The four of us (two boys aged 3 and six) and my husband and I landed in Fez, not knowing what to expect from our first trip to Morocco. We enjoyed staying in the Medina and taking in the sights and flavors and smells of the busy tourist area in the city, but the highlight was without a doubt Morocco Excursions. Our driver picked us up from our Riad in a large, clean, comfortable car and made sure to stop at all the highlights along the way, like a monkey forest, and the Switzerland of Moroco to make the time pass faster for us and the kids. He was very knowledgeable and kind. Once we arrived in Merzouga, the magic began. It was beautiful, peaceful, and everything that we ate the entire visit was absolutely delicious. For our son's birthday, Hassan Mouhou and his friends serenaded him with Berber music and a cake; he said it was his best birthday ever! We spent one night in tents in the Sahara. They drove us there (adreneline pumping ride!) off road through the desert - a beautiful experience for all of us. Again, the food and music and company were perfect. We couldn't have done it with out Hassan and his team. They really gave us a trip to remember forever. And the price was really fair and moderate. Not a single complaint.

My 5 friend and i we traveled to Morocco as a group of student, every year we go to a different place. Money permitting, we love to travel, but we tend to stay away from organized tours in the usual sense of the word since so often they tend to protect from really getting into the places, skipping from one tourist attraction to the next. This year we decided to go to Morocco, mainly because it seemed inexpensive, but after the vacation we were definitely in love with the place. We flew into Marrakech and were impressed immediately upon arrival by the airport building: its incredible roof outside is like lace and the sun shines through it, casting beautiful shadows on the pavement: there already was an incredible atmosphere greeting us. Our hotel was right off the Jeema el-Fna - an orderly chaos of smells, colors and sounds, by day and into the night! We hadn't yet learned to not fall for taking pictures of guys with cobras, but that is how it started! We spent 3 days in Marrakech visiting the traditional tourist destinations before we were met by our travel guide Hassan ( Morocco-Excursions com ) that we had selected for the real tour: Hassan Mouhou of Morocco Excursions is a young frendly Berber guide , and Mohamed is a good driver. From the outset, we found Hassan an incredible person, full of joy, outgoing, but never intrusive. We left for Ouarzazate where we visited the Kasbah Ait Benhaddou and then off to the Todra Gorges. Here we stayed in a hotel built in the caves! How wonderful! If you want I can give you its name. The next legs of our trip were the classic ones: Erfoud, Merzouga, Rissani, Zagora and Ouarzazate: you can do them with any tour operator, but what we experienced is unforgettable. At Rissani we had lunch at in a resturant , ! We eat the berber pizza and drank mint tea. The next evening we headed for a desert oasis on camels, to spend the night in a berber tent distinctly counting every star in the Milky Way (well, almost all). How can we forget our stop on the way to Zagora, stopping to take a picture, when suddenly 2 children leaped out from nowhere offering a pony made of mud, they had made with their hands, in exchange for some candy! And when they accompanied us through the tiny dark inner passageways of a small town in the south, revealing the meaning of poverty, enabling us to quietly and respectfully peek into the everyday life of people in southern Morocco. And how can we forget our lunch, eating Berber pizza, in a small rug factory, sitting in the midst of all those dancing colors and so many types of fabric! I could go on for hours recounting the feelings, more than the places we visited. Thanks to Hassan (organizing everything down to details like cool drinking water, snacks, SD cards for my camera and making us always feel safe in places that are so strange to us in culture and language) and thanx Mohamed, who, though silent and not speaking our language and understanding little, was an incredible and fun travelling companion. Feelings, understanding the land and the people of the country we are visiting are what we seek when we travel and that is definitely what we got this time, & thanx to our camel man & all " Morocco-Excursions.com team" .