We pride ourselves on being able to arrange a tour specifically suited to each individual client. We do not “package” our tours as we treat every client as an individual, with their own particular wants, needs, interests and budget. Here are a few examples of tours that have been done by some of our happy clients:
Morocco
Day 1 – Casablanca
On arrival at Casablanca airport you will meet with your guide and transfer to your hotel in Casablanca. Check in and settlement. Enjoy a brief tour of the city.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 2 – Casablanca / Rabat / Meknes (240 Km)
After breakfast, optional visit of the Hassan II mosque, then continue to Rabat, the administrative capital of the kingdom. Visit the Mechouar, the royal palace, the Mohamed V mausoleum (burial site of the king’s father), optional lunch. Continue to Meknes, the 18th century capital of Sultan Moulay Ismail, via the extensive Roman ruins of Volubilis, famous for its 2000 year old ruins. Visit Moulay Idriss, the holiest Islamic site in Morocco where the tomb of the man who brought Islam to Morocco lies. On arrival in Meknes, visit the royal stables, Bab Mansour, and place El H’dim. Check in and settle in at the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 3 – Meknes / Tangier (267 Km)
After breakfast, departure to Tangier through the plain of the Gharb passing by Kenitra, the industrial and military centre of importance within Morocco. It is known for its agricultural richness. Larache, a small city, to be pottered round on foot where you will view the remains of the Roman ruins; Assilah, optional lunch, and then, Tangier that is considered more of an atmosphere than a city. Check in at the hotel.
Dinner and overnight at hotel in Tangier.
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Day 4 – Tangier
After breakfast, morning devoted to the visit of Tangier, the pearl of the north. Visit the small Socco, the big Socco, the old medina with its souks. Continue to Cap Spartel. Optional lunch, visit the Hercules caves and time at leisure to admire the beauty of the white waves of the Mediterranean ocean. Back to Tangier.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 5 – Tangier / Tetouan / Chefchaouen / Fez (343 km)
After breakfast, departure to Tetouan, orientation tour: visit Moulay Mehdi square, the Andalous quarter, the ancient Medina, Bab El Okla and its museum. Continue to Chefchaouen. Optional lunch, visit the ancient Kasbah and the different quarters of the medina. Continue to Fez via Ouazzen.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 6 – Fez
After breakfast, the day is devoted to the visit of Fez, Morocco’s cultural and spiritual capital. Its labyrinthine streets are filled with ancient mosques. In these streets, you will see veiled women, artisans inheriting the handicraft from their forefathers, and donkeys, Optional lunch. Then Visit Moulay Idriss mausoleum, the Karaouiine University, the world’s oldest institute of higher learning, and the enclosures of the king’s palace.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 7 – Fez
After breakfast, enjoy your second day of sightseeing in Fez. Visit Fez el Jadid, the Mellah quarter, the Batha museum and Bab Boujloud. After an optional lunch, afternoon devoted to the visit of the souks.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 8 – Fez / Erfoud (460 km)
After breakfast, departure to Erfoud via Midelt and Errachidia. The region is famous for its almost 1 million date palm trees. The village used to be a military outpost built by the French during the protectorate after an optional lunch, board your 4WD to transfer to the sand dunes of Merzouga where you will spend the night. Possibility to watch the sunset depending on the time of arrival.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 9 – Erfoud / Tinghir / Ouarzazate (320 km)
Wake up early this morning to watch the sunrise on the dunes and after breakfast, back to Erfoud where you will start your journey to Ouarzazate via the Todra gorges and the Dades valley. Arrival to Ouarzazate, and continue to Aït Benhaddou . “Optional lunch” where you will visit the famous Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou Many movies including Jesus of Nazareth and Lawrence of Arabia, were filmed in this village. Back to Ouarzazate.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 10 – Ouarzazate / Taroudant / Agadir (390 km)
After breakfast, departure to Taroudant via Tazenakht and Taliouine. Taroudant is an ancient market center of the souss valley. It is famous for its lemon and orange groves. Visit of the berber villages and the beautiful countryside. After an optional lunch , continue to Agadir at 80 kms from Taroudant. Upon arrival, check in and settlement at the hotel. Orientation tour of the city: visit the Kasbah, the newest part of the city and the harbour.
Dinner and overnight at hotel.
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Day 11 – Essaouira (173 km)
After a leisurely breakfast, drive west to the sweeping white beaches outside the coastal town of Essaouira. This 16th century Portuguese harbour fortress, became the home port of Sultan Mohamed Ibn Abdullah’s corsairs in the mid – 1700s. After an optional lunch in one of the local seafood restaurants, wander through Essaouira’s old citadel, a fascinating mix of Portuguese and Berber military architecture. Here you will amble into the souk, where women in white haiks and men in burnouses haggle over spices, dates and olives. Photograph Portuguese – style tiled and hand carved stone doorways, peek into hidden courtyards and
meander down endless whitewashed lanes.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 12 – Essaouira / Marrakech (176 km)
After breakfast, morning at leisure for a walk along the beach or wandering through this small city’s quarters. After an optional lunch, departure to Marrakech, pearl of the south. Arrival in late afternoon and check in at the hotel. Sightseeing to the Majorelle, the private gardens of Yves Saint Laurent, and the designer’s private Islamic art museum. Drive along the city ramparts dividing the town into the oldest and the newest parts.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 13 – Marrakech
In the morning, visit of the Bahia palace, noted for its Moorish – Andalusian architecture, and the late 16th century necropolis of the Saadians – the Koutoubia minaret. After an optional lunch, visit Marrakech’s vast souk, a maze of reed – covered alleyways full of wonderful handicrafts, and then follow a labyrinthine path into the three ring circus of the city’s main square, the Jemaa el Fna.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 14 – Marrakech / Day trip to Ouirgane
After a leisurely breakfast, departure to the Asni and Ouirgane valleys. Visit Tinmal mosque, one of the most precious jewels of architecture and religious art in the Muslim west. It is not only a masterpiece of the first order, but also, together with the Koutoubia, an essential reference of Moroccan art since the 12th century. Enjoy the beautiful landscape of the area and lunch at leisure at one of the local restaurants there. Time at leisure before you will go back to Marrakech.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel. (B&D)
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Day 15 – Marrakech
Day at leisure to explore the city.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
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Day 16 – Final Departure
Breakfast at your hotel.
Transfer to Airport for your final flight.
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South Africa and Zambia
Day 1
You will arrive in Johannesburg and will be met and transferred to your hotel. You will have a chance to unpack and freshen up. At approximately 12h00 you will be taken to Soweto for your afternoon Soweto Tour. This is a fascinating glimpse of bustling neighbourhood life. Drive past two Nobel Prize winners’ previous residences, Hector Pieterson Memorial, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital (largest in Africa), and various community development projects.
Overnight at the hotel
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Day 2
At approximately 07h00 this morning you will be transferred to OR Tambo Airport for your flight to Livingstone, Zambia. On arrival in Livingstone you will be met and transferred to your hotel. You will have a chance to check in and freshen up before being transferred to the Victoria Falls for your guided tour. Described by the Kololo tribe living in the area in the 1800’s as ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – ‘the Smoke that Thunders’ and in more modern terms as ‘the greatest known curtain of falling water’, Victoria Falls are a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi River, bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe. A path along the edge of the forest provides the visitor who is prepared to brave the tremendous spray with an unparalleled series of views of the Falls. One special vantage point is across the Knife edge bridge, where visitors can have the finest view of the Eastern Cataract and the Main Falls as well as the Boiling Pot where the river turns and heads down the Batoka Gorge. Other vantage points include the Falls bridge and the Lookout Tree which commands a panoramic view across the Main Falls. Different times of the year will provide completely different experiences of the Falls region.
After the tour, at approximately 16h00, you will be transferred to the “Royal Landing” jetty for your sundowner cruise on the African Queen. The African Queen and Princess meander slowly upstream along the length of the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park looking for game on the way. A number of animals and a host of bird species can be viewed from comfortable chairs on cool wooden decks. Excellent hot and cold food is served on board and the bar is well stocked. All snacks and 3 drinks per person are included in the price and served throughout the cruise by professional, friendly waiters making the whole experience probably the most luxurious cruise on the Zambezi river.
PLEASE NOTE. If a guest would like more beverages than the allocated 3 drinks, a cash bar will be available.
Overnight at the hotel
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Day 3
This morning may be spent at leisure. At approximately 14h30 this afternoon you will be collected and taken on your game drive in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. The Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park stretches from the Songwe Gorge below the falls in a north-west arc along about 20 km of the Zambian river bank. It forms the south-western boundary of the city of Livingstone and has two main sections: a wildlife park at its north-western end, and the land adjacent to the immense and awe-inspiring Victoria Falls, which in the rainy season is the world’s largest curtain of falling water. It extends downstream from the falls and to the south-east along the Batoka Gorges. The Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park boasts five White Rhino, Elephant, Buffalo, Giraffe, Zebra and various Antelope. Although small by African standards (1600Ha), this increases the chance of seeing game. Guests are also shown some historic sites such as the Old Drift where the original white settlers lived before 1904.
Overnight at the hotel
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Day 4
After a leisurely breakfast this morning you will be collected and transferred to Livingstone Airport for your flight o Johannesburg. On arrival in Johannesburg you will be met and transferred to your restcamp in the Kruger National Park.
Overnight at the restcamp
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Day 5
Game Drives in Kruger National Park
Overnight at the restcamp
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Day 6
Game Drives in Kruger National Park
Overnight at the restcamp
Day 7
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After breakfast you will be transferred back to Johannesburg and your hotel.
Overnight at the hotel
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Day 8
At approximately 09h00 this morning you will be collected and escorted on your full day tour of Maropeng. You will visit the Origins Centre. Discover human origin in Africa, creation of tools, language, art and spirituality. Holograms, virtual visual shows and basic DNA test on touch screen. Travel to Rhino & Lion Park. There is a possible interaction with lion cubs. Then Visit ‘Wonder Cave’ at ‘Cradle of Humankind’ followed by park tour.
Overnight at the hotel
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Day 9
You will be collected and transferred to OR Tambo Airport for your flight home.
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