5 days from Casablanca

5 Days touring Morocco from Casablanca

The 5-day desert tour from Casablanca to Marrakech offers a diverse array of sights and experiences. It’s a fantastic opportunity to combine both cities with exciting Sahara Desert activities. Furthermore, you can begin this 5-day adventure directly from the airport on the first day. Then, at the end of the tour, you’ll be conveniently transferred to either the airport or your hotel in Marrakech. Don’t miss out on this incredible journey! We might change do some changes on the itinerary by adding a day to make suitable for your holiday in Morocco

The highlights of the tour:

Casablanca – Hassan II Mosque, the largest Mosque in Morocco
Fes city tourCedar forest and barbary monkeys
Camping in sahara desert with sunset camel ride
Todra Gorge – Morocco’s “Grand Canyon”
Ait Benhaddou – UNESCO listed ancient Kasbah city
Admire the massive minaret, the tallest in Morocco, at the Koutoubia Mosque
Marrakech – Djemaa-el-Fna square, UNESCO-listed medina
Visit the ornate Bahia Palace and stroll through its manicured gardens

Day 1: Casablanca airport to Fes via the visit of Hassan 2 Mosque

You will be welcomed by our English-speaking driver in the airport of Mohamed 5 in Casablanca and head to Fes. If you arrive in the morning you will go to visit the most highlighted landmark in Casablanca, the Hassan 2 mosque. The work to build this mosque began in 1980. It’s built right next to the Atlantic Ocean. And after that, you will make it straight to Fes. Overnight in a Riad in the medina

Day 2: Fes to the Sahara Desert via Ifrane , Midelt , Errachidia and Erfoud

Early in the morning you will start the tour from Fes to Merzouga, the desert. You will have a stop in Ifrane ,the Moroccan Swiss style town,and via the cedar forest where you will have a stop to see the Barbery apes climbing the trees. And around 12 p.m. you will arrive Midelt ,the capital of apples. lunch in a local restaurant. Then, you continue the journey to the Tizi-n-Tlghamt pass and through the Ziz valley with its fantastic gorges, through the gorges you will stop for breaks and pictures. Then carry on and stop to visit a local fossils craft workshop. Before sunset for three hours, you will arrive in the Sahara Desert where you will enjoy a lifetime experience. Starting with riding camels into Erg chebbi sand dunes in order to the luxury camp where you will spend the night. The camel ride takes approximately 1 hour and a half with a break on top of the dunes to see the sunset.

Day 3: Sahara desert to the Dades valley through Rissani , Tinjdad and Todgha Gorge .

Early in the morning, it would be nice to get up around 6 :00am for the sunrise. And after you watch you will come back to your hotel for breakfast and a shower. Then after that you will travel to the Dades valley through Rissani ,Erfoud ,also through many Berber towns and villages. But on the way you will go to the Todra Gorges. It’s one of the most breathtaking places in Morocco. Todra Gorges is also a good place for hiking for a few hours and to see the nomads coming down the mountain to pick water from the Gorges. Then you will have lunch in a local restaurant in or outside the Gorges so as to leave for the Dades valley. Overnight in a hotel in the Dades Gorges or in the rose valley.

Day 4: The Dades valley to Marrakech via Rose valley, Ouarzazate and Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah.

This day is dedicated to begin your journey towards Ouarzazate via the High Atlas Mountains. You will start with the rose valley. If it’s springtime you will enjoy the flowers and visit one of the places where they distillate it, then continue your trip to Skoura palm oasis. In Skoura you will see a 17 century kasbah, the Ameridel Kasbah, then continue to the Moroccan Hollywood, Ouarzazate . Here, you will visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kasbah Ait Benhaddou. In typical Moroccan fashion, the true treasures must be searched out and discovered… usually off the beaten path. This setting has been used for more films than any other location in Morocco, gladiator, kingdom of heaven, and recently Odessey. In the afternoon, you will be dropped off at your riad/hotel.

Day 5: Marrakech half day tour then transfer to the airport

In the morning around 8:30 Am, you will check out from the Riad and put all your luggage in the car then start the visit of Marrakech with a local guide. You will start with the Bahia palace , walk along the streets of the medina , visit Koutoubia mosque . And after that you will be transferred to Marrakech airport