Morocco Family Journey

9 days
From $522/day
$4,695
4.9/5 Excellent
100+ reviews  
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Trip last updated: 1/1/2018
Trip type
Small Group Tour
Lodging level
Luxury - 5 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule
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Overview

Highlights

    • Sand surfing on the world’s highest dunes
    • Playing drums around a Berber campfire
    • Riding a camel at sunset

What's this trip about?

    You will love Morocco, and it's even better to enjoy family vacations in Morocco with the kids. The terrain ranges from snow-capped mountains to deep, colorful valleys carpeted with fields and date palms. You'll meet members of our extended family who welcome us onto their farms and into their homes. Stay in lovely hotels, every one with a swimming pool. And the best surprise of all is the warmth and pride with which the Moroccans welcome us and make everyone feel comfortable and well cared for. Your kids will say it was their best day EVER. Your family vacation in Morocco will find you four-wheeling the Moroccan plains, then clambering onto a camel, swaying into steep Saharan dunes to watch the sun set, and settling into a Berber encampment to eat and sing and dance around the campfire before nodding off in a carpeted luxury tent. The very best day...unless you count spotting wild monkeys on a walk in a cedar forest, hanging out with shepherd families, watching the snake charmers in Marrakesh, squeezing past donkey carts in the ancient alleys of Fès, or biking along the dikes in an oasis.
Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizeSmall Group - 24 max
Age rangeOperator does not provide
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityFès
End CityMarrakesh

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Activities

Trip includes

    • Full time experienced guide(s) who are with you throughout the trip, handle behind-the-scenes logistics and are there to help with anything from haggling for a rug to buying a tube of toothpaste
    • Support vehicle(s)
    • Admissions to tastings, historic sites and other scheduled events as noted in the detailed daily itinerary.
    • Gratuities for hotels, meals and baggage
    • Trip literature
    • All land transportation during the trip
    • All breakfasts, lunches and dinners

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Itinerary

DAYS 1-2 - FÈS
We begin our Morocco trip in Fès (2 nights). From our luxury hotel, we go for a stroll that includes a 16th century fortress and pottery-making for the kids. At our friends' country estate, we'll meet the locals and the kids ride mountain bikes. And we go time-traveling back to the 9th century as we explore the Medina in Fès before dinner at one of Morocco's finest restaurants.

DAYS 3-4 - ERFOUD / MERZOUGA
On our drive into the Middle Atlas Mountains, we walk in cedar forests inhabited by Barbary apes, then check into our restored fortress/hotel in Erfoud (1 night). We'll meet local farmers and children as we take a path through their fields to the home of a Blue Man famil...
DAYS 5-6 - OUARZAZATE
En route to Ouarzazate (2 nights) we'll walk in the 900-foot-deep Todra gorge. We also go biking in an oasis, visit a kasbah that appeared in Gladiator and Romancing the Stone, ramble the foothills of the Atlas Mountains and meet the students at a small country school.

DAYS 7-9 - MARRAKESH
Our last stop is Marrakesh (2 nights). We'll visit Djemaa el-Fna square to see the snake charmers. There's shopping in the souks and a final dinner in an over-the-top private mansion. On our final day, our family vacation in Morocco ends as we transfer to the airport for departure.

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Price per day
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Details

Accommodation:

Hotel Sahrai

On a hill between the Fes Medina and the New Town, this boutique hotel has unparalleled views. Light-flooded rooms are decorated with a contemporary twist on Moroccan design. Facilities include an infinity pool, fitness center and Givenchy spa.

Xaluca Hotel

Set against a backdrop of desert and palms, the kasbah (fortress) is made of mud clay and blends in beautifully with its surroundings. The hotel features a swimming pool, hammam (Arabic baths), and vibrantly decorated guest rooms with marble baths.

Berber Encampment

The luxury Berber encampment in situated in the dunes of the Sahara and offers accommodation in large nomadic tents made of hand-woven camel and goat hair. For your comfort, tents are ecorated with mattresses, colorful fabrics, Berber kilims and lanterns.

Berbere Palace

Considered the best in the desert, this hotel is designed as a typical walled Moroccan village. Rooms are scattered throughout the beautifully manicured gardens, while the main building houses props from the many movies shot in and around Ouarzazate.

Les Jardins De La Koutoubia

In the heart of the Marrakesh medina, this elegant and authentic property both elegant and authentic. In graceful Moroccan style, most rooms face an inner patio that contains a gorgeous pool. The hotel also boasts a serene Clarins spa.

Group size:

Small Group - 24 max

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