Age Related Activities
Children Under 12
- Fantasia at Chez Ali tonight. This folkloric show features traditional music, displays of horsemanship, and fireworks!
- Drum-making workshop. Learn how traditional Moroccan tom-tom drums are made and make your own drums as a family.
- Camel trek among the dunes. Head to Terres D’Amanar in the village of Tahanoute. Try their challenging tree climbing and ropes course.
Teen Itineraries
Head to a small village outside Marrakech and enjoy a private, outdoor cooking class hosted by a local chef. Learn about Moroccan spices, including Ras al Hanout, the definite spice of Moroccan cuisine. Bake bread the Moroccan way using a traditional earthen wood-fueled stove. Prepare a tagine, a version of the classic Moroccan stew. Your organic vegetables are gown in the garden on site!
Adult Itineraries
Drive south through the scenic cedar forests of the Middle Atlas Mountains, following the green Ziz River valley, until it ends at the Sahara desert. Soon after, you will arrive at the Tafilet oasis. The Tafilet Oasis was the last stop on the trans-Saharan trading route before Timbuktu. Continue by 4x4. Venture further towards the legendary dunes of remote Znigui. Spend the night at your private desert encampment.
Key Itinerary Content
Possible Destinations:
Marrakesh
Fes
Essaouria
Tahanoute
Ourika Valley
High Atlas
Rabat
Casablanca
Itinerary Highlights:
- Explore the colorful souks (marketplaces) of Marrakech.
- Visit the medieval Medersa ben Youssef – one of the finest Islamic monuments in North Africa.
- Visit Djemaa el Fnaa, the greatest square in all of Africa. It was once the ultimate destination for traders from places as diverse as Venice, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia.
- Head into the souks for a drum-making workshop. Learn how traditional Moroccan tom-tom drums are made and make your own drums as a family.
- Visit the tropical Majorelle Gardens
- Visit the enchanting streets and alleys of laid-back Essaouira.
- Camel trek among the dunes.
- Enjoy a windsurfing lesson.
- Head to Terres D’Amanar in the village of Tahanoute. Try their challenging tree climbing and ropes course (complete with safety harnesses).
- Enjoy a two-hour guided hike with a local mountain guide. Mules will be along if you wish a ride!
- Visit Rabat, the current political capital of Morocco, as well as neighboring Salé, were once notorious as havens to the feared Barbary pirates, who terrorized Atlantic and Mediterranean trade, capturing prisoners to hold them for ransom.
- Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohamed V.
- Step back six centuries into the medieval world of Fes
- Spend an afternoon, exploring with our expert photographer
- Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Fes
- Visit Fes with a photographer
- Bou Inania Medersa (koranic university)
- Foundouk Nejjarine
- Shrine of Moulay Idriss II
- Visit souks, and Fes’s famous tanneries
- Gates of the Royal Palace
- Visit Roman ruins at Volubulis
- Moulay Idriss, the holiest Muslim site in Morocco
- Visit ancient necropolis of Chellah
- Bou Regreg River to the rarely-visited town of Salé
CommUnity Impact Opportunities
The American Foundouk
The American Foundouk, was founded in 1927 and provides veterinary care to the working donkeys of Fes medina. Spend time helping the veterinarian. The American Fondouk is a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to providing people-to-people aid through offering free veterinary care for the hard working donkeys, mules, and horses of Morocco. Treating working animals in the developing world is considered to offer a significant contribution towards safeguarding the livelihoods of the poorest and most vulnerable members of the community, both in the towns and in the countryside.
Medina Children's Library
The Fes Children’s library is a recently established lending library in the under-served Medina. Spend time teaching the kids to count in English! The library was started by a group of neighbors living in the Fez Medina. We wanted to offer the children in our community a place where they could discover books and develop a love of reading. This is the only children’s library in Fez.
The library has received more than 22,000 visits since opening in January 2015, with an average of 1000 visits each month. There is a huge need here and it’s exciting to see the immediate response from the kids.
Preparing for Morocco
- Children under 12 receive a new friend, Mourad, who comes with a story book telling what his life is like in Morocco
- The whole family will receive recipes, books and movies preparing them for their travel
- There is no minimum age as we can accommodate and customize any trip. To participate and engage, we feel children get a lot of a visit to Morocco beginning at 6 or 7 years old. There can be some long drives when getting a full look at Morocco. We will customize to the client and the family’s interest. Children ages from 8 or 9 years old are ideal. Once kids have a bit of patience for some ground travel we see them able to get a richer variety of experiences.
- Summer is very hot in Morocco. We avoid the desert south in summer and we are sure to suggest hotels with swimming pools.
- It is best to avoid the Ramadan holiday month while fasting during the day is observed in public. Inquire about Ramadan dates for the upcoming year.
- A visa is not required for this destination for a stay of up to 180 days.
