I wish I could give this trip more than 5 sta...
Morocco
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Apr 11 - Apr 21, 2024
I wish I could give this trip more than 5 stars! From the first interaction with Abdellah and Said trip planning was easy and pleasant . The response time was extremely fast before and during our trip. We had a group of four people with different interests and tastes, Abdellah and Said were great at answering all of our questions, we really appreciated their suggestions of tours, restaurants and hotels in our itinerary. We all loved every single one of our guides.
Faissal, our driver was amazing, always on time and a great communicator , he went above and beyond expectations to ensure we got to see and do what was planned for that day and got us in and out safely, certainly, by the end of the trip we all considered him a friend!
Said (different person than above) gave us a tour of the Medina in Marrakech, very knowledgeable and was able to convey information in an interesting way, the day went by way too fast!
Youssef Azdour: Youssef was our guide to summit Mt. Toubkal, he did a great job keeping us safe, ensuring we had amazing food at the "refuge" (lodging just below the summit). We are thankful for our cook and porter too! Interestingly, he also leads ski tours (skinning up, ski down) in the winter, it was nice to hike with a local that knows the mountain and the community.
Abraham: Camel guide Sahara Desert. We all truly enjoyed our camel ride at sunset in the Sahara, a one in a million experience!
Youssef: Driver/guide in the Sahara at Tiziri Desert Camp, Youssef showed us around the Berber communities and homesteads, and enlightened us of the cultural importance of music, and geology in the area. We all enjoyed spending time with him!
Mohammad: ATV guide Sahara Desert; He did a great job in showing us the area, brought sand boards which was a ton of fun and was great at taking amazing pictures!
What I really appreciated was the high quality and authenticity of all of our guides, we would have never have found them if we would have booked this trip our selves!
Hotel Reviews
Great location in the Medina! Staff was wonderful, breakfast was delicious, loved the architecture!
Perfect location to stay when hiking Toubkal! views are amazing and the staff is fantastic. Loved the decor and the food was great. Make sure to visit the roof top deck!
Beautiful Riad! Wish we could have stayed longer! Staff was informative and the grounds were amazing, we wished we had more time to visit the spa!
We are so thankful we stayed 2 nights! so many things to do and see! We loved the staff, music and food. The location and accommodations are wonderful! Highly recommend riding a camel to get to the site and take advantage of sand boarding and ATVing!
great place to stay before summiting!
Activity Reviews
Another highlight of the trip! Loved the Tiziri ECO Desert Camp! Youssef did an amazing job in showing us the Berber Nomad lifestyle, music and geology of Merzouga and Erg Chebbi area. The sunset camel ride into the camp was unforgettable plus dinner and the Berber music was delicious. Lastly, the ATV and sandboarding was a blast!
Great to see the Rissani medina and the Mausoleum of Molay Ali Cherif plus visit a market to sell animals and ty camel milk!
We changed our plans to stay in Essaouria at the Hotel Le Medina
Said is very knowledgeable and was wonderful at answering all of our questions, the time went by way too fast and we were thankful to spend the morning/afternoon with him!
A high light of our trip! Youssef Azdour our hiking guide is an experienced mountaineer, he did a great job getting us up the mountain well fed and safe. We also appreciated the porter and cook during the two strenuous days of hiking. As always, it was nice to spend time with a local that is familiar with the area.
We enjoyed the visit to the Argan oil cooperative, we were able to "help" make the oil with the local women and see the process in which it is made, Truly an enjoyable experience! We also enjoyed the l Aït Benhaddou Kasbah, Morocco's most famous kasbah and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it was great to get out and stretch our legs! We were a little skeptical about visiting the movie sites, but it turned out to be a lot of fun! our guide made a short video of us in the studio, once again the guide did a great job of making it a unique experience!
We visited a women's cooperative rose distillery shop where we learned how roses are turned into different products, we also purchased a rug in a small village, much different experience than Marrakech, in the small village rug shop we received photos of the women that crafted our rugs and a little history of the different tribes, an experience we will never forget! We enjoyed the visit to the fossil shop, it made us appreciate the geology in that area also we were able to visit the Khettaras traditional water system in the drylands.
A high light of our trip! Youssef Azdour our hiking guide is an experienced mountaineer, he did a great job getting us up the mountain well fed and safe. We also appreciated the porter and cook during the two strenuous days of hiking. As always, it was nice to spend time with a local that is familiar with the area.
