Last updated: 2012-04-05

Day by Day

Day 1

Gathering at the airport in Marrakesh (when Norwegians wednesday flight lands). We spend the day making a tour together to Jardin Majorelle, the botanical garden Yves Saint Laurent gave as a gift to the town of Marrakesh, and to visit Djemma el-Fna, Marrakesh's main square (the luggage stays in the minibus). In the evening we take the night train to Tangier.

Day 2

We arrive early in the morning and you have one whole day to discover Tangier on your own. The hotel is situated by the harbor, so newly grilled fish is recommended or you can make a trip to Cap Spartel, with a view over the whole coast.

Day 3

The midmorning is dedicated to Tangier. After which you take the bus to Larache. You will be met at the bus stop by your host families, where you will be accommodated two by two. All families have somebody at their home who speaks English.

Day 4-5

For two days you follow your family in their everyday life. The last day you take the bus to Fés and check-in at the groups own riad (a rebuilt family house), in the old medina (walled town centre).

Day 6-7

Two whole days to explore this old market town, one with a local guide and the other on your own. Old fashioned dye-houses for leather, coppersmith shops, small boutiques in the small medina and Al-Kairaouine, Africa's biggest mosque and university are all thing you have time to see. Last night bus to Azrou, a town in middle Atlas Mountains..

Day 8

You travel the whole day over the mountains, by bus, with the exceptions for meal breaks, to Merzouga, an outpost in the desert. First a green mountain landscape with spots of snow that changes into a desert landscape with breathtaking mountain shapes and green oasis.

Day 9-10

You leave the Kasbah (hotel built like a desert fort) you spent the night in and take a dromedary ride to a camp in the desert. Here you sleep in a tent or under the sky and in the silence.'

Day 11-13

Now you travel further west all the way to Ouarzazate. And from there by taxi to the village Tajda, where you stay two nights, with families in the countryside. You take part in their everyday chores and help out with what you can. There is an English speaking interpreter in every family. The the last day you continue by bus via Marrakesh all the way to the coast to Essaouira. On the road you pass on snaky roads Col du Tichka at an altitude of 2260 meters above sea level.

Day 14-15

You spend two whole days in the fishing village Essaouira by the coast. On our hotels the hostess, Rachida, holds a cooking lesson, if you are interested. (You can stay here a few more days.)

Day 16-17

You go by bus to Marrakesh and have two days in this hectic city, with bazaars around Djemma el-Fna, the big town square, with ambulating restaurants that pop up each night.

Day 18

The journey is finished.