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YOUR journey
J² crafts journeys of inspiration, education, and Jewish connections to Israel and worldwide. We are guided by a simple but powerful concept: No two trips are the same; each experience should be personal, meaningful, and backed by superb service. Travel is not just about the places you visit, but the connections you make along the way.
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Home Hospitality 
Nature Walks 
Local Specialists - Expert Scholar
Food & Wine
Program Itinerary
DAY 1
CARAVAN ROUTE
Tue. Feb 20, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Depart the hotel and Marrakech.
- Following the old tribal crossing over the Atlas Mountains that bore the traffic of the old Caravan route, we will continue south on dirt roads to Ait Benhaddou, passing through the beautiful Ounila valley.
- Group lunch en route.
- We will visit some of the Berber family who still live there. One of the most magnificent places of Berber architecture that UNESCO is attempting to preserve. The grandeur of the entire area has attracted many film producers, who have made films here in recent years such as Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator and Babel.
- Continue your journey to Ouarzazate.
- We leave Ouarzazate after visiting the Kasbah of Taourirt, which was formerly the home of the "Lords of the Atlas," to drive across a stunning barren plateau with various film sets and studios where a number of great movies have been shot.
- Check into our hotel.
- Dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Ouarzazate, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 2
DESERT EXPERIENCE
Wed. Feb 21, 2024
- Breakfast and check out.
- We set out for Ouarzazte and head east through the lush Valley du Dades and up the magnificent gorges of the same name. This is the well-known "Valley of Roses," also known as "Valley of a Thousand Kasbahs. The journey continues over semi- desert plains until we arrive at our last destination, the Great Saharan Dunes of Erg Chebbi.
- A remarkable experience awaits us in a private desert camp as we discover and enjoy a fraction of the world's largest desert, which stretches from the Atlantic Ocean eastward via the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.
- We will ride camels leisurely over the amazing sand dunes to see a spectacular sunset before dinner around a campfire.
Overnight: Merzouga, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 3
EXPLORE THE SOUTH
Thu. Feb 22, 2024
- Breakfast at camp, depart camp.
- Drive across the Saharan plains, where nomads herd t heir camels, to the magnificent valley of Todgha, regarded as one of the most picturesque in Morocco's south. This is a lush green oasis that runs down a magnificent deep valley, inhabited all along by a Berber population.
- Take a walk through the breathtaking gorges and stop for group lunch.
- We start our trek along the "Route of a Thousand Kasbahs" in the afternoon. This is a region of earthen strongholds with ornately decorated façades, making this architectural method and style unique to this section of Morocco's south.
- Check-in followed by dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Ouarzazate, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
DAY 4
BACK TO THE START
Fri. Feb 23, 2024
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Check out and make our way back to Marrakech.
- We are planning to arrive around the late afternoon.
- Check into your hotel with a free afternoon.
- Shabbat dinner at the hotel.
Overnight: Marakesh, Morocco
Meals: Breakfast & Dinner
DAY 5
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
Sat. Feb 24, 2024
- Check out of the hotel and transfer to Marrakech Airport for your return flight to the US.
Meals: Breakfast
RATES & LODGING
participants
15+
Cost p/p in double room
$3,390
Cost p/p in single room
$4,220
Ouarzazate: Berbere Palace
- Nights: 1
- Room Category: Standard
- Hotel Website
Merzouga: Desert Luxury Camp
- Nights: 1
- Room Category: Camp
- Hotel Website
Ouarzazate: Berbere Palace
- Nights: 1
- Room Category: Standard
- Hotel Website
Marrakech: Sofitel
- Nights: 1
- Room Category: Run of House
- Hotel Website
What to expect
- 4 nights' accommodations.
- 4 days of touring with a tour educator and local guide in a luxury, air-conditioned bus.
- Daily breakfast, 2 lunches & 4 dinners.
- Water on the bus.
- All gratuities.
- Porterage at the hotels.
- All site entrance fees & program fees as per your final program.
- Credit card fees.
- Flights to & from Morocco.
- COVID related expenses, including tests.
- Evening transportation when dinner is not included.
- Amendments to the program: In the event that any sites, programs or meals etc. are added to the program, an additional fee may be required.
- Personal extras: Items of personal nature such as laundry, wines, mineral water, beverages, coffee, tea, food other than the table d’hotel menu, passport and visa fees, insurance, and foreign port taxes, unless otherwise specified.
- US and foreign airport taxes, Q fuel surcharge and border taxes when applicable.
- Please review our terms & conditions (T&C’s) or request that we send you our full T&C’s. Until you do that, here is the small print, and other stuff you may want to know:
- Validity | All prices quoted are based on exchange rates as of the proposal date and are subject to change without notice. Rates are per person and are based on shared twin room occupancy.
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- For any assistance with this registration process or other trip-related queries, please email Customer Care: [email protected].
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- Cancelation fees | Cancelations made 90 or more days prior to departure incur the loss of the deposit. Cancelations made 89 to 46 days prior to departure incur the loss of 50% of the full trip cost. Cancelations made 45 days or less prior to the departure incur the loss of 100% of the full trip cost.
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