Experience It! Tours

We chose the classic Morocco tour, 11 days, and modified a bit based on the sites we wanted to see with ease and had great communication with Lorre and Ruth. They were incredibly organized throughout and I felt completely taken care of during the entire process.
Ahmed was a great driver and we enjoyed his company throughout the trip. The guides were well educated in the background of each of their cities and spoke very good english and took us to many interesting sites and showed us the daily life in the cities. My personal favorites were Marrakesh and Rabat and my husband’s were Fes and Rabat, Ifrane was a cute little stop too! We had a full moon during our night in the desert and it was neat to see all the moon-​shadows on the dunes. The ATV ride was thrilling as well!
I was especially delighted that I didn’t have any bad reactions to gluten (I have celiac disease) which is amazing since bread is everywhere! In fact two of the riads went out of their way to make me my own breads and tarts, even enough to bring with me for several other meals — amazing!
It truly was a magical honeymoon, more than we even imagined, and a wonderful country!

We were lucky enough to spend two weeks in Morocco and I just want to say that this was one of the most positive experiences and trips I’ve had. Namir, our driver, was above and beyond the call of duty and truly made us feel like we were members of his family. He took such good care of us and even though I’m old enough to be his mother I kept referring to him as my father since he guided us and wouldn’t allow us to do anything that could hurt us in the end.
We loved Morocco and the people and felt that each place that we visited was unique and special and it’s hard to pick a favorite. Of course our night in the desert was a once in a life time experience and probably was one of the highlights but we equally enjoyed all of the other places we visited. The Riads we stayed in were outstanding and once again the people we met in our stays just added to the enrichment of our trip.
I will recommend this company to everyone I know and am so thankful that I stumbled upon them. We spent two weeks in Spain afterwards so it was a whirlwind trip but our time in Morocco was definitely the highlight of this entire experience. THANK YOU EXPERIENCE IT TOURS AND THANK YOU NAMIR, RUTH, LORRE, JILL and everyone else who I dealt with.

This was the ultimate best way to see morocco in all its beauty as an American couple. The riads were top notch. The driver Gjamal ghennem was outstanding, really the best most attentive and experienced driver in my 35 years of travel in this world of ours. Speaks English, fluently and of course French, Berber dialects, Arabic. Showed us things along the way, from Nomads in the desert, to macaque monkeys in the wild, accompanied us to our tents in the sahara sleeping next to us even arranged for a refresher dip in a pool on a searing day while on route. I had pne lost baggage… he retrieved it. Waited 4 hours for us to clear the line when we arrived. Fantastic man, mature, likable, affable and knowledgeable and really a lot of fun.
Just adk for the driver who looks like Adam Sandler. I hope to keep in life long contact with him.
Experiece it tours is an experienced outfit. They really keep in touch, check on things for you. While there we had to make a quick change of hotel. they helped. Charge was minimal. They know how to put a trip together.
And keep it running smoothly.
They hire the guides. Again knowledgeable. Azzadin and Said were great. Azzadin knows the Fes Medina and is a great conversationalist. Said in Marrakech is a Berber guide with an amazing fund of knowledge.
This is a truly first class outfit.

This was my first non-​European trip so this trip to Morocco was very special, and I knew it would always remain in my memories as a first. It couldn’t have been better! Our driver was Ahmed, and he was friendly, knowlegeable, and tri-​lingual. He drove us carefully around Morocco, and he always made sure we stopped at clean restrooms. One memorable stop was a gas station with a store, which served fresh chicken tagine. We sat outside in the back on a patio and couldn’t believe we could get such great food at such a humble place. Try finding that in the U.S.
Our riads were beautiful, and he made sure we got in OK. We frequently ate freshly made food at our riad, or Ahmed would take us to a restaurant. He also made sure that both of us ladies were introduced to our guides for our tours. Our guides were excellent in their knowledge of history and English and took us off the beaten path so we could see the real Morocco. When we drove from city to city, our driver stopped at a national park so we could see monkeys and feed them. What an experience! We also stopped at movie studios and scenic overlooks since we were both into photography. I couldn’t have asked for more.
My friend paid $ 300 less for a tour with 18 people, no private driver, and, as she described it, dingy hotels. I think we got an amazing bargain for an amazing experience. I’d definitely use Experience It! again and would advise my friends to as well. Fast responses to emails or calls to the home office to a wonderful folder full of information on our tours as well as in-​country contacts make Experience It! a top-​flight tour company. Thank you!

Experience It! provided us with the trip of a lifetime to Morocco!
My friend and I had an awesome trip around Morocco courtesy of Experience It! Our private driver Khalid the Fessi was not only more skilled than most NYC cab drivers and had committed to memory the unmarked roads to all kinds of cool sites, but with a university degree in English he could communicate with us better than many Americans I know. The fact that my friend and I didn’t speak a word of French nor Arabic was not a problem thanks to Khalid and our other guides. Khalid apparently knows his way around Morocco so well that other tour drivers often call him for help!
We changed our itinerary twice to exclude then include the Sahara (six weeks before the trip and during the trip), and Lorre and Aaron at Experience It! patiently made our requested changes. The Sahara wound up being the highlight of our trip. At one point, I had been reluctant to visit the Sahara out of concerns for safety but we felt totally safe during this trip.
Although we were traveling as two women we were hardly harassed at all. Most of the time we were out and about, there was a guide or Khalid with us, so the touts and vendors left us alone. I did meet a woman in Marrakech who was traveling alone without any tour company who complained about being harassed whenever she left her riad. Although I’m the type who generally eschews package tours, at hearing this I was quite grateful that Experience It! had arranged a guided tour for us in each city. We got to enjoy the highlights and beauty of each place without harassment this way. Plus there’s no way we would have found our way around some of the medinas with no guide without getting seriously lost.
Another reason I think Experience It! may be better than their competitors in Morocco – four female friends who recently visited Morocco with another company consistently got stuck with both sets of women in rooms with only one bed, despite having clearly requested separate beds for each woman. As much as I like the friend with whom I went to Morocco, I’m quite happy Experience It! correctly got us two beds in each room so I never had to share a bed with her.
Experience It! also communicated well to each of our hotels the need for outlets near the beds for CPAP machines. At our hotel in the Sahara, I ran into a driver who also works with Experience It, Abdeljalil Bouabid. He also spoke very good English. When I casually mentioned a concern about something related to my hotel stay, he went out of his way to explain the situation to the hotel staff to make sure all my needs were being met. When I decided to take a short walk on the dunes alone before that evening’s camel ride, he offered to go with me to be sure I’d be okay. Wow, what hospitality! Although we didn’t get to experience Abdeljalil’s driving any point, based on this interaction I’d recommend him too.
Khalid took care to make sure my food didn’t contain shellfish, and my friend’s food didn’t contain gluten and dairy. She survived the entire trip without suffering from her gluten/​dairy allergy thanks to Khalid! He helped make sure she got eggs at breakfast and potatoes or rice at each lunch and dinner. She had brought about 30 gluten-​free granola bars with her just in case, but wound up eating only one or so over the course of the trip.
I did get quite sick at one point during the trip, and was very grateful to have a private driver who spoke good English while going through this. I was glad not to be on a cheap giant bus tour or trying to navigate public transit while needing to stop for the bathroom every hour.
While I had my fever, I was in more than a little bit of discomfort from the Moroccan heat while outside. Khalid recommended that when I visited the Sahara, I stay in the air-​conditioned hotel on the edge of the dunes and my friend who can stand the heat a lot better go and stay in the Berber tents a 90-​minute camel ride away. I felt considerable envy watching most of the other tourists ride away from the hotel on camels that evening. However, I had a great time looking at the stars from the edge of the dunes that night. I heard from my friend the next morning that I would have hated the warm tents and sand blowing into everything. She would stay in the tents again in a heartbeat, though. Score another point for Khalid the super-​driver.
My recommendations:
1. Trust Experience It! ‘s suggestions for itineraries – they know what the coolest things to see are
2. Trust your driver to help tailor your trip to meet your needs and desired comfort level
3. Be very careful with your camera in the Sahara – cameras don’t like sand
At a little under $ 4000 for two weeks of hotels, meals, tours, and a driver (plus extra for tips/​lunches), this was the most expensive 2-​week vacation I had ever taken. It was worth *every penny*. I would recommend Experience It! to anyone looking to travel to the countries they cover in Africa.