Grand Tour of Egypt and Morocco
Have a chance to enjoy the best cities of Egypt and Morocco. Start your trip with the fascinating ancient life by visiting Cairo and finally take a nile cruise to visit Luxor and Aswan. Then fly to Morocco to enjoy the top four cities Casablanca, Rabat, Fez and Marrakesh.
- Meet and assist by our representatives at airports.
- Assistance of our guest relations during your stay.
- Accommodation for 7 nights in Morocco including daily breakfast.
- Accommodation for 3 nights in Cairo including daily breakfast.
- Accommodation for 4 nights on 05 star Superior Nile Cruise on full board.
- All transfers to/from airport & hotel by an air-conditioned coach.
- Domestic flight ticket Cairo to Luxor and Aswan to Cairo. ( in Egypt ).
- Private tour during all the trip. ( except the cruise excursions in Egypt will be in small group ).
- Local English-speaking tours guides in Rabat, Meknes, Volubilis, Fez, Marrakech and Casablanca.
- Local English-speaking tours guides in Cairo and on the cruise ( In Egypt ).
- English-speaking drivers during all the trip.
- Entrance fees to all sites as indicated on the itinerary.
- Bottled water during the trip daily.
- Free WiFi in the vehicles in Egypt.
- Free Wifi at Morocco hotels.
- Complimentary Cairo Photo Session around Giza Pyramids (Online delivery via email)
- All service charges and taxes.
- International Airfare.
- Flights from Casablanca-Cairo.
- Entry visa to Morocco and Egypt.
- Optional Tours.
- Hassan II Mosque from inside in Casablanca - 15 USD per person.
- Personal spendings.
- Tipping.
- Extra not mentioned in the itinerary.
Day 1 : Arrival to Casablanca - Transfer to Rabat
As you land in Casablanca, our local driver guide will welcome you in front of gate 2 outside the airport. You will drive up north to Rabat, capital of Morocco; you will be taken to check-in at your hotel where you will be spending the night.
Activities: Transfer from Casablanca Airport to Hotel (Rabat)
Overnight in: Rabat.
Day 2 : Rabat - Meknes - Volubilis - Fez
After breakfast, be prepared for a guided tour of Rabat, it will revolve around uncovering the history of Rabat. The tour includes a visit to Chellah and Kasbah Ouddaya. Free time afterward to stroll around the souks and bazaars in the old medina of Rabat. Then, continue to “Café Maure”, on the bank of Bouregrag River, to enjoy a Moroccan Tea time with mint tea alongside some Moroccan goodies like: “Kaab Ghazal” and “Ghariba”.
Then we will head to Fez. En route, we will be making a stop by Volubilis and Meknes. The archeological site of Volubilis is listed by the UNESCO as a worldwide heritage. A specialized guide will walk you around the remains of the Roman and Berber cultures that once occupied it. Afterward, the trip will continue to the Imperial City of Meknes, one of Morocco’s lesser-visited. It was built by Moulay Ismail and was conceived to be the ‘Versailles of Morocco’. Once you meet your local guide, you’ll be able to visit the famed gate of Bab El Mansour, and Lhri. These sites are the main beating veins of the city. We will then continue our way to Fez.
The more you know: Kaab Ghazal means in Arabic the hoof of the dear, and along with Ghariba and Mint Tea are symbols of Moroccan hospitality.
Overnight in: Fez.
Meals: Breakfast, Tea break.
Local experience: Café Maure overlooking “Abouregrag” River.
Day 3: Fes Exploration day
After breakfast, start your guided city tour of Fez, once the capital of the kingdom before 1912. Your visit today will revolve around exploring Fez the Medina which is a World Heritage Site, according to the UNESCO, and it was founded in the 9th century and it is home to the world's oldest university.
Your local guide will show you around the major sites like Bou-Inania and Attarin Medersa, the tanners, Ess-Seffarine Square, Moulay Driss tomb, El-Nejjarine square, and the cabinet makers’ souk, the Hebrew district ‘Mellah’. In your schedule, you will have a pottery workshop with a pottery master so that you get to have a full Moroccan experience. After lunch at a local restaurant, you are free to either choose to go back to your hotel or stroll in the narrow alley of the old town on your own.
The more you know: each October Fez held one of the largest and well known Sufi festivals with performers from around the world.
Overnight in: Fez
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Local Experience: Pottery workshops
Day 4: Beni-Mellal - Marrakech
After breakfast, you will be picked up, and then travel to the imperial city of Marrakech. Along the way, you will pass through small villages such as Imouzar and Ifrane. A bit later in the day, when you reach one of the morocco’s best known agricultural centers called Beni Melal. You will continue on your journey to Marrakech. On arrival in Marrakech, you will be taken to check-in at your hotel where you will be spending the night.
Overnight in: Marrakech.
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 5: Marrakech
Today you will get the chance to wake up and live Marrakech, a dream of many, so be sure to make the best of it. After your breakfast, our local guide and driver guide will be waiting for you to start a guided city tour of the “Ochre City”. We will visit first in the morning the Majorelle Garden which was named after the French painter, Jacques Majorelle who dedicated a lot of effort and passion to this art piece.
After Majorelle let’s continue after it to Menara and though the name in Arabic translates to “lighthouse”, it is actually a pavilion with a basin and a garden of orchards and olive groves. We will be heading afterward to the Koutobia Mosque and through the Jewish quarter called Mallah. After lunch at a local restaurant, finish your visit with a carriage ride or “Koutchi” to Jamaa El Fnaa.
The more you know: Marrakesh is known for being holy, Moroccans call it “the land of the seven men” who were huge religion and Sufi scholars that gave their lives for knowledge and worship
Overnight in: Marrakech.
Meals: Breakfast, lunch.
Local experience: Kotchi (Horse Carriage Tour).
Day 6: Marrakech Free Day
After Breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a free day to discover Marrakech on your pace. Have your own Marrakech experience, meet the locals, engage in the “Marrakechi” lifestyle, find the storytellers, the snake charmers and let Marrakech charm you as well.
Overnight in: Marrakech.
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 7: Marrakech - Casablanca
Wake up and enjoy a lovely breakfast at your hotel before heading to Casablanca. Once in Casablanca, you will be joined with your local guide for a visit to the Hassan II mosque, an Architectural master peace overlooking the Atlantic coast of Casablanca. Continue afterward for a tour of the city and its corniche, the Habous quarters, Royal Palace (exterior visit).
Overnight in: Casablanca.
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 8: Departure Casablanca / Arrival Cairo
Enjoy a free morning before heading to the airport of Casablanca for the flight to Cairo. Your tour manager will meet and assist you at Cairo International Airport and then he will escort you to the hotel by an air-conditioned coach. At hotel the tour manager will assist with a smooth check-in and review your holiday itinerary with you to establish and confirm pick-up times for each tour.
Overnight in Cairo.
Welcome Drink
Day 9: Pyramids and Cairo Sightseeing
Optional Tour to the Sound & Light Show at Giza Pyramids - 45$ per person
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.
Day 10: Fly Cairo to Luxor - Nile Cruise Tour
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 11: Luxor Nile Cruise Excursions
Optional Hot Air Balloon Tour: A hot air balloon is an incredible way to see the “world’s largest open-air museum.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 12: Edfu & Kom Ombo
After breakfast on Nile Cruise, visit the well-preserved Ptolemaic Temple dedicated to Horus at Edfu. Sail to Kom Ombo to see the unique Temple of Sobek, dedicated to Sobek the crocodile god, and Horus the falcon-headed god. Have your lunch on board. Continue sailing to Aswan. Dinner and overnight on board your Nile Cruise.
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 13: Aswan Nile Cruise Tours
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
Day 14: Fly Aswan to Cairo
Disembark from your Nile cruise after breakfast, then transfer to Aswan Airport for your return to Cairo where you will be met and assisted at the airport then taken to your hotel.
Overnight in Cairo.
Meals: Breakfast.
Day 15: Departure Cairo / Fly Back Home
Breakfast at the hotel with free time at your leisure, then you will be transferred to Cairo International Airport for your departure.
Meals: Breakfast.