Horseback Trail Ride in MOROCCO : THE ESSAOUIRA ROUND IN RIADS AND GUEST HOUSES

HORSEBACK RIDE IN MOROCCO
INDICATIVE ITINERARY *

Day 1 – Flight to Essaouira, welcome at the airport and transfer to the city center, night in a Riad.

Day 2 – Oued Ksoub-Ida Ougherd: Our riding tour is starting from the mouth of  Qsob wadi and is heading to the East along the wadi.  Later, we are leaving it and riding over ocher-colored sand dunes covered with some junipers. We are riding then along cultivated fields preceding the souk of Ida Ougherd. During this first riding day, every one will  get more familiar with  his horse and we will have the opportunity of trotting and galopping on a gently trail leading us back to the wadi. Night in our guest house.

Day 3 – Ida Ougherd – Tagragra – Ida Ouguerd: After breakfast, we are heading to the Ait Ammar valley, crossing several Berber villages before joining the wadi that we are riding along to the village of Tagragra.  Lunch in the shadow of olive trees along the wadi. In the afternoon, we are leaving the valley and riding over hills, alternating landscapes of fields and forests before arriving at our guest house.

Day 4  – Ida Ouguerd – Sidi Kaouki: After breakfast, we are visiting the regional traditional souk. Then direction ocean. Our way goes among fields and a beautiful forest of Argan trees. This is a typical tree growing in the South West part of Morroco and produces nuts delivering a rich and delicious oil. Before our lunch break, we will visit a woman cooperative of argan oil. In the afternoon, we are continuing our route to the beach. Nigth in a guest house.

Day 5 – Sidi Kaouki – Sidi M’barek – Sidi Kaouki: After breakfast, we are taking our horses and heading to Marabot and the natural waterfalls of Sidi M’Barek where we are having our lunch break. These waterfalls jump into the sea. In the afternoon, we are continuing our ride along cliffs overlooking beautiful and deserted beaches  with their  sand dunes. It is the right place to take advantage of free galops before reaching the small village of Sidi Kaouki. Diner and night in an guest house.

Day 6 – Sidi Kaouki - Ghazoua: The day is a continuous discovery of deserted beaches and small fisher villages as Taguenza, the first appearing at our sight. Leaving the Sim cap and its dunes behind us, we are reaching the large beach preceding Essaouira. After lunch we are crossing the eucalyptus and mimosa forest between the beach and the village of Ghazoua . Night in a guest house.

Day 7 – Ghazoua – Essaouira: Today is a small ride on a sandy trail  leading us back to Essaouira entrance (camel ride possible). After lunch transfer to the city and free sightseeing in the Medina. Night in a Riad.

Day 8 – Transfer to Essaouira airport after breakfast and return flight.

*The itinerary is indicative and may be modified by the guide or the organizer for safety reasons or due to wheather conditions or unexpected circumstances.