Michael Gebicki & Elizabeth Ryan

SMH Travel Journalist
Tripwired

Discover the enchanting charms of Morocco, Coastal Villages, an Atlas Mountain Retreat and a Sahara Oasis | 12-30 November 2025

Trip Highlights

 Spend two nights in a luxury desert camp in the Sahara

Mingle with, acrobats, Gnaoua musicians, fortune tellers, dervishes, Koran readers, trance healers and food stalls in Marrakech’s Djemaa el Fna. 

Have lunch in a kasbah near the town of Agzd.  Explore Essaouira, a walled trading city built by Europeans, transformed into a pocket-sized city of cafes and boutiques

Visit the sublime Secret Garden in Marrakesh. Visit the Jardin Majorelle, an exotic walled garden created by Yves Saint Laurent

Explore lush date palm, fig, olive and pomegranate plantations in oases overshadowed by the Atlas Mountains.