Marrakech to Fes - a nice alternative - I enjoyed this excursion. I thought it was set up really nicely, with all the stops pre-planed, and each stop having some sort of significance to the people who lived there. Omar Faiz was our driver, he was nice and polite, and safely transported us from Marrakesh to Fes, through the dessert and back. This was a nice alternative in lieu of renting your own car, making it across Morocco.

Experience 5 stars! OH... - Experience 5 stars! Our guide, Hakim, was present throughout the trip and always showed himself very attentive and well disposed. It was a different and unique way to know a little more of Morocco and, without a doubt, unforgettable!

Perfect Desert Tour - This was such an incredible tour. Truly a once in a lifetime experience. Our tour guides were so kind, knowledgeable and helpful. The van was new and clean and we made plenty of stops which was great for an anxious traveler. I felt comfortable and safe! Highly recommend!

The Ideal Group for your Moroccan Adventure - Honestly wish I could give 6 stars. We had the premium (completely private) package with Mohamed Sebrei. He was an expert driver - and driving here is not easy! Frequent highway passing, animal crossings, and windy mountain passes. We felt safe constantly with him behind the wheel. He knows the area well, and can improvise detours if there are traffic closures. Additionally, due to my own mistake, I got very sick, and we had to amend our itinerary and go to the hospital in the middle of the day. He found a hospital, and waited while I got necessary treatment. We then resumed our travels and were remarkably still able to see all of our sites. He is an honest and very hard working young man who knows people up and down the country to make sure you get a very authentic experience (still feels like an adventure) while feeling safe. No major negatives, but might want to make sure you clarify which Riads you are staying in beforehand as even with the premium package some can feel a little less than majestic. Certainly safe, but if you are particular (as my wife is) about flies, they can be unavoidable in some of the contracted locations where you will stay. Activities as advertised- camel riding in the dunes transports you to an entirely different era. ATVs exhiliarating. Bedouin campfires magical. Barbary Macaques adorable. Overall, highly advise this group, and if you can request Mohamed specifically, your future self will thank you.

A lovely trip with a friendly guide and a wide variety of sights and experiences - A fantastic way to see many different beautiful aspects of the country in a short time, without having to worry too much about the logistics. My wife and I took the premium private tour. Riding ATVs in the desert was a major highlight, as was our night in a hotel situated in a scenic gorge. Our driver Mohamed Sabri was friendly, knowledgeable and accommodating!

Lifetime experience! - Amazing experience. Mohamed Sabri was a wonderful driver and guide. Beautiful scenic views and great stays. Highly recommended

Douzi was great: good... - Douzi was great: good driver, very nice, calm, and always got us to the destinations ahead of the other groups. He also gave us all the information needed during the tour and made sure we were treated well. The landscapes during the tour were magnificient and made the long drives enjoyable. The only downside was the food which was a bit repetitive, pricey and lacked of flavor. If you plan to do this trip in December/January, make sure to pack very warm clothes as some of the accomodations are not heated. Overall the tour is worth it and allows you to discover great places in Morocco for a good price.

Moroccan Cultural Immersion - The 3-day tour covers a wide and diverse range of geography and experiences highlighting the history, beauty, and mystery of Morocco. Our guide, Mohamed Sebre, was kind, accommodating, and knowledgeable. Highly recommend the tour.

Good sightseeing, your communication could be improved - We had a good time and thought the tour was worth doing! However, some things could definitely be improved, especially involving communication of the logistics. Here is some information on additional costs not included in the booking: - Lunch 3 days: 110-150 MAD each meal, depending on option selected - Cheche (headscarf for the desert): 120 MAD for the basic one; more expensive fancy ones also available (we were told this was “required” and everyone in our group bought one. It really wasn’t necessary as we had lovely weather, but I can see how it would be useful at other times of year.) - ATV riding (optional): 400 MAD for a single ATV, 500 MAD for a double - Ait Benhaddou tour: 20 MAD (a little annoying that they told us afterward we had to pay since it says this is included, but I guess you can think of it as a tip) - Todra Gorge / Tinghir Kasbah tour: no specific price, but we had a local guide who asked for tips at the end - Water was not provided on the bus, so we bought some: ~10 MAD per one liter bottle - Some restrooms cost 5 MAD And then whatever extra you want to budget for a tip for your primary driver plus additional drinks and/or souvenirs of course. There were a LOT of stops geared towards trying to get us to buy things. It was a little much, but most of them included some kind of talk or display that was interesting at least, and it was generally nice to have opportunities to stretch legs and use the restroom since we did a lot of driving. Additional details on the activities / itinerary: Day 1: - Quick stops at scenic viewpoints while driving through the Atlas Mountains - First part of the drive is windy! Bring supplies if you get motion sick. - Ait Benhaddou - lunch, then ~1 hour guided tour, including a demo of drawings with ink that appears when exposed to flame, followed by a demo of how to put on a headscarf properly and being told we all need to buy one for the desert. - Saw Ourzazate studio from the car; quick stop for photos of the set in the distance. - Valley of roses - this was just a stop for the restroom and to try and sell us rose things from a roadside shop. We were out of season for the roses to be in bloom; unclear if the stop would have included seeing actual roses at the right time of year. - The hotel in Tinghir was ok; had this air of a place that was luxurious 30 years ago but our room seemed out-dated. Dinner here was the blandest meal of the tour. Day 2: - Visit to Todra Gorge. I was expecting/hoping for more walking; it was just a short stroll. But the gorge is very impressive! And we had an entertaining local guide. - Tinghir Kasbah “tour”. Quick stroll outside, some information about the Amazigh people, their language, and their way of life. Had a short demonstration about rug-making in this neat space full of beautiful weaves with bright colors and patterns, which I really enjoyed, but then afterwards we sat around waiting for a long time while they tried hard to push everyone to buy rugs. - Nice buffet lunch. - We reached the edge of the sand dunes and were told to put any luggage we needed at the camp in a particular pile for porting over and only bring our water and phones for the camel ride. At this point we had to pay if we wanted to opt in to ATVing. I asked several times whether we would have access to our bags between camel riding and sandboarding/ATVing/sunset, and got about three different versions of the itinerary, none of which turned out to be correct; it was actually as follows. (Possibly this changes tour-to-tour depending on timing, not sure) - Camel ride from one side of the dunes to the other where the camp is (~1.5 mi). This was fun! Lived up to my expectations. It was in the high 70s F with a light breeze and not a cloud in the sky; absolutely perfect weather. - From the camels those of us who opted in to ATVs went straight to the ATVs (no opportunity to access our other bags). We didn’t care much about doing the ATVs initially and mainly opted in because we were told it would take us to the “highest point for the sunset where the camels don’t go”. There were a bunch of groups with camels where we ended up for sunset and it definitely wasn’t the highest point, but I would still 100% recommend the ATVing! Before arriving at the sunset spot we drove deeper into the desert and we got to see a lot more of the dunes than we otherwise would have. It was a chill pace; the group just drove in a line following our guide. - Sandboarding was a big disappointment for me. I’m a snowboarder and have wanted to try it for a while. I envisioned each of us (or maybe in pairs) getting our own board with 30-60 min to use it. Instead, our guide showed up with a single old snowboard with no bindings and we each got one chance to ride it sitting down like a sled. Some of the other tour groups nearby had boards with bindings and one of them let me try a run with their board, but I couldn’t get any speed - I know that’s somewhat to be expected, but I don’t think that board is ever waxed and I would’ve needed a steeper dune. At least the sunset was very nice. - We had chosen the middle option for the camp (“deluxe”, I think? It sounds like “luxury” and “deluxe” are the same camps, not sure what the differences are; the one person in our tour group who selected the basic option was sent to a different camp for the night than the rest of us). Tent was cute, not super fancy but did have a hot water shower and a heater. I don’t think the camp looked as nice or luxurious as in the photos online, and it’s not out surrounded by dunes like I was envisioning; it’s right on the edge of the dunes and accessible by road. But it was still an enjoyable experience; loved sitting around the fire with live music after dinner, and the stargazing was phenomenal. Day 3: - Started our camel ride back across the desert in the early morning, with a pause midway through to watch the sunrise. What a lovely start to the morning! The camels seemed eager to get back and eat their breakfasts :) - Stop at a place that sells furniture and knick-knacks made with fossils. I’m not sure how authentic all the fossils are, but it was interesting to browse never-the-less. - Had a coffee and restroom stop around 11:30, and then drove for a long time and didn’t stop for lunch until almost 2:30. This was a really uncomfortable part of the drive - the van was too hot, and most of us were starving by the time we stopped because this was much later than usual! It would have been fine if our driver had just communicated the timing better so we knew what to expect and packed more snacks accessible from our seats. - After lunch we made a stop to see monkeys (Barbary macaques). This was really depressing to me; the monkeys are cute but clearly baby monkeys playing with garbage is not environmentally responsible tourism. Please don’t touch the monkeys or buy food from the vendors to feed them! You can enjoy watching wildlife without contributing to these practices. - ~20 min stop at Ifrane, a ski resort town. Not a ton to see, but completely different vibe from anywhere else we witnessed in Morocco which was kind of interesting. - Got to Fes later than the tour description stated (around 7:30 pm) Our biggest logistical complaint is the pick-up. When we first booked we entered our Riad address for pick-up, but upon arrival realized the Riad wasn’t directly accessible by car. We sent a message (through Viator) the morning before asking where we should go for pick-up but didn’t hear back. The morning of the tour, we tried calling the number listed on Viator but it was out of service (the Viator customer service was also unhelpful). We had to dig around for the provider’s main website and contacted about five different phone numbers before getting an answer for where to go. Others on the tour who booked directly on the provider’s website said they were contacted late the night before with pick-up instructions. Overall, a good way to see a lot in a short span of time. We saw beautiful and interesting sites. Also convenient for our itinerary that the trip started in Marrakech and ended in Fes. The van was mostly comfortable and even had WiFi (not great service, but more than I was expecting), but was sometimes too hot. Food was a mix of a la carte and buffet style, always with decent vegetarian options. My impression is that this tour experience is pretty equivalent to those with other providers in terms of itinerary, activities, lodging, food, and sales pitches. It did not live up to the quality of tours I’ve been on in other countries, but it still seems like a tour was the best option for the things we wanted to see.

Scam , this provider is no longer in Service!!! - Scam , no one came to pick us up at the café of Paris on the place Jamaa El fna. Nobody's answering my e-mails, the phone number's out of Service. Fleeing ..... Viator is investigating at the moment, I hope of course to be fully refunded. Fortunately we are experienced travellers and we were able to reorganise in a few hours. But our tour of the desert of course fell through ((with everything else that was planned in this tour)