Morocco tour cost, in short: a day trip from Marrakech starts around 17 to 30 euros shared and 20 to 75 euros privately. A multi-day desert tour runs from 80 euros shared to 270 euros for a four day private circuit with a luxury camp. The spread is wide because four things move the price,...Read More
How much money to take to Morocco? Budget 400 to 600 dirhams a day per person for a mid-range trip, and take more cash than you think you need once you leave the cities. That covers meals, taxis, entrance fees and tips, but not accommodation or tours, which are usually paid separately. The dirham is...Read More
What to pack for Morocco: layers, not a season. The temperature range inside a single Moroccan day is wider than most visitors expect: a Marrakech afternoon and a desert night the same week can be twenty degrees apart. What changes month to month is how many layers, not which ones. The three things nobody regrets...Read More
Tipping in Morocco is an everyday courtesy, not an obligation, and the amounts are smaller than most visitors expect. What to give a guide, a driver, a waiter, a riad and a porter, in dirhams and in euros.Read More
For wandering the Marrakech medina, no. For the High Atlas, the desert and the historic monuments of Fez, yes, and for different reasons each time. An honest answer from people who sell guided trips.Read More
Is Morocco safe? Yes, for visitors including women travelling alone, with the ordinary caution any busy destination asks for. Violent crime against tourists is rare. What you will actually meet is insistence: unofficial guides, unasked directions, pressure in a shop. A firm and friendly no ends almost all of it. The risks that catch people...Read More
Shared or private tours in Morocco: a shared desert tour from Marrakech costs roughly half what the same route costs privately, and the difference is the vehicle, not the destination. On a shared trip you travel with other travellers, up to 17 in all, leave at a fixed hour and follow a set route. Privately,...Read More
Merzouga is 560 kilometres from Marrakech, nine to ten hours of driving. Zagora is 360. Agafay is 30. The real distances and drive times to every desert and day trip, in one table.Read More
Agafay is a stone desert 30 kilometres from Marrakech, not a sea of sand. Knowing that before you book is the difference between a good evening and a disappointment. Here is what it is, what it is not, and when it is the right choice.Read More
Zagora takes two days and reaches a modest desert. Merzouga takes three and reaches the Erg Chebbi dunes, 560 kilometres out. We run both, so here is the honest comparison, including who should not book Merzouga.Read More
