Amazing Morocco!
Morocco
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Feb 13 - Feb 24, 2025
This visit to Morocco has been one of my most memorable adventures. Morocco has everything: coasts, desert, mountains, lively cities and medinas and souks. Good food. So much to take in, and there are a few key things that made this so enjoyable.
First, the up front planning of the itinerary and assignment of Hakim to our trip was an excellent decision. It was a well balanced itinerary, and we saw so much in our 12 days in Morocco; from Casablanca, to Rabat, to Fes, to Merzouga, to Dades and ending up in Marrakech. Some days were a little busier than others, but not overwhelmingly so. Hakim was extremely responsive and flexible as we had some last minute changes. I had used Kimkim a couple of times before, but this was our first major trip with them and I convinced my daughter and friends the experience would be good. And you delivered a top notch experience. Thank You.
Secondly, it was also and excellent decision to assign Mohamed as our driver for the entire trip. He was so helpful and responsive to our needs. In a short time, we developed a nice friendship. It really made a difference towards the comfort and security of our trip. Not only is he a professional, but a genuine warm and kind human being. We thoroughly enjoyed his company.
Third, I need to again give gratitude to Hakim for his help in dealing with a luggage issue we experienced throughout our entire trip. To be clear, this was not a Kimkim issue as we booked our own airline itinerary. When two of our checked bags did not arrive to Casablanca, it started a string of phone calls and follow ups that continued throughout the trip. My bag did not show up until 3 days before departing, my spouses suitcase never did catch up with us, and has just been received here in Wisconsin today. I made a number of calls while traveling but Hakim really went above and beyond to follow up with multiple airline baggage companies to get our bags to us. Mohamed as well drove me to the airport a couple of times outside his schedule to look for and pick up my bag. Hakim tried everything he could to take the stress off of us so we could enjoy the trip without much of our clothes that we had packed. It is very much appreciated.
Fourthly, the selection of Hotels and Riads were outstanding. The Merzouga desert experience was a bucket list item realized. The mosques and medinas were fascinating, and the people of Morocco are wonderful. So kind and tolerant.
This has been one of my top ten travel experiences. I fully expect to use your services again in the future. There has already been some interest from one of my family members and if they decide to go, I will recommend they work with Hakim and Mohamed. Local guides were also very accommodating, special shoutout to Amine who gave us a guided tour of the medina in Marrakesh. He was excellent and allowed for the ladies in our group to do some last minute shopping which they very much appreciated. Well done.
With all thanks and gratitude, my appreciation to Kimkim for putting together a most memorable travel adventure.
Jerry Kobiske
Hotel Reviews
The desert camp experience was excellent. The accommodations were clean and functional in the Domes, overlooking the desert. Beautiful skies at night, great food and service from the staff. Would recommend this to include as part of your visit to Morocco.
This Riad was by far the best during our entire trip. Very fancy and the staff was exceptional.
Activity Reviews
Very impressive geography and scenery.
A great way to spend the last day of our trip. My son-in-law and I played 18 holes, well actually 17 as we were 5 minutes late to our tee time and the starter set us off on hole number 2. Very nice golf course and lunch afterwards.
This tour was OK. Part of our group went horseback riding, which they said was amazing. We opted to do this excursion. It was interesting and we did spend some time with a Bedouin family and attended a musical performance. Also included a very nice picnic lunch.
Our guide Amine was fantastic. Gave us some additional insight and history that we had not heard before, which with all our guided tours we were quite well informed already. He structured the tour to meet all our needs. Very personable and professional.
This is a must see stop, primarily because non-Muslims cannot always get into a mosque. But this one you can and it is quite the amazing structure.
Our original guide was ill, so we managed to get another one last minute. It seemed to be a very quick tour, he talked very fast and kept us moving. The site itself is interesting and I am glad we visited.
This was a bucket list item for me to ride a camel in the Sahara and this tour did not disappoint. Wonderful location and great service staff.
With apologies to our local guide, we were unable to realize the full exploration of this gorge. We were behind schedule because we got caught up in rug buying at the carpet shop, which took more time than anticipated. So I feel bad for the local guide, who was very good, but had to cut our tour short.
Only disappointment here was we couldn't spend more time at Ait Benhaddou casbah. Only had about 45 minutes in order to stay on schedule, wish we could have spent two hours. But it was adjusted due to some other activity that we asked to be changed, so we had to keep moving.
I had never had quite this experience before. Have been to spas, but never had a hammam. The staff was excellent, it was a very relaxing and pleasurable experience.