Multi-day · 24 routes
Journeys
Izil routes out of four cities. Which one you leave from changes the trip more than the number of days does — so the list is built to be read that way.
24 of 24 routes
3days
Marrakech to Merzouga
Over the Tichka pass, down through the kasbah country, and into Erg Chebbi on camelback before the light goes. One night in the Dades, one under canvas.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
3days
Marrakech to Fesitinerary in progress
The diagonal, north-bound: over the Tichka, a night in the gorges, a night on the sand, then up the Ziz and through the cedar into Fes.
MarrakechFesfrom Marrakech to Fes
3days
The Two Gorgesitinerary in progress
No desert. Three days in the gorges instead — the Dades under the rock formations, the Todra on foot, and the kasbah oasis at Skoura.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
3days
The Ziz and the Ergitinerary in progress
Fes to the sand and back the way you came, because the way you came is the Ziz — a palmery running unbroken along the riverbed for as long as the road follows it.
FesFesfrom Fes to Fes
3days
Fes to Merzougaitinerary in progress
One way, ending where the tarmac does. For travellers carrying on south or east under their own steam rather than turning round.
FesMerzougafrom Fes to Merzouga
4days
The Erg and Backitinerary in progress
The three-day Sahara run with the day it is missing — a second night on the way home so the last leg stops being an endurance test.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
4days
Cedar, Ziz, Ergitinerary in progress
The Middle Atlas taken slowly — macaques in the cedar above Azrou, a night on the sand, and the Todra on the way back north.
FesFesfrom Fes to Fes
4days
Fes to Marrakech, the long wayitinerary in progress
The diagonal crossing: cedar forest above Azrou, the Ziz palmeries, two nights of desert, then the Tichka down into Marrakech.
FesMarrakechfrom Fes to Marrakech
4days
Chefchaouen & the Northitinerary in progress
The Rif in blue. Chefchaouen’s lime-washed medina, the pools and stone arch at Akchour, and the Mediterranean road back to the Strait.
TangierTangierfrom Tangier to Tangier
5days
Gorges and Dunesitinerary in progress
Five days to do the south properly: the kasbah oases of Skoura, both gorges walked rather than driven, and the erg with a whole day either side of it.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
6days
The Deep Southitinerary in progress
Both deserts. Erg Chebbi in the east, then west along the Draa through the longest palmery in Morocco to the sand at Zagora.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
6days
Fes to the Draaitinerary in progress
The full length of the south in one direction — sand at Merzouga, both gorges, and the Draa palmery before the Tichka takes you over into Marrakech.
FesMarrakechfrom Fes to Marrakech
6days
Coast and Cedaritinerary in progress
No desert, no long days. The Atlantic capitals, Roman Volubilis, two nights in Fes and the cedar country of the Middle Atlas on the way south.
CasablancaCasablancafrom Casablanca to Casablanca
8days
Atlas and Atlanticitinerary in progress
South to the sand, then west until it runs out — the Anti-Atlas, the walled town of Taroudant, and the Atlantic wind at Essaouira to finish.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
8days
The Imperial Citiesitinerary in progress
All four — Rabat, Meknes, Fes and Marrakech — with Volubilis between them and enough nights in each to get past the front gate.
CasablancaCasablancafrom Casablanca to Casablanca
8days
The Northitinerary in progress
Everything above the Atlas and nothing below it — the Strait, the Rif, Roman Volubilis, and four nights split between Fes and Chefchaouen.
TangierTangierfrom Tangier to Tangier
10days
The Grand Tour
Ten days to join the Atlantic to the Sahara — Essaouira’s ramparts, the blue of Chefchaouen, Roman Volubilis, and Erg Chebbi in the middle of it.
MarrakechMarrakechfrom Marrakech to Marrakech
10days
The Fes Circuititinerary in progress
The Grand Tour run from the other end. North to Chefchaouen first, then the desert, the gorges, Marrakech and the coast before the loop closes.
FesFesfrom Fes to Fes
10days
Casablanca to the Saharaitinerary in progress
The imperial cities in the first half, the desert in the second, and the gorges to bring you back up into Marrakech.
CasablancaCasablancafrom Casablanca to Casablanca
10days
Strait to the Atlasitinerary in progress
North to south without doubling back: the Rif, Fes, the long diagonal to the sand, and out through the gorges into Marrakech.
TangierMarrakechfrom Tangier to Marrakech
12days
The Long Way Southitinerary in progress
Twelve days and no repeated roads: the Rif, the imperial cities, both southern valleys, and the Atlantic to finish on.
CasablancaCasablancafrom Casablanca to Casablanca
12days
Strait to Saharaitinerary in progress
The full north-to-south traverse: the Mediterranean coast, the Rif, three imperial cities, and the dunes at the far end of it.
TangierMarrakechfrom Tangier to Marrakech
14days
The Full Traverseitinerary in progress
Mediterranean to Atlantic the long way round, through both deserts. Fourteen days, thirteen beds, and no stretch of road driven twice.
TangierMarrakechfrom Tangier to Marrakech
15days
The Fifteenitinerary in progress
The longest route Izil runs, and the only one with room to stop — coast, cedar, gorge, erg, and back up the Atlantic.
CasablancaCasablancafrom Casablanca to Casablanca
Also
10 day excursions
Mountains, waterfalls, the coast and the stone desert — all of them out and back between breakfast and dinner.