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Child-friendly private tour 8 days Marrakech and Essaouira

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  • 8 days
  • Private Tour
  • All year

Overview

This tour is ideal for families with children of all ages and can, of course, be customised to your individual needs. All activities in the itinerary are suggestions; there are lots of alternatives. And since some kids need a full program with lots of action while others need a lot of quiet time (especially in a city like Marrakech, which can be pretty overwhelming), there is always the option to drop the afternoon activity for downtime.

  • 8 days Marrakech and Essaouira
  • Culture, sightseeing, movement, beach
  • Hotels with breakfast, driver and guides included

Included

  • 7 nights in hotels including breakfast
  • Guided citytour in Marrakech
  • Additional tours or workshops according to interest
  • Cooking class in Essaouira
  • Surfing class in Essaouira
  • Driver

Not included

  • Lunches, dinners, drinks
  • Tips
  • Optional activities

What to expect

  • Cultural diversity, colourful cities
  • Interesting and entertaining activities for the whole family
  • Yummy food, lots of exercise and flexibility  

Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival in Marrakech. Restaurant recommendation for dinner or menu in the hotel.

Day 2

Guided city tour with a focus on artisanal crafts in the morning, you visit the souks with your guide and watch the craftsmen do their work. Maybe you can even try for yourself here and there, with metal works, mosaics or leather processing.

Chilling in the Jardin Secret in the afternoon to digest all the new impressions.

Day 3

Bicycle or streetart tour in the morning to discover the city from a totally different side. Depending if you are looking for exercise or are more interested in the local street art, there are a few tours to choose from. In the afternoon you can do a pottery or mosaic workshop or just relax in the Riad or a café. 

Day 4

Today you leave the big city chaos behind and go on a day trip to the Ourika valley with a short hike to the waterfall, or to Imlil with a half day hike to the Berber villages. Alternatively you can spend the day in the Terres D’Amanar park with zip lining, an acropark, horse riding and swimming pools.

Day 5

Transfer to Essoauira, free afternoon to explore the medina. Check out the ramparts, famous for Game of Thrones, or stroll through the fish market by the port and pick out your dinner at one of the stalls.

Day 6

Cooking class in the morning, shop at the market and then cook and eat your own lunch. Free afternoon to relax or go for a horse back ride along the beach for sunset.

Day 7

2 hours surf class for the whole family in the morning. In the afternoon you can relax on the beach or walk through the medina one last time and buy some souvenirs.

Day 8

Transfer from Essaouira to the Marrakech airport, departure in the afternoon.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I book?

For a child-friendly individual tour, please fill out the questionnaire and schedule a phone call/Teams meeting with me.

To confirm your booking, we require a deposit of 25% of the total trip price. The remaining payment is due 1 month before the trip.

What kind of accommodation will you book for me?

For custom trips, you can determine the level of luxury/budget yourself. However, it is generally advisable to book smaller riads and hotels in Morocco. They are often beautifully furnished in a traditional style, serve delicious food and, in typical Moroccan fashion, place great emphasis on hospitality. We usually choose a mixture of both for you.

What is included and what isn't?

On custom tours, accommodation, breakfast, dinner (on route only), a car with driver and, if applicable, activities are included.

Not included are flights, insurance, drinks (except water and tea with meals), tips.

Are the tours child-friendly?

Yes, our trips are child-friendly!

Custom trips are suitable for all age groups, but there are almost no child seats in cars in Morocco, so you may need to bring your own.

What will the temperatures be like?

In times of climate change, this question is difficult to answer. We hope for daytime temperatures between 25-30°C in October and March, 20-25 in November and February, and 15-20 in December and January. Nighttime temperatures can drop close to freezing in the winter months. In summer, i.e. from mid-May to mid-September, temperatures can exceed 40 degrees throughout the country. There are frequent heat waves, which also affect the mountains and coastal regions. In the Atlas Mountains, there can be thunderstorms and strong winds.

What to wear in Morocco?

Theoretically, you can wear whatever you want in Morocco. It is not forbidden to walk around in shorts and a tank top. But it is not appropriate. We recommend wearing at least T-shirts, but even better long-sleeved shirts or blouses, not least because of the strong sunlight. And long trousers or wide long skirts.

You don’t have to cover your hair, but a baseball cap or sun hat will help you keep a cool head and avoid sunstroke.

For our camel trekking tours, we will send you a packing list after booking.

What about food?

In the hotels and on hiking and trekking tours you will be served mostly traditional Moroccan food, i.e. lots of tagines and couscous. In Marrakesh and Essaouira, you can also find international restaurants. We will be happy to send you a list of restaurant recommendations after you book.

On our camel trekking tours, meat is served on the first evening, followed by mostly vegetarian food with occasional canned fish. It is not possible to transport meat safely in the high temperatures.

If you are vegetarian or vegan, just let us know, it’s no problem at all.

What we cannot offer is completely gluten-free cuisine (for coeliac disease). Morocco is simply too bread-heavy for that, and we cannot expect the crew not to prepare and eat bread. Low-gluten is possible, but you may need to bring a packet of gluten-free pasta and/or bread with you. We can bake cornbread and otherwise serve rice and potatoes.

Do I need insurance?

We strongly recommend that you take out at least good travel health insurance. Not just for this trip, but for all trips in Morocco and around the world. Make sure that it covers repatriation to your home country in the event of serious issues so that you can be treated at home.

You should also consider taking out travel cancellation insurance in case you get sick or are injured immediately before your trip and have to cancel.

Do I need a visa?

That depends on the country you come from. Most European countries and the USA have a 90-day visa exemption. This means you will only receive a stamp upon arrival and departure.

What is the cancellation policy?

You can find our cancellation policy in detail in our booking conditions.

In summary, we charge a fee for every cancellation made by a guest to cover the work and costs we have already incurred (e.g. hotel deposits). Depending on the type of tour and the time of cancellation, this fee ranges from €200 to the total price of the tour.

If we have to cancel, we will, of course, refund the total price.