

Visit an Argan Oil Cooperative and see how argan nuts and ground into argan oil and argan butter. Sample and shop for products made from argan oil.

Afterwards, explore the medina and visit the excellent Taroudant souks. The Berber market in Taroudant sells vegetables and spices, as well as clothes and household goods, while the Arab souk specializes in handicrafts such as terracotta, wrought iron, pottery, brass, copper, leather, carpets, and jewelry

Visit the ancient walls of Taroudant that extend around the entire city and Place al Alouvine, a large central square and the heart of the medina.

Have lunch at a charming cafe in the old city, or at the Riad Zitoune restaurant with an interior palmerie and gardens.

Accommodation : http://www.riad-tafilag.com/

Activites : Guided walking tour of Essaouira

Meals Included : Breakfast /

DAY 5: ANTI ATLAS MOUNTAINS – OUARZAZATE

We start our Desert journey through the Saharan landscapes of both the Hamada (stone desert) and Erg (dune desert).  Our first visits include : ANTI Atlas mountains, volcanic range dating back to 3,5 Billion years, discover traditional Berber villages and Terraces, This area is also known for the quality of its Safran and Olive oil, drive the down the anti Atlas to Ait Benhadou via Taznakht Villag the capital of the anti atlas, , discover the pacha glaoui kasbah and the authentic villages of Ounila, ex-caravan route with 100 of kasbah, we arrive to the most spectacular Unesco Site in the southern Morocco, a walk to discover the Kasbah where Gladiator, Game of thrones, Lawrence of Arabia and many other moveies were shot, discover the beautiful berber Archeticture, Lunch in a local restaurant and set off for Ouarzazate Largest saharan center, Moroccan Hollywood, Visit the Cinema Museum, opportunity to shop in a super Market…

Getting to Ouarzazate (Hollywood of Africa, Noiselessly town, The door of the desert), is a city situated in the middle of a bare plateau, south of the High Atlas Mountains. It is mainly inhabited by Berbers, who constructed many of the prominent kasbahs and building for which the area is known. One of those building is Taourirt Kasbah diverted in 17th century.

Why this town is nicknamed as Hollywood of Africa? Simply because it has been noted as a film-making location, with Morocco’s biggest studios inviting many international film companies to shoot their movies like: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Living Daylights (1987), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Martin Scorsese’s Kundun (1997) and Babel (2005).

Accommodation: http://www.darchamaa.com/

Activities

Visit Ouarzazate

Visit Cinema Museum

Visit Studios

Ait benhaddou Kasbah

Meals Included : Breakfast / Dinner

DAY 6: OUARZAZATE – DADES VALLEY – TODGHA GORGE – TINGHIR – SAHARA

Morning departure from your riad or hotel in Ouarzazate.

Zagora is a Sahara Desert town in the southern Draa Valley. Zagora is favored by travelers for its desert dunes, palms, 45 varieties of dates, and Hollywood sunset mountain backdrops. Take the piste to discover the land where caravans once transported sugar, tea, dates, and other dry goods to Ouarzazate.

Visit Kasbah Tamnougalt. Kasbah Tamnougalt is a landmark with its soaring spaces built of red pise (mud), tunnels, and Kasbahs. Kasbah Tamnougalt also has a large Jewish quarter, or mellah.

Walk the palmerie and hamlet set amid lemon, almond, and olive trees. Then wander the gardens of the village. Visit the former Mellah (Jewish quarter), where a mosque now stands. Amazrou is inhabited by Arabs, Haratines, and Berbers who continue the Jewish tradition of silver making. Amazraou, also home to the old Jewish Kasbah, was once the center of life for a community of talented jewelers. Most of the Jewish people are no longer there, however Berber craftsmen have taken over the jewelry tradition and their workshops are open to the public.

Arrive in Merzouga before sunset. Venture out on a 2 hour dromedary camel trek to watch the sunset in the Erg Chebbi Dunes. Your Tuareg guide will share the secrets of the Sahara Desert. As you glide across the silent desert landscape there will be countless opportunities to photograph the endless rolling dunes. Enjoy dinner and music at a luxury bivouac in the Sahara Desert.

Spend the night in a luxury bivouac tent near the Oasis in the Erg Chebbi Dunes of Merzouga or at a luxury desert guest house.

Accommodation : www.bivouac-azawad.com (private shower & Bathroom)

Activities:

Visit Todra & Dades gorge

Visit Underground Channels

Fossils

Camel Trekking

Overnight Desert Camp

Meals Included : Breakfast / Dinner

DAY 7: MERZOUGA – RISSANI – TODGHA GORGES – OUARZAZATE (280 KM)

Visiting Errisani and the Mausoleum of the founder of the Alaouite Dynasty of Morocco, Moulay Ali Chrif in the 17th century. This silent town was the ancient capital of Tafilalet and its location as a crossroads between north and south brought the city to an important status of a former major caravan center. Up to now Rissani remains a major commercial center in the region, with a large souk, particularly lively today on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sunday. It was noted for its leather and goat skin trading in ancient ages.

127 km from Errisani the great canyons of Morocco Todgha Gorges are situated beyond the central high Atlas Mountains. Here, the contrasting landscapes remind visitors of the Colorado, with its high plateau, its gorges and great canyons, and its peaks sometimes splintered by erosion. Several peaks in this area exceed 4000 m, with Jbel Saghro 2500 m and Jbel Mgoun at 4068 m being the highest peak in this part of the High Atlas. The area is populated by Berbers. Here you can enjoy a hike among those fabulous canyons.

Today we go along the road of 1000 kasbahs, since there are enormous Kasbahs on both sides of the road. Some of those old fortified houses are restored but unfortunately a lot of them are ruins. We drive up to visit the Dades gorge & valley, and we head to the Berber family for tea, cooking course, a walk to discover the valley and spend some time wit the Berbers. we drive along the Dades valley which rises in the High Atlas Mountains, giving life to a huge Berber community by its rich agriculture. Along this valley another valley called valley of roses appearing with the green colors of its Alfalfa plants, olive trees, fig trees and grapes. This valley gives birth to a rose from which locals produces different cosmetic products like soap, perfumes and skin creams. Locals here celebrate this rose by organizing a national festival eachend of April. Getting to Ouarzazate (Hollywood of Africa, Noiselessly town, The door of the desert), is a city situated in the middle of a bare plateau, south of the High Atlas Mountains. It is mainly inhabited by Berbers, who constructed many of the prominent kasbahs and building for which the area is known. One of those building is Taourirt Kasbah diverted in 17th century.

Accommodation : http://www.darchamaa.com / OR / Riad Tama

Activities

Guided walking tour of the valley and Gorge

Berber family

Carpets co-operative

Meals Included : Breakfast / Dinner

DAY 8: OUARZAZATE – MARRAKECH (200 KM)

Why this town is nicknamed as Hollywood of Africa? Simply because it has been noted as a film-making location, with Morocco’s biggest studios inviting many international film companies to shoot their movies like: Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Living Daylights (1987), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), The Mummy (1999), Gladiator (2000), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Martin Scorsese’s Kundun (1997) and Babel (2005).

We start our day visiting the fortified city of Aït Benhaddou, built in the 11th century. Once up on a time this Kasbah was the former caravan route between the Sahara and Marrakesh. It is situated on a hill along the Ounila River and has some beautiful examples of kasbahs, which unfortunately sustain damage during each rainstorm and windstorms. Most of the town’s inhabitants now live in a more modern village at the other side of the river; however, around five families are still living within this Kasbah.

Aït Benhaddou Kasbah has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987 and several films have been shot there, including Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Time Bandits (1981), The Jewel of the Nile (1985), Kundun (1997), Gladiator (2000) and Alexander (2004). From this beautiful fortified house we head west to the city of Marrakech. It is called the “Homeland of God in Berber”. The ramparts of the town are nearly 30 kilometers long.

Accommodation : Hotel / Riad

Activities

Visit Cinema Museum

Visit Studios

Ait Benhaddou Kasbah

Meals Included : Breakfast

Day 09 FREE DAY IN MARRAKECH

Free day and Last day in Marrakech, free time for Massage Spa, Shoppoing souvenirs. Last chance to visit the Souks and Marrakech Attraction before your Holiday ends afetr a memorable experience.

Included Activities : Free time

Meals Included : Breakfast

Optional Massage can be arranged 40 euro per person

DAY 10: AIRPORT TRANSFER

Your trip ends today after breakfast. Check-out time is usually around midday and you are free to leave at any time. We will arrange a private airport transfer you will be advised of the pick-up time.

Activities

Airport Transfer

Meals Included: Breakfast

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Visited Places

• Marrakech
• Essaouira
• High Atlas
• Draa Valley
• Tizi n’Tichka Pass
• Ait Benhaddou Kasbah
• Ouarzazate
• Valley of roses & Todra Gorge
• Errissani Dates Markets
• Erfoud
• Berber village
• Sahara Desert

Travel Experience

• Moroccan Culture & People, Food & History
• Berber family
• Camel trekking
• Berber music and animation
• Sleeping in desert camp
• Walking and Adventure Activities
• Family Experience and Educational Program

Pick Up : Pick up at your Hotel in Casablanca ()

Drop Off : Drop off at Your Marrakesh Hotel

What’s included?

• A very comfortable and air conditioned vehicle
• Fuel for entire journey
• English speaking guide (you can specify other languages)
• Pick up from Airport
• All nights accommodations in mentioned Hotels OR SIMILAR
• Berber music and animation
• Dinners and Breakfasts see itinerary
• Marrakech Medina City Tour
• Camel Trekking
• Visit to Oasis Museum
• Visit to Tamgrout pottery village & coranic school
• Visit to Ait benhaddou
• Real life experiences

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What’s not included?

• • Flights & Travel insurance
  • Drinks, Lunches, Dinners
  • Tips for Team, Monument Tickets
  • Extra & what’s not mentioned in included

Essential Information:

Why Us?:

– Your hotel Pick-up, so you spend the maximum time exploring real & Authentic, Sahara Desert & Atlas Mountains, Private tour at your own pace

– Top Rated tour, with 5 star customer feedback and a Excellence reviews from Trip Advisor

– One guide that is with you from the moment you arrive in Morocco until you leave, taking care of your entire trip.

Travel Preparation:

The list below is a suggestion of what you might find useful to take on this trip. It is not an exhaustive packing list. If you need further advice, please contact us or consult your nearest outdoor store.

Clothing & Footwear:

• Comfortable walking clothes that are suitable for layering
• Fleece jacket/warm jumper
• Lightweight raincoat/windbreaker
• Comfortable shoes for walking
• Sandals/flip-flops
• Synthetic/woollen socks
• Hat
• Swimsuit
• Sarong/scarf/loose cotton trousers that can easily be pulled on over shorts to cover shoulders/legs when walking through villages

Equipment:

• 3 season sleeping bag
• Day pack
• Beach towel
• Water bottle/hydration bladder
• Water purification pen/tablets
• Sunglasses
• Head torch
• Camera, memory card and charger
• Spare batteries
• Personal items (including hand sanitiser, lip balm, microfibre towel, sunscreen, toilet paper, toiletries, wet wipes etc)
• Medicine and copy of doctor’s prescription which states medication and quantity carried
• Personal first aid kit (including blister tape, insect repellant, oral rehydration salts, plasters, tweezers, diarrhoea tablets etc)
• Rubbish bag