Backpacking Morocco: Grand Adventure is a 13-day small-group trip through 8 stops, from $1,845 per person with a $350 deposit. Chefchaouen's blue streets, the Roman ruins of Volubilis, the Fes medina, a night at a Sahara desert camp and a hike in the High Atlas. For travellers aged 18-40, in groups of 5-16, with 21 activities and 15 meals. Departures run from 28 September 2026.
Casablanca → Chefchaouen → Fes → Midelt → Merzouga → Ouarzazate → Imlil → Marrakech
Morocco
8 stops
The trip starts in Casablanca, Morocco's biggest city, on the Atlantic coast. Your airport pick-up is included, so someone will be waiting when you land to take you to the hotel. Nothing is planned during the day, which leaves time to rest after the flight. In the evening you meet your group leader and the people you will spend the next 13 days with.
The first stop is the Hassan II Mosque, whose minaret towers over Casablanca's seafront. From there you head up the coast to Rabat, the capital, to see the Hassan Tower and the Mausoleum of Mohammed V, two landmarks of Arab-Andalusian architecture. The drive then turns inland to Chefchaouen, your home for the next two nights, arriving in time to settle in over dinner.
A whole day in and around Chefchaouen. The morning is spent on foot in the old town, climbing its stepped lanes and hidden alleyways between houses washed in every shade of blue. In the afternoon you head out of town to the Akchour Waterfalls, where the river runs into clear pools and you can cool off with a swim.
You say goodbye to Chefchaouen this morning and drive south towards Fes. On the way you stop at Volubilis, a Roman town whose columns, arches and floor mosaics still stand among the farmland, and there is time to walk around the site. You reach Fes in the afternoon and check in to a traditional riad for two nights, in a city that has held on to its old way of life.
Departures run with a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 16 travellers, aged 18 to 40s and from all over the world. Most people book on their own, so if you are travelling solo you will be in good company from the first evening in Casablanca. Booking with a friend or partner? Let us know and we will keep you together.
Included: 12 nights of accommodation, 15 meals (12 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 2 dinners), every activity on the itinerary from the Hassan II Mosque to the Marrakech medina tour, all transport between destinations including the 4x4s into the Sahara, your airport pick-up on arrival, a group leader for the whole trip, help planning your onward travel, and 24/7 support, including after the trip finishes.
Not included: international flights, travel insurance, visas, the airport drop-off at the end, the meals not listed on the itinerary, drinks and spending money.
With the activities, transport and 15 meals already paid for, most travellers budget around £350 ($500 / €400) for the 13 days. That covers the meals that are not included, drinks, shopping in the souks and any onward travel.
The Moroccan dirham is a closed currency and cannot easily be exchanged outside Morocco, so plan to get your cash once you arrive. A travel card such as Wise keeps foreign exchange fees down.
A mix of hotels, riads, a guesthouse and a desert camp, in twin or double rooms: one night at Kenzi Basma Hotel in Casablanca, two at Hotel Tarek in Chefchaouen, two at Riad Dilar in Fes, one at Ksar Timnay Hotel in Midelt, one in a tent at Tafouyte Camp in the Sahara, one at Dar Tafouyte Riad in Merzouga, which has a pool, one at Hotel les Jardins de Ouarzazate, one at Dar Aymane Guesthouse in Imlil and two at Riad Omar in Marrakech. In Midelt, at the desert camp and in Merzouga, rooms and tents can also be triples.
Solo travellers share with someone of the same gender. If you would rather have a room to yourself, ask us about a private room when you book. Accommodation can occasionally change due to availability.
15 meals: breakfast every day from day 2 to day 13, lunch with a local family on day 7, when they show you how traditional dishes are made, and two dinners, one at the Sahara desert camp on day 7 and the other on day 11 at your cooking class in Marrakech, where you eat what you have cooked.
The group get-together on day 1 and the final dinner on day 12 are not included, and neither are other lunches and dinners, which leaves you free to try the street food in Fes and Marrakech.
Yes, for most requirements. Vegetarian food is easy to find all over Morocco. Strict vegan and gluten-free options are harder to find outside the big cities.
Tell us about any dietary requirements or allergies when you book, so your group leader knows before you arrive.
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