Simple way to summarise; posy holiday, we all independently selected the best experience of our Moroccan adventure and ALL 4 of us selected the desert tour!
As a family of 4, which includes a 6yr daughter and 10yr son we took some time prior to our trip to research a number of tour companies offering private tours. We settles on Marrakech Desert Trips. We never regretted this decision! Communication prior were excellent throughout.
To our tour, especially our private tour guide for 4 days, Lahcen which we learned to be a very experienced guide (both worldly and domestically within Morocco) who appeared to know everyone, everywhere! As such, we experienced and witnessed so many things along the way. Lahcen was great company throughout, the kids especially grew fond of him during the trip. Nothing was ever too much bother, such as toilet breaks, general stretching of the legs or photo opportunities, of which there are too many! Lahcen was a big part of this tour being such a memorable experience.
Private Vs Group was an easy one for us; we didn’t want any compromise during our trip. We and our tour guide drove the agenda of the trip, therefore the increased cost which all in was 1050 Euros was worth every penny, in our opinion.
The duration; there is a lot of driving approx. 1400km in total. PLEASE don’t let this put you off as the experience in the Sahara Desert is worth every km. We selected the longer 4 day tour over the 3 day which provided a stop on our return rather than a large 9-10hr return from the desert to Marrakech. The drive is made all that more easier with the many experiences and mini tours along the way all under the guidance of Lahcen. These are all detailed on their website.
The Sahara Desert experience was out of this world. What made it more special was doing in out of season (when it’s HOT!) so there was an unbelievable peace in the desert with hardly any other groups/tours. Yes, it was HOT but we found manageable as a family. The camel ride in the desert to our camp was lovely, our 6yr daughter needed to be with a parent. We paused for an incredible sunset. The camp was basic but fine with good food provided. I will not lie, the tents were HOT so this created another experience….the few groups staying at the camp site pulled out their mattresses onto the sand and slept under the stars ….. our kids are still talking about this. Then a 5am start for sunrise on the camels ……. Again, nothing like it!
The hotels along the way were simple but effective and had pools which provided a respite from the heat daily.
This tour will provide a long lasting memory to the entire family.
PS don’t ignore the small coffee offerings along the way out of peoples cars / vans. Yes they look basic but the coffee is top stuff!