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8
DAY CARAVAN ROAD ADVENTURE
Day 1: We
board our Royal Air Maroc jet at the JFK Airport in New York, for our 6
hour nonstop flight to Casablanca.
Day 2: Upon
arrival at Mohamed, VI Airport, we will transfer to our flight for
Marrakech. Our staff will meet you at the Menara Airport in
Marrakech, assist you with customs and escort you to the hotel. Check
into the hotel, have lunch and a rest. In the afternoon, you will start
to explore the Imperial City of Marrakech. There is much to see in this
great city which Winston Churchill called "the most beautiful place in
the world at sunset". You will visit the Koutoubia Mosque with its
Minaret, walk through the famous place of Djemaa-el Fna with its circus
atmosphere of itinerant dancers, jugglers, acrobats, storytellers,
snake charmers, medicine men, and the public scribes. Return to the
hotel.
Day 3:
After breakfast, you will continue your visit in Marrakech to see the
beautiful Bahia Palace, the hidden tombs of the Saadian Dynasty, and
the Ben Yousef Medrassa, which is the Koranic school in Marrakech.
Lunch will be at one of the traditional restaurants in the old Medina.
In the afternoon, you will visit the Menara Gardens and its Pavilion,
the Majurelle Gardens, and you will walk through the Souks where you
will see some of the age old guilds at work, doing woodworking, iron
crafts, and making caftans, babouch (shoes) makers.
Day 4:
After breakfast, you will check out the hotel and depart for Ouarzazate
via one of the highest passes in the Atlas Mountains, Tizi-n-Tischka,
which is 2260 meters at the top, you will stop to enjoy the "Berber
whiskey" (Moroccan tea). Along the way you will see the traditional
Berber farmers using the terraced style of planting for their farms on
the mountains side. Before arriving to Ouarzazate you will visit the
old village of Ait Ben Haddou. It is used as the location site for
movies such as "The Jewell of the Nile" and "Lawrence of Arabia".
Arrive into Ouarzazate and check into the hotel.
Day 5:
After breakfast, you will drive further towards the Sahara desert via
the beautiful Todra Gorge where you will stop for lunch, after that,
you will continue through Erfoud, ZiZ and Tafilalet Valley. Arrive into
Merzouga, you will meet with our camel team leader Ichou. The animals
are loaded up and you will ride off into the ocean of sand at the
sunset. After two and half hours ride, You will arrive at camp place in
an oasis where you will spend the night. Around the farecamp you will
enjoy the music and Moroccan food. You will be mesmerized by the desert
night sky. You can sleep in a nomadic tent or under the stars.
Day 6: You
will wake up early and walk across the dunes to see the beautiful
sun-rise, you will have your breakfast, pack your gear and ride back to
where your car and driver is waiting to pick you up. You will continue
to Ouarzazate via Tazarine where you will stop for lunch. In this area
of desert landscape and fortified villages, which used to be the old
caravan road bringing gold from South Africa to exchange for sugar and
salt. You will see the magnificent palm garden of the RDA
Valley. Arrive into Ouarzazate, check into the hotel.
Day 7:
After breakfast, you will continue to Marrakech via Tizi-n-Tishka pass.
You will see Berber farmers working on their terraced farms, and
herding sheep. Arriving to Marrakech and checking to the hotel.
Day 8:
After breakfast, you will depart for the Menara airport in Marrakech
where you will bid farewell to Morocco. You will fly to New
York via Casablanca.
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