12 Days from Casablanca Highlights of Morocco.

Completely private, customizable, high-quality private tour for the price of a group tour. Simply amazing. Just Do It. Here’s why… Don’t be fooled by the price. This is not just private but a fully customizable, including last minute changes to a particular day’s activity. It’s perfect for: * Those who want to see everything but don’t have enough vacation time (like us Americans!), * families who need flexibility, * people who don’t like to wait for others… Yes, traveling on your own without a driver/guide in Morocco is doable, but only if you have a lot of time, flexibility and patience. You’ll be haggled like crazy in the souk and driving in morocco is long-distance, stressful and difficult. Leave it to the expert so that you can focus on maximizing your time and having fun. Tour groups in general are easier as someone else drives, guides you, helps you with translation etc. You can make some great friends too. However, that means you have to give up many thing you may want to do and the worst — wasting time waiting for people who don’t come back to the bus on time. That’s where Morocco Private Tours come in. 1. This is not just a private, but fully customizable tour. The itinerary you see is JUST A SAMPLE. For us, because the price was so reasonable, we didn’t realize it was private AND custom until our trip actually started, so we weren’t really able to take advantage of it fully. Itineraries, hotels, activities, or even finding best deal for a giant carpet for your home… they can help you with that. 2. Unlike group tours when you are forced to pick a departure day, you can leave any day, so you can find the best flight and build the itinerary to accommodate that. You can also start and end in any city you want. 3. Their price was actually lower than the group tour we considered with similar itineraries and hotels. For the service we got, this is an absolute steal. 4. Ismail, the backend guy was so attentive with all our questions and making necessary arrangements and changes. 5. Idir, our driver/guide spoke very good English, was very knowledgeable and we had the best time with him! 6. All hotels were well located with quite large rooms. Hotels were all very different based on their location. Our accommodations in Chefchaouen, Fes and Marrakech were super close and walking distance to the center of town. Riad Ahlam in Fes had great food (we had relaxing dinners on both nights), a very large room with moroccan charm and friendly staff. Le Medina Essauioura had a large ocean facing room, came with 1 hour at the heated spa pool, a private beach and the hugest breakfast spread with soups, salads, pastries and even desserts! 7. You get private guides for Chefchaouen, Akchur Falls tour (do it! strenuous but fun!), Fes, Volubilis and Marrakech. Those at Chefchaouen and especially Marrakech (Nourrddine) were excellent. One of the best memories from this trip was having a cheap yet delicious soup and sardine for lunch with him and local artisans in a shack in the middle of the medina! The nature guide for Akchur Falls, Amine didn’t speak much English but he was so attentive and caring. 8. This was our 25th wedding anniversary, so we asked if they could do something special. They arranged a private dinner and a cake at the desert with everyone else who was staying at Tiziri camp, at no extra charge. 9. We got to enjoy both sunset camel ride going to Tiziri Camp in the desert and back in 4X4. 10. Worried about getting lost in the maze of the medina in Marrakesh or Fes when you are on your own? Your driver guide will come help you if you get lost. (We didn’t - Google maps worked pretty well, but having that peace of mind is priceless!) 11. Worried about toilet paper and hole in the floor toilets? Not only hotels but the restaurants and rest stops they took us all had western style toilet and toilet paper. They also carry rolls of TPs in the car should you need it. You might ask anything that’s less than perfect with this tour? 1. In Morocco, drivers are not official guides, so the guides you get for city tours are hit or miss. For example, The tour at Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca seemed to starts at a random time as they get enough people (like 50), so we missed the official guide, ended up with the abbreviated version given by a guide who supposedly speak 8 languages but didn’t speak the best English. He also demanded generous tip from beginning to the end which was a huge turn off. It was waste of money at 140DH per head plus tip for 15 minutes tour (instead of 40). You might want to have Morocco Private Tour mainly do the driving part and find the city, souk, for tour etc. that fits your needs on your own. 2. According to our itinerary and confirmation with Ismail, on our last day in Morocco (before we take our flight the next day) we were supposed to drive from Essaouira to Casablanca, stop in Oualidia to enjoy seafood and the cistern in El Jadida (was closed), then back to Casablanca for one last dinner and then drive to the airport hotel. However, we left Essaouira at 8:30am, stop at the pottery town of Safi (pottery studio tour was very interesting - highly recommended), then straight back to airport hotel, arriving around 5pm after stopping at the Mall of Morocco to pick up some food at the supermarket, as our driver had to go back to Marrakesh to be ready for the next customer the next day. I’m not sure what we agreed upon wasn’t communicated, or things had changed. Given how great he was, he must be in demand, but I wish they planned things a bit better as we felt our vacation was cut a bit short at the end… 3. Most food was fabulous but the buffet dinner in Xaluca Dades had a large selection but the food was not hot at all… (the new itinerary shows staying in　Ouarazaate instead, so it may not affect you.) 4. Their listed itinerary was a bit confusing so it required a little bit of clarifying. But Ismail was very patient and accommodating. The bottom line.... This was an adventure of a lifetime! We were glad we saw everything we wanted, however, this tour is jam-packed, fast-paced and a bit exhausting at times (especially in places like Fes and Marrakech.) Chefchauen has a lot of stairs and slopes, the Riads we stayed had a lot of stairs and no elevator. We loved it, but if you are not confident with your stamina, consult with them to adjust your itinerary to fit your needs. Give them a chance, and you’ll be glad you did.

The itinerary was perfect. It enabled us to really get close to many regions and many aspects of Moroccan life. Abdul was very attentive to our needs. He had a lovely unassuming manner. We were never hassled to buy anywhere. We loved getting to stay with a local family in an isolated mountain community. We also appreciated having tea and conversation with an itinerant Berber farmer in his tent. Will always carry special memories of this trip.

This was my 4th MPT trip and it was enjoyable and I will continue to travel with MPT and recommend them to others.

The guide Abdoul was brilliant.He went out of his way to make sure we were happy.He was interesting and intelligent.He knew every aspect of the country.I can’t fault anything regarding the guide or the bus driver. The accommodation could have been better,particularly in the bigger cities.The rooms were very noisy.

Wow! This was our first group tour and it well and truly exceeded our expectations. Our driver Ismail was very good and always careful. Our tour guide Abdelkrim was fantastic, always looking after us in his quiet way and answering our questions in a very open and thorough manner. I loved the way local guides were used at most of our stops, thus using their specific knowledge of the area and also sharing our tourist dollars around.The amount of contact we had with local people and families was fabulous. We really felt a part of Morocco, learning about their culture, history, food and way of life on a daily basis. We cannot recommend this tour and Intrepid Tours highly enough! Just book it!!

The overall trip was well managed, the guide was excellent and the accommodation was good.