6 DAYS / 5 NIGHTS

Not included
Beverages of the meals
Tips

Price based in double and/or triple rooms (except in the sahara where we sleep in communal tents)
Single room supplement 60 €

ITINERARY
30 DECEMBER 2009 Tarifa – Chefchaouen -Mekness
Assemble in Seville and leave by bus to Algeciras; get the return tickets for the fast ferry. Board the fast  ferry to Tangier, Morocco. Upon arrival in Tangier we will pick up our van with our driver and travel Chauen, an unforgettable little town in the Rif mountains. Its blue and white houses form a labyrinth of vivid colours not to be missed. . Guided visit to points of interest. Afterwards you will have some free time to eat and then travel on to Meknes. Arrival in Meknes and hotel check-in
Dinner at the hotel Rif

31 DECEMBER 2009 Mekness – Atlas Mountains – Sahara Desert
Breakfast
Panoramic visit of Mekness with a local guide including, Bab el Mansur, Moulay Ismail Mausoleum and the market. After which depart for the south of Morocco, crossing the middle atlas –where you can se the wild apes- and the high Atlas. Stop en route to eat and continue to to the oasis of Merzuga where you get your first taste of the Sahara. Its dunes stretch infinitely into the horizon and some rise more than 150 meters skyward. We spend the night in haimas (communal tents) in the gate of the desert.
Dinner in Kanz Erremal

1 JANUARY 2010 DESERT INMERSION
Breakfast.
The dunes area of Erg Chebbi is approximately 60 km long and 25 km wide.
Half day excursion by 4x4 for  visiting unexplored parts of the desert,  including an oasis inhabited by only Berber nomads.  Fossils mines and the lakes in the desert.  . During the journey we stop to take photos, walk and observe everything that draws our attention along the way. In the spring, many animals can be seen, with their offspring.
Later we will go back to Kanz Erremal
Free afternoon to  get filled with the silence of the desert
Evening camel trek, with our local desert guides, into the Erg Chigaga dunes for sunrise. We guarantee that the experience of a Saharan sunrise is well worth the journey. It is absolutely breathtaking. This is one of the highlights of the trip and a memorable way to start  this day.

2 JANUARY 2010 Sahara -Fez
Breakfast
Leave for Fez, a beautiful city where Morocco’s rich tradition and culture are alive and well today. Truly a World forgotten by western civilizations, Fez was created by a descendent of the Prophet Mohammed in 791. Today Fez is the religious capital of Morocco.  We will also visit Ifrane a lovely ski resort town in the middle Atlas.
Arrive to Fez and check-in at the Hotel Wassim 4*
Dinner at the hotel.

3 JANUARY 2010 Fez
Breakfast .
We leave the hotel to tour Fez with the local guide. The tour includes visits to the Borj Sur, constructed by Christian slaves; just like the most important doors, walls and kazbahs of the city and the Merinides tombs. Later we continue on to Fez el Jedid to see the Alaui Square and the Dar el Makhzen –the Royal Palace-. After that we take the van  to Fez el Bali where we visit the spice vendors. A truly impressive part of the city where the fragrances and perfumes cast a spell on the casual tourist, inviting them nearer. We finish the morning with visits to the Madraza el Attarin, masterpiece of Islamic artistry, and the Es Seffarin plaza near the leather tanners.
Free evening.
Dinner at the hotel

Optional:  We recommend you a Moroccan dinner & Belly dancing and music show in an charming palace of Fez Medina. So you can change dinner for lunch at the hotel and enjoy this dinner. The supplement per person is 30 €.