North Africa Adventure Trips

It goes to a great range of places, each with their own unique history. The sites visited are all amazing and worth seeing. The people in each place are welcoming and proud of their history.

The itinerary includes all important towns and events, the cathedrals and the Count's private home are only two of the historical items to mention. The Unesco sites are an important part of the tour itinerary. It seems that on this tour Everyone took park in the optional events, so I think that's important to keep as well. Ernesta included extra information which is one of the reasons we travel with Insight. She was very prepared each day and actually several days ahead Ernesta filled everyone in with what we were doing and how long it would be. Driver Antonio handled the bus exceptionally well and was so polite.

Well paced. Busy but time to rest and do your own thing. Local guides were awesome and tour director was top notch! Food was great too and I’m from an Italian background.

The itinerary includes a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, all very interesting. Aside from the day travelling to Sicily, there was lots of time to sight see with the local guides. Lunch breaks were never rushed with plenty of time to eat, enjoy local wines and/or shop. The optional tours were well organized and interesting. The optional dinners were fabulous and several times included as many as 14 different dishes. The Masseria farm to table dinner held under a vine covered trellis was particularly memorable.

It's a wonderful overview of the southwest/national parks. We would recommend it to others. A few comments to make it better: 1) Offer a pre-trip of the city starting point. For example, many of us come in the night before to save the worry of delays, etc. It leaves us with a full day with no tour-related items. We found this wonderful Golf-Cart tour around Scottsdale which is across the street from the Valley Ho hotel. I recommend your offering this fun golf cart ride for pre-trippers! 2) Although the Tour Director was excellent with organization, we would have liked the Tour Director to talk about history/geography/significant items as we drove (and drove and drove) for hours. The bus driver seemed to have lots of fun facts, that were only heard by the people sitting up front. Sometimes she would relay this info to the entire bus. Unfortunately, we were assigned back seats, so we never heard the bus driver. We have been on tours all over the world, and this was the first time a Tour Director was only there for organization. We had terrific tours/lectures within the parks. Thank you for asking!

We went in September. It was 40°C in Marrakech but a lot cooler in the mountains. Beautiful unique scenery, with added goats, mules and sheep. Walking pace was steady and the whole group made the summit of Toubkal. Food good and varied. Base campsite a bit grubby. Medina in Marrakech is walkable from hotel (2km). Don't expect to find alcohol here. We'd definitely recommend this trip, which enables acclimatisation to the altitude.