Category: Africa

we booked the day trip to Essaouira with our Riad. It was 200DH per person. We had around 12 people in our group including us. The pickup process was a bit disorganized, we spent about 1 hour driving around Marrakech and ended up at a meeting place not far from where we were picked up […]
With Mustapha Day-trip to the Atlas Mountains & Three Valleys, Camel ride – Airbnb Highly recommend this tour, Mustapha is excellent at sharing stories/information about the region and his culture. Lunch at his home cooked by his mother is the best meal we had in Morocco. Here’s our host Mustapha climbing a tree Camel Ride […]
Loved the Riad we stayed at in Marrakech, Riad dar Essalam – Royal Suite. This was one of the most impressive hotel we’ve stayed at. And to top it off the staff was just amazing, especially Soumia who greeted us on day1, gave us all the information we needed about Marrakech, helped us booked local […]
Marrakech is a busy city and great for tourists, it is safe and there are a lot of things to see. As we entered Marrakech the first day we came across a very busy intersection with no traffic light/control and it’s everyone for themselves, amazing how it works out but I would not want to […]
Day2 and Day3 of the Desert tour takes us from Merzouga to Marrakech. It is a long drive, about 9 hours without stops. Most tours break this up for 2 days with short stops at Torda Gorge, Dades Gorge (overnight), Ouarzazate and Ait Benhaddou. I’ve seen some 3 days Marrakech to Merzouga round trip tours […]
Sahara Desert Tour we booked a 3 day private guide with Morocco Fabulous Travel Mohamed from Morocco Fabulous Travel is very responsive via email throughout the whole process. He helped us with options on the itinerary and provided several options/quotes for the tour. He is the one that told us about the flight option from Casablanca […]
Info Casablanca is the financial center for Morocco, for tourist there is not as much to see as compare to other cities. A half a day is enough for Casablanca or as a lot of people suggest skipping Casablanca. Train from Casablanca airport to City center (Casa port) is pretty easy and takes about 45 […]
Trip Highlight Casablanca Sahara Desert (Merzouga) Merzouga to Marrakech Marrakech Imlil Essaouira Flight We flew round trip Royal Air Maroc from JFK to Casablanca and a one way from Casablanca to Errachidia. Data plan Local SIM card with data is relatively inexpensive in Morocco. We got a 10GB for 10USD at Casablanca airport. Normally we […]