Well we survived both Morocco and a “guided” tour with Desert Detours! As we know this is a popular trip and people have asked us already, here is some links to the blogs and summary. Hope it gets you interested in such a trip – it really was superb!
The following links are all on our site and will hopefully be of interest if you want to know more about Morocco
- Morocco Country Guide – our summary of Morocco with some tips that may be useful
- Our blog for the particular weeks that include Morocco:-
- Costs, Summary and Review – our summary and review of the trip as well as the costs (that also include the rest of the trip)
- Photos from trip – our photos from this entire trip including the Morocco part
Final point: In the volotile situation in Africa at the present time, we never felt this had ANY affect on us whatsoever. We saw one minor demo (and got caught in a traffic jam) – but NO hassle, NO unrest, NO violence and NOTHING that would make you even aware of the situation. So, in OUR VIEW, don’t let it bother you. Morocco is NOT the same as Lybia or Egypt…
All comments are our personal views and you may or may not agree and indeed your experiences may be different. We can only comment on our trip and our views. Enjoy!
Sounds like you had a great time, very similar to our experience when we went in 2009 on our own. We had bad weather until we crossed the Atlas Mountains, then the weather was a lot warmer.
I got a terrible chest infection and had a cold the whole time I was in Morocco.
Love the sahara, Chefchouan, andEssoira, Marakesh was enough for two days too.
We also like the Todra and Dades Gorges.
Pat