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Outstanding trip. We did a nine day tour (Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaouen, Volubilis/Meknes, Fez, Merzouga/Sahara, Ouarzazate/Aït Benhaddou, and Marrakech). Our driver for the whole trip, Younes, was incredible. His many years of touring was great for experiencing the best places for Moroccan pastries, best restaurant recommendations, and local history/color. We stayed in Riads throughout (except Ait Benhaddou hotel), all were great, and relatively easy to access when in medinas.

Chefchaouen tour with Aalae was really very good, lots of history and engaging discussion; rooftop dining in center of city was great. Volubilis was definitely worth the trip with good guide. Fes was a highlight with great all-day guide Fatima Zahra, great food and trip to hammam. Merzouga/Sahara was great with camel ride and overnight tent stay; in retrospect, we might have swapped out a day in Marrakech to have stayed longer in desert. Ouarzazate highlight was Ait Benhaddou. In Marrakech we did food tour and full day tour which were very good; Hatim from Morocco Off the Beaten Track (MOBT) joined the tour and made it enjoyable (he also did a great job of planning out the overall tour). Cooking class in Marrakech was fun, but did take up a fair part of the day.

Overall, incredible trip, great experience, in large part due to great care from Younes.

Hotel Reviews

Riad Kalaa

Rabat

Nice riad. Good staff and breakfast.

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Dar Meziana

Chefchaouene

Good location, staff and breakfast.

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Riad Zamane & Spa Fes

Fes

Good staff, location, and breakfast.

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Luxury Camp Chebbi

Merzouga

Great staff, good food, great experience.

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Riad Ksar Ighnda

Asfalou

Great location, great views of Ait Benhaddou and valley. Nice accomodation. Only hotel we stayed at in Morocco, rest were riads.

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Riad Nyla And Spa Marrakech

Marrakech

Very good staff, breakfast, and location. Very close to Dar el Bacha, Secret Garden, and others. Great rooftop bar and amenities.

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Great amenities and great rooftop bar.

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Activity Reviews

Hammam Visit: Traditional Body Scrub

Morocco

Great to do once during a trip.

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Exploring the Imperial City and Medieval Medina of Fez

Fes

Great guide with Fatima Zahra.

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Evening Food Tour in Marrakesh

Marrakesh

Primary guide was OK. Experiences were good.

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Primary guide could have been more engaging.

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Exploring the Medina and Historical Sites Of Marrakesh

Marrakesh

Primary guide was OK.

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Primary guide could have been more engaging.

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Traditional Cooking Class

Morocco

Good experience with other travelers learning Moroccan cooking. Took 4-5 hours, do this only if you have time. Engaging chef and translator at Clock Kitchen.

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Engaging chef and translator at Clock Kitchen.

Overnight in the Sahara Desert

Morocco

Great staff.

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We had a great time in Morocco. The hotels, the food and the people were great. The country is beautiful, it has a great variety of ecosystems. The country's history came to life during the trip. Younes Bouabid our driver/guide who was with us throughout the trip, was wonderful. He was very courteous, helpful and available at any time of the day or night to answer questions or take us to additional locations that were not on the itinerary. He took us to local restaurants, off the beaten path, where we could experience local food at the places where locals eat. He got very good guides in the cities that we didn't have. He was always happy to answer any questions and advice on how to improve our experiences in Morocco. His advice, warnings and recommendations were priceless.
We felt very safe traveling with him even in the most remote areas of the country. It was a great experience.
I highly recommend Younes. If we return to Morocco we will definitely look for him to be our driver/guide again.

Yassine our local specialist, along with the booked driver aka local tour guide in disguise, Said Misser, for our 15 day trip in Morocco , really made our trip an unforgettable experience!

Yassine is so communicative, helpful, proactive, flexible and anticipates our needs - he made the planning part of it seem so effortless! It just relied on my two friends and I to make decisions, which was the only hard part of it. In fact - I previously worked with Yassine on an attempt to travel to Morocco. It fell through on my end, but because Yassine was so great to work with then, I immediately thought and requested to work with him again on this trip!

Said, our local driver from Casablanca, was with us the entire 15 days of the trip. We got along really well and he was someone we didnt even know we needed. It was the 3 of us women and he made us feel safe in a place where we all have heard mix things about traveling as a woman in this part of the country. He was also helpful in making more local less touristy recommendations for activities - he knew us well. His English is on point and it helped us conversate really well. He is also hospitable, personable and just so knowledgeable about his home town/country that has allowed us to learn so much of the Moroccan and Muslim culture. If it wasnt for him to allow us to connect with him and people there, the trip honestly would not have been the same and probably a bit more touristy. This is what truly made the trip above any other trips I've gone to and I travel frequently! (side note: we grew attached to Said by the end of the trip and we were sad to have had to say goodbye!)

A quick note - through Yassine, he booked several local tour guides for certain cities and events like Fatima for a food tour in Fes - she was amazing and so supportive of us women, and honestly can't remember the other local tours in other cities but we had a few more. Said helped us with smaller tours that made it more meaninful. We stayed in 9 cities and saw probably about 11-12 cities total.

also this is my second trip using KimKim and can't say enough good things about their services. You do pay extra but it is worth every penny! Use Kimkim when you dont have time to plan with people to take ensure you have an amazing trip - and reach out to Yassine for a Morocco trip and request for Said Misser for your driver!!!

thank you so much Said, Yassine, Kimkim for an unforgettable trip!!!

Yassine and Said (Driver) were amazing!

Yassine provided great information with short turnaround times before and during our trip.

Said, our driver in Morocco, exceeded my expectations! Said is one of the most kind and thoughtful people I have ever met in my life. I felt very safe and comfortable during my two week trip, and it was really because of Said and his exceptional service and personality. His English is also great - his pronunciation and grammar were exceptional! It was very easy to understand him. I felt like I was talking to an American. Said is also really more than just a driver; he is now a lifelong friend, and he should really be a tour guide because he provided us with great information about his country and shared many personal stories to share about Moroccan culture and history. My friends and I cried when we had to part ways with Said because we enjoyed his company so much. The only complaint I have is that Said's boss assigned him to another job for our last day. Therefore, we got assigned a different driver our last day, and Said was not able to drop us off at the airport. I wish we just had Said the entire trip. Anyone would be lucky to work with Said! I am also hoping you can forward this review to Said and Said's boss. Said deserves all the great recognition in the world because he really went above and beyond to make sure we were taken care of during our trip! If not, please let me know who I can contact to make sure this information gets passed along to Said and his boss. Thank you!

Yassine was amazing. Super attentive and always available to help. Including restaurant advice.

Our trip to Morocco exceeded all our expectations. It was an excellent agenda. All the tours and tour guides were excellent, but Younes our driver, really made the experience exceptional. He was always very professional, and offered us so many great tips. He was always ready with very good meal recommendations and would book the reservation. He even helped us get laundry done. Younes made the whole trip very seemless. All the individual guides were very good and each one was special in their own way. We will always remember this special trip.

Hotel Reviews

Luxury Camp Chebbi

Merzouga

We had a wonderful time staying in such comfortable accommodations in the desert. The staff was very welcoming and endearing. Our room was beautifully appointed and was a very fancy tent for being in the desert. The staff did a wonderful job with music entertainment in the evening and worked hard to make sure everyone had a good time. In the morning, we went for a sunrise camel ride. This was a very special experience and the guide was very patient and knowledgeable.

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Riad Kalaa 2

Rabat

This was a beautiful Riad. Our room had 2 bedrooms and was beautifully decorated. It felt very Moroccan and was a special treat. The staff was very warm and welcoming. This was one of our favorite Riad’s in Morocco.

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RIAD NILA

Chefchaouen

This Riad was right inside the Medina and was beautifully decorated on the inside. Like many of the Riad’s it was very modest on the outside and opened up into a beautiful courtyard. The room was spotless and unique. The staff was warm and very welcoming. We enjoyed out stay very much.

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Palais Faraj Suites & Spa

Fès

We really enjoyed how this was multiple Riad’s combined into a single Palais. Each separate Riad had a unique character and the overall Palais was beautiful. Our room was very nice and spacious. The breakfast was particularly good with lots of options.

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Caravane

Ouarzazate

Another beautiful Riad. The room was very nicely decorated and we had a very nice dinner at the Riad. The staff was very accommodating, warm and welcoming.

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Les Jardins De La Medina

Marrakech

Wow - This was an amazing oasis, right in the Medina of Marrakesh. It looked very modest on the outside, but inside was a tropical paradise. We found we just wanted to spend time at the hotel and lounge by the pool. I also used the spa for a manicure and Hammam treatment (both were wonderful). The breakfast had a wonderful variety and the dinner was also excellent. This was our favorite hotel in Morocco and I hope to return someday.

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Activity Reviews

Hammam Visit: Traditional Body Scrub

Morocco

This was a very unique experience. We all enjoyed the traditional body scrub. This included a sauna, followed by a full body scrub and rinse. Afterward we were all ready to just fall asleep. I would highly recommend this experience.

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Traditional Cooking Class

Morocco

We absolutely loved this experience. It was very fun to shop in the market for the ingredients and then to make each course. The chef was such a wonderful person. She was very warm, knowledgeable and just a delight. I can’t recommend this enough. And her foods were better than most of the foods we got in the restaurants.

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Day Trip to Meknes: The Versaille of Morocco & Wine Country

Morocco

While we enjoyed this activity, we would have liked to have had more choices over the wines we tasted. Generally they were giving us very generous pours, but we would have preferred more tastings with smaller pours. The wine and appetizers were all very good, but after doing price comparisons later, the prices for wines at the winery were expensive. But the setting for the tasting was absolutely beautiful.

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Overnight in the Sahara Desert

Morocco

While it was a long drive for this activity, it is a very unique experience. It was wonderful to be in the desert and to ride the camels out to the sunrise.

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Exploring the Medina and Historical Sites Of Marrakesh

Marrakesh

We enjoyed all the historical information. The only downside is the chaos of the Marrakesh Medina (beyond the guides control).

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Exploring the Imperial City and Medieval Medina of Fez

Fes

Zara was a very knowledgeable guide and we really enjoyed both the tour and shopping in Fez.

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Evening Food Tour in Marrakesh

Marrakesh

We loved having food from small local favorites. All the food was delicious. We enjoyed the donuts, the harissa soup and walking across the square for the main course. I would caution vegetarians, that the main course is a meat dish without an option for vegetarians (even though the guide knew there was a vegetarian). But it was still a great experience.

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Day Trip to Ourika Valley: Hike to a Waterfall

Morocco

This was a beautiful hike. We initially hiked up to the waterfall and then Mohammad adjusted to do a hike around the Atlas Mountains (there was an option to hike up to more waterfalls, but it involved a lot of scramblings). We absolutely loved the scenery and getting to better understand the Berber culture. This was one of our favorite activities. Mohammad was an excellent guide and even welcomed us into his home for tea. He and his family were very endearing and we felt very honored to have tea in his home.

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We would like to compliment Soufiane as an excellent driver and chaperon during our 18-day Morocco trip. He was friendly, knowledgeable and struck a good balance of being conversational and giving our group our own space. We appreciated his comfortable driving and willingness to adapt to different plans. He even introduced us to his lovely family, which was a great experience to meet and spend time with a local Moroccan family.

What an incredible trip! Morocco is such a beautiful country and the people were kind and hospitable, our two weeks in the country went by quickly. It's hard to put into words, but having traveled all around the world, this was one of my favorite destinations. Our itinerary included Casablanca, Rabat, Chefchaoen, Fez, Merzuga, Orarzazate and Marrakech. It's hard to pick a favorite, since every city had a charm all on its own. The drive to the Sahara desert was very long (9 hours), but well worth the experience of riding camels to the the sunrise. Our accommodations were exceptional - from 5 star "palais" to charming riads where we could enjoy a traditional Moroccan breakfast in the courtyard. This was my first time working with KimKim and planning the trip with Yassine was a great experience - he offered suggestions and accommodated our requests for a visit to wine country, a cooking class, cultural experiences, etc. Also gave us tips and answered all of our questions about the trip. And our driver, Yousine, was top notch - would definitely request him if we return. I've never had a driver throughout the whole trip and he made it extra special by driving us everywhere - not only to the different cities/sites, but to dinner, helping get our laundry done in town, giving us local restaurant recommendations (always excellent), and most importantly, being a safe and knowledgeable driver.