7-Day Morocco Food & Culture Tour: Marrakech, Imlil Trek & Agafay Desert Camp
Duration
7 days
Max Group Size
17
Departure Type
Request
Guiding Method
Fully guided
Physical level
moderate
Operated In
English, French, German, Spanish, Portugal
Age Requirement
10 - 65 Ages
About this tour
Discover Morocco through its food and traditions. Taste Marrakech street food with a food guide, cook a family meal in a local home, and meet artisans in their medina workshops. Then trek in the High Atlas from Imlil to a Berber village, with lunch in a local family’s home and stargazing in the mountains. End with a night in a luxury desert camp at Agafay, with a special dinner under the tent, a sunset camel ride and a telescope session. Private tour with a certified mountain guide, 4-star stays and 24/7 local support.
Route
- 1Marrakech - Tensift - Al HaouzAfricaMoroccoStart
- 2ImlilAfricaMoroccoAl Haouz
- 3Agafay DesertAfricaMorocco
- 4Marrakech - Tensift - Al HaouzAfricaMoroccoEnd
What makes this tour special
Itinerary
Meet your representative at the airport and transfer to your riad. Enjoy a welcome mint tea and a trip briefing. At 6:30 pm, join a guided food tour of Jemaa el-Fna square: harira soup, grilled skewers, snails, pastries, orange juice and tea. The tour replaces dinner.
Meals: dinner.
Overnight: 4-star riad in the medina.
Visit the Bahia Palace, the Saadian Tombs and the Koutoubia (exterior) with an official guide. Walk through the spice souk, the olive and date sellers and the herbalist, and stop at a neighbourhood bread oven. Lunch in a medina restaurant with tangia, a Marrakech speciality. Free afternoon and evening.
Meals: breakfast, lunch.
Overnight: 4-star riad in the medina.
Enjoy a free morning, or add an optional sunrise hot air balloon flight. At 2:30 pm, meet artisans in their workshops: zellige tilework, weaving and leather. At 4:30 pm, cook in a family home: tagine, cooked salad, homemade bread and honey pastry. The meal you prepare is your dinner, shared with the family.
Meals: breakfast, dinner.
Overnight: 4-star riad in the medina.
At 9:30 am, leave Marrakech behind and head south towards the High Atlas Mountains. The road (65 km, about 1h45) winds through the market town of Tahanaout and the valley of Asni, where olive groves and red-earth villages gradually give way to dramatic mountain scenery. On a clear day, the snow-capped peaks of Toubkal National Park appear on the horizon.
On arrival in Imlil, at 1,740 m, settle into your mountain lodge, nestled among walnut and apple orchards, with sweeping views over the valley.
Mountain picnic: enjoy a picnic prepared by the lodge, set up in a peaceful spot among the orchards or by the river, with the mountains as your backdrop.
E-bike ride to Aremd (about 2 hours, all levels): explore the valley at your own pace on an electric mountain bike, accompanied by your guide. The electric assistance makes the climb effortless, so you can focus on the breathtaking landscapes, the Berber villages and the walnut forests. You will also stop in Aremd for mint tea in a local home.
Back at the lodge, take time to relax before a traditional Berber dinner.
At 9 pm, end the day on the lodge terrace for a magical stargazing session. Far from any light pollution, the mountain sky reveals the Milky Way and countless constellations: an unforgettable moment in the silence of the Atlas.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner
Overnight: mountain lodge in Imlil
At 8:30 am, trek with your mountain guide to the village of Tachdirt (2,300 m), a three-hour climb through terraces and walnut trees. Enjoy lunch in a local home: village-oven bread, tagine cooked with the family and mint tea. Descend by another path (2h30) and return to the lodge around 4:30 pm. Dinner at the lodge, with a second stargazing evening if the weather allows.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Overnight: mountain lodge in Imlil.
Leave at 9:30 am for the Agafay desert (2h30 drive). Lunch at the luxury camp at 1 pm and settle into your tent with a private bathroom. Free afternoon, with an optional quad ride. At 5:30 pm, enjoy a sunset camel ride. At 8 pm, a special dinner under the tent with a campfire and Gnawa music, then stargazing with a telescope.
Meals: breakfast, lunch, dinner.
Stay: luxury desert camp at Agafay.
Watch the sunrise over the Atlas and have breakfast. At 9:30 am, return to Marrakech and transfer to the airport, timed to your flight.
Meals: breakfast.
Trip includes
Included
3 nights in a 4-star riad in the Marrakech medina, in a double or twin room
2 nights in a mountain lodge in Imlil
1 night in a luxury desert camp at Agafay, in a tent with a private bathroom
Accompanying guide in your language for the whole tour
Official local guide for the medina visit on day 2
Certified mountain guide in Imlil on days 4 and 5
Language confirmed in writing at booking
Guiding Method
Fully guided
English
French
German
Spanish
Portugal6 breakfasts, 4 lunches and 5 dinners
Dinner on day 1 is the street food tour; dinner on day 3 is the meal you cook with a local family
Dinner on day 6 is the special four-course dinner at the desert camp
Private air-conditioned vehicle with driver for the whole tour
Airport pick-up and drop-off in Marrakech
Mules for luggage in Imlil
Welcome mint tea and trip briefing on arrival
PM Travel Agency travel booklet with the programme, maps and emergency numbers
24/7 local assistance with a single contact person in Marrakech
Entrance fees to the sites mentioned in the programme
Food tour of Jemaa el-Fna, artisan visits and cooking class with recipes sent by email
Lunch in a local home in the mountains
Sunset camel ride at Agafay
Special dinner under the tent with campfire and Gnawa music
Bottled water during meals
Day 5 is a trek of 2 to 3 hours with about 500 to 600 m of ascent. It can be shortened to a 1-hour round trip.
Bring walking shoes, a warm layer and sun protection. Nights in Imlil and Agafay are cold, even in summer.
Between December and March, snow may change the trek route. A replacement route is planned.
The hot air balloon and stargazing depend on the weather. A balloon flight cancelled for weather is fully refunded.
The order of visits may change depending on your flight time and monument opening hours.
Excluded
International flights and visa, if required
Travel and repatriation insurance
Drinks other than bottled water, and meals not mentioned in the programme
Tips for the guides and driver
Optional activities: hot air balloon, quad ride, Majorelle Garden and Yves Saint Laurent Museum, hammam, private dinner for two, e-bike, Stargazing sessions in Imlil or Agafay
Personal expenses
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