A Truly Great Trip!

Morocco | Sep 30 - Oct 16, 2024

Very good guide who showed us things we would have missed on our own - and with a lot of information.

Our guide actually gave us an incredible full-day tour of so much of the Medina that we would not have seen without him, especially the fascinating leather tannery.

It was a great experience except that I was given a juvenile camel and a very young “handler” and when it came time to get back on the camel after our “break” in the middle of our 2-hour trek, I had an “accident.” The handler did not control the young camel and before I was fully on the camel, it started standing up with me hanging off. I fell off and then another handler came over, but neither even attempted to control the camel and the same thing happened again - and while half on, the camel rose up and after trying to hang on, I fell off again. They swapped out camels and with a now-injured leg, I got on and finished the ride (because I’m tough!). I was able to do everything on the trip after that, including hiking down and up the Monkey’s Fingers canyon, walk about 6 miles a day. etc but my leg hurt the rest of the trip and it turned not just black and blue but much of it turned black! I will include a photo below.

We had a fantastic hiking guide for the Monkey’s Fingers canyon hike! It was beautiful and thrilling and even though my leg hurt from the camel accident 2 days earlier, especially on the uphill part, I focused on the great experience. I could not have done the hike without our guide, who used his feet as ledges etc. And afterwards, we had a tagine lunch at the home he shares with his sister, who made the delicious lunch, and her husband.

Great tour of Marrakech with a very knowledgeable guide.

Another great guide who provided us with another great tour.

Great experience - provided a more detailed review of it on Trip Advisor. Loved the cooking and meal and especially getting to know the couple offering the class.

Interesting drive and visit to Atlas Studios.