Morocco Active and outdoor Trips

The Mt Toubkal trip went really well and our leader Mohammad kept everything well organised. I was impressed with the quality (and quantity!) of the food provided throughout the trip. Accommodation was decent throughout with 4-5 sharing a room at the guesthouses and good sized tents while camping at the Mt Toubkal refuge.

The whole experience was challenging, breathtaking (in all senses of the word) and truly magical. The ease of communication, the warm welcome on arrival, the excellent guidance from our tour leaders, the beautiful band of fellow travellers, the joyeous chef, the porters, our trusted mules Aisha and Fatima - all made this trip a tonic for the soul :) Highly recommendable!

I really enjoyed my Morocco trip with Explore! The itinerary covered all the sites I wanted to see & I liked that there was free time on most days rather than a full itinerary with no time to do anything we wanted aside from the group. The riad in Chefchaouen was outstanding, the best of all the places we stayed by far. The one in Fez was somewhat disappointing; despite having a very impressive 'lobby' the rooms were not of a standard that would be expected on a upgraded tour. The sheets appeared grubby and the bathroom floor the same. Despite this I thoroughly enjoyed the entire tour and would recommend it to everyone. Our guide Boubker was very good at his job and was very attentive to the needs of our party. He was patient and very helpful. Overall my experience was a very positive one.

This was my very first group tour holiday. I opted for the Upgraded- Discover Morocco because quite frankly I like to have 'quality' accommodation rather than hostels. There was one hotel downgrade due to not enough space for all that I did not find was agreeable and certainly not on a par with our other Riads and Kasbah. I hope Explore do not ever consider using this particular hotel on their upgraded tour again. Looking back, I feel I was very disappointed, but the rest of the tour had been wonderfully overwhelming that I had many more fabulous things to experience. Our Tour leader Boubker Boutkhoum, had stepped in to cover for the original tour leader and I get the impression that this may have been short notice for him. Boubker was kind, caring, an excellent organiser as well as being a diligent mediator. He was often often phoning ahead liaising with the accommodations, booking restaurants for us and even finding some that sold wine! (This was important for our group). His passion for his country, religion and being a Berber shone through with so much integrity and intelligence that everyone loved him and learned so much from him. I felt he was really looking after us all and seemed to be calm, have so much patience and a good sense of humour.

This holiday was a fantastic trip for our family (2 adults & 2 teenage girls). The itinerary was varied, with a good mix of activities (walking, cycling, camel riding etc.) alongside more cultural visits to places we wouldn't have otherwise seen (e.g. kasbahs, a salt mine, pottery co-operative, Koranic library and souks) as well as free time at the hotel swimming pools. The accommodation was comfortable and exceeded our expectations for the rural gîte and the desert tents. Our guide, Mohamed Moujane, was excellent. He was informative, fun, attentive to all the guests' needs and smoothly managed all the administrative tasks (e.g. tour guides/tickets/tips etc.). The minibus drivers, Hassan and Mohamed, were also amazing. All the people we met during the holiday were lovely and made the trip both fun and educational for us all.

Great tour, our guide Hamid was really knowledgeable and personable. The lunches with locals were great. Loved the falls, the medina and city tours, and the desert experience. Only 2 complaints. #1, showers in most of the hotels were hard to use due to the hoses being inadequately mounted. The one in Fez was really poor, combined with the shower curtain being 2 short the floor got more water than my body. #2, some days we spent TOO much time in the van. We did have adequate rest stops, Hamid made sure of that!