Experience It Tours

We spent two of the best weeks traveling on an excellent, well-planned trip to Morocco with the best driver and excellent tour guides. We are still talking about our trip, the sights, the foods, and the fact that everything was taken care of by our terrific driver, Ryad. We would recommend Experience It Tours again and again.

A group of 4 empty nesters, we had plenty of collective international travel experience but none in Morocco nor even good guide contacts. After some online research we contracted with Experience-It tours for what turned out to be a very positive experience for us. Expereince-It provided continuous communications (which helped build trust), lots of pre-trip information and was quick to respond to questions. They provided a great guide (Ilyass), comfortable van and nice accommodations.

In the ‘what I wished I had known category’ I would advise Morocco adventurers to secure a large supply of small 20 dirham ($2) bills and 5 dirham coins for tips and bathrooms as they are hard to come by and go fast. Also be aware that Morocco is a big country so you will drive a long way over 10 days or so (we went 1200 miles). Camels are very uncomfortable to ride but make for great photos and your Sahara overnight will be a highlight of our trip. Hotels and Riads are generally nice but do opt for as many stars as you can afford. We did 4-star, which was perfectly fine, but would save up for 5-star next time. Wine and beer is widely available and inexpensive in restaurants and spirits can be purhased at groceries; your guid can take you. While you probably have read about the conservative dress code it is not really that big a deal and you will see plenty of tourists in short-shorts and other culturally inappropriate garb. And be aware that you will be placed in a few pressure-selling situations (rugs, textiles, oils, fossils, etc.) so be clear with your guide how you feel about that. We didn’t care for being hotboxed by the rug guy. Good news is that the souk vendors in the markets have toned down their high pressure tactics.

Hope this review helps you enjoy a wonderful and interesting country. And if you need a tour company you can trust Experience-It is a great choice.

Experience it Morocco did an outstanding job booking my son and I into Morocco during high season with only a 12 day lead time. They were flexible and attentive.. I even got a surprise when I reached home. Our driver picked us up at the airport and we bonded with him immediately. This wonderful guy we called zeeko greeted us with a welcoming smile and always had our pleasure and safety in mind. The guides we had in each place of interest were personable and informative. The riads— a mos of 3to 5 stars were really quaint and special. We felt very immersed in Moroccan culture. It was truly an authentic experience. Our favorite part was the desert experience— sand surfing and atving. The thing to remember is there are great distances to cover so download your tunes to play in the car and pack some snacks BC you can be in the car for hours. The coolest places take a drive. I highly recommend this tour team and our fabulous driver, zeeko.

We had a family trip to Oman in January 2020. This is a 3 generation party with grandparents at their 60s and kids of 9 and 7. Everyone enjoyed the trip tremendously and I must say this is one of the most memorable journey we had taken together. The culture, the landscape, the people are all amazing. We didn’t have a dull moment through our 8 days tours. Our guides are polite and most helpful. Our kids take to love them almost immediately and so do the adults. Thank you Experience It Tour for organizing such an amazing trip. We will sure engage them again for another family trip.

Experience IT Tours arranged a trip to Morocco for 4 of us in November. All of the tours, lodging and meals were fantastic. Our driver is now like part of our family - we cannot say enough positive things about Hatim.
Typical conversation in the car some time every day.....
Me: Hatim, can we stop?
Hatim: Of course! And off we would go on another adventure!

We loved the country, culture, history, architecture, medinas, shopping, artisan workshops, food and of course the camel ride in the Sahara! The great thing about being on an independent tour was the ability to stop spontaneously when we saw something of interest - i.e. the Bee Boxes alongside the road, or the olive presses in motion sine it was the olive harvest time.

Bethany helped me with the planning. I asked for proposals from 6 companies before choosing Experience IT. The reason we selected them as that they listened to what WE wanted - not simply proposing a standard tour.
Thank you for memories that will last a lifetime!!

Book with Experience It Tours/Morocco Tours and you will have
a spectacular time in Morocco! Everything was perfect! All our
accommodations were beautiful, and travel from place to place went
very smoothly because of our excellent driver. The guides were had at various sites were outstanding also. We experienced and learned so
much about the Moroccan culture. The people were wonderful! We'll
never forget the varied and beautiful landscapes, the camel rides on the Sahara, listening to native musicians, walking through the medinas, touring the mosques, and staying in gorgeous riads...the list is endless. We are definitely ambassadors of Morocco and highly recommend this company! We thank them for making this trip of a lifetime possible...

Our driver, Driss, was a wonderful driver who was super friendly, had lots of great insight, and set up wonderful tours with local tour guides.

Morocco Tours gave us a wonderful worry-free week in Morocco.
Our accommodations were perfect. We had a driver who took us to the cities we chose and was helpful in every way. We would love to return to Morocco and would happily choose Morocco Tours again.

Josh and his crew at Beyond Red Square were awesome!!! They helped ease any anxiety as my friend Angie and I embarked to climb Mount Elbrus. With them on our side, climbing the mountain was made easy especially since they helped us navigate the "perils" of obtaining a Russian visa. Many thanks to our guide Sergei who urged us on all the way to the summit of Mount Elbrus. Thank you Josh for a very memorable experience!!!!!

v/r, Baron Y.

From the moment we landed in Casablanca to the end of our tour 10 days later all went very smoothly. Our driver Rachid was extremely professional and a gentleman. Highly recommend Experienceittours!

My family (two adults and one 8 year old) had a great 11 day adventure through Morocco. The staff was very helpful! Jeff worked with me to combine aspects from two of their pre-made itineraries into one great trip. The experiences were top-notch, and our driver, Toufik, was fantastic!

We were SO pleased with Ali Ben Harrouch -- a real asset to Experience It Tours and to my husband and I -- who was our driver and companion for 12 days and 1300 miles throughout Morocco.

Without exception, Ali was personable, perceptive, respectful, knowledgeable, even-tempered, good-humored, high-energy and prompt. And he's an excellent driver, even on the curvy roads across the High Atlas -- which were under construction, to boot.

We wanted to take Ali home with us!

EIT was wonderful to work with, understood our objectives for our trip, and made sure that the entire trip was seamless and well-paced. Our lodgings were excellent, without exception. The guides throughout the trip were exceptional, the logistics smooth and easy.

We’ll come back in a few years -- Enchalla -- and will certainly ask for Ali Ben Harrouch!

Sylvia Clark

My wife and I just returned from a one week tour through the southwest of Oman around Salalah and the Empty Quarter, organised by Experience IT Tours. I always wanted to see this remote region with the most extensive sand desert in the world and the world's highest sand dune, and to do so you really need somebody who knows his way around this part of the world. I also was intrigued by the Fankincense trade which made this area famous and wanted to learn more about the history and culture. Our driver was actually born in the Empy Quarter and knows it inside out, perfectly suited for what we wanted to do. He was also extremely polite and helpful, spoke fluent English and was very knowledgable about all aspects of Omani culture and history. He went out of his way to make our trip as comfortable and informative as possible and I could not have been happier with everything we experienced. I wholeheartedly recommend Experience It Tours for any Oman adventure and if you get in touch with them as for Suhail to be your guide, he is a true gem of the desert !

Our Deluxe Luxury Morocco Tour (14 nights/ 15 Days) with Experience it Tours was truly Splendid – an absolute delight and most enjoyable in ALL regards. Top notch accommodations in Suites (Our favorites were the magnificent Riad Fes, La Maison Arabe in Marrakech, the Palais Masandoia in Erfoud, and of course the Tent in the Desert Luxury Camp). A Tent? Yes. Can you imagine riding a camel into the desert and finally reaching the Desert Luxury Camp where your Tent includes a King Size bed, Air Conditioning, Full Shower and a real porcelain toilet and not some hole in the ground? A swimming pool, restaurant in a dedicated tent coupled with Berber Music and dancing around a campfire under the stars? It was not a mirage but one of the many incredible Fun Days we experienced that left us with indelible impressions, experiences and such fond memories.
Our trip included all the “must Experiences and Sights” and then some, highlights including: The Hasan II Mosque & Rick’s Cafe in Casablanca, Kasbah des Oudayas, Mohammed V Mausoleum, Hasan Tower, & Chellah in Rabat, the fabulous ”blue city” of Chefchaouen, Roman ruins of Volubilis, Sultan Moulay Ismail's Royal Granary & Stables (for 12,000 horses!) in Meknes, Fes with its souks, wonders and a fun Café Clock Cooking Class, Barbary Macaques en-Route to the South, the Rissani Souk, the entire Desert Luxury Camp Experience riding docile Camels getting you there, the Todra Gorges, the Moroccan version of “Hollywood” in Ouarzazate, the incredible Ait Benhaddou which lent authenticity to so many scenes in movie blockbusters (and some forgettable films), Marrakech with the incredible Saadian Tombs, Bahia Palace, the Jardin Majorelle and of course, Snake Charmers in Jemaa el-Fna, as well as Goats in Trees (!) en-Route to Essaouira with its Skala and memorable Harbor Scenes.
And a professional driver “par excellence”, the superb Rachid Chakir who took care of us as if we were his own children. The local guides added insight and understanding to the sights along the way, allowing the wife and me to photograph to our hearts content, relaxed & never rushed (We are on vacation!). Towering above them all was Mohammed in Marrakech, just an incredible wealth of fascinating history and trivia which he delivered with such enthusiasm and patience. And the food delicious. Don’t miss the Djaj M'Hammer (Roasted Cockerel w three Spiced Sauce) at the Riad Fes, the Chicken Bastilla at la Maison Arabe, and the food at La Mamounia or the Royal Mansour in Marrakech. Our dinners at the Desert Luxury Camp and Palais Masandoia - just delightful given that they are off the beaten track. We were also most pleasantly surprised at the very good quality of the Moroccan Chardonnays we ordered with our meals.
The “home office” from Bethany Wilson in Morocco to Vienna Vogelezang here in the U.S. is so friendly, most helpful, honest and certainly attentive to detail. Would the wife and I use Experience it Tours again? Absolutely with a Resounding Yes! Thanks so much to everyone for such a wonderful, wonderful trip!
Albert & Nancy

Excellent bespoken tour for just my wife and I to Oman, both in the Dhofar Governorate and in northern Oman.
Initial planning with EIT was informed, flexible, and quick to reply to questions and to offer helpful advice.
The emailed trip documentation (vouchers, etc.) was well organized.
Without getting into our particulars, I can say that EIT delivered the goods, and not only the goods, but also the flexibility within the tour for which we had asked.
Our guides-drivers were knowledgeable, problem-solvers, and very personable.
Would we use Experience It Tours again - yes!

Our trip to Morocco could not have been more perfect - 3 days back in Maine now and I can’t stop thinking about it. We were 3 couples on a private tour that went 1600 miles. Bethany was superb but our guide Ilyass made sure we would not miss one moment of this great country. He was attentive to every detail and not only made sure we had the best table at the most interesting restaurants,but at every sight also talked with the locals, such as a boy with a baby goat and his 86 y/o grandfather at the Argan goat tree site. He was smart, savvy, fun and energetic and we felt like we were a member of his own family.The entire team did it’s best to personalize the trip so that we could be active and culturally immersed in all that the country had to offer.

From the time I first contacted Brian at Experience It Tours until we left Morocco at the conclusion of the tour, we were incredibly pleased and impressed with our experience. We got great insights before we traveled to Morocco, and Khalid was both an excellent driver and became our good friend. My daughter and I loved the tour, loved Khalid and loved all the guides Experience It Tours arranged for us in each location we visited. We felt safe and well taken care of! Their recommended accommodations and dining places were uniformly excellent.

Good Afternoon Eliot
Feedback on our recent trip to Oman, it was fabulous and we enjoyed every minute of it. As you know our Drivers/Guide in Muscat was Rachid who was very accommodating, he went the extra mile on more than one occasion; his local knowledge was excellent and this filled some of the longer drives with interesting conversation.
As to the tour content Day 1,2,and 3 were well chosen and we thoroughly enjoyed the time at Nizwa very interesting. Overall we found the museums in Oman to be simply laid out, most informative and well presented. Our visit to Jebal Akhadar was awesome and we will certainly return to the area for a longer period of time in the future. One night is just to short a time. Day 4 included the Zukait Beehive Tombs and unfortunately this was a disappointment, the site is run down, lights and stairways broken and no information other than mysterious tombs we would recommend that this be taken out of your tours a long drive for a disappointing result. In the area of Nizwa there is a small farm where Indigo is grown and an Indigo dying plant which would be of greater interest and needs to be looked at by yourselves for inclusion. The accommodation at the Desert nights Camp was very comfortable and the food excellent. Day 5 this visit to the Bedouin House was not a success, the articles available for sale are not made by the Bedouins, the arrival of the Bedouin in a land cruiser to the house just prior to our arrival was so indicative of how times have changed. Otherwise the rest of the day was great.
Our transfer to Salalah was seamless and we were met by Alawi Ba Omar who should be congratulated on his local knowledge and choice of local restaurants. The variety of food was enormous and the prices low. He was able to explain in detail the history of the frankincense trees, the cultivation of these amazing trees. We thoroughly enjoyed our night in the Empty Quarter however the night spent at Wadi Shuwaymiyah surpassed our expectation and again we would have liked to stay on for another night and have done some hiking in the area and again Alawi proved to be a most informative guide and obviously knows the area intimately.
Our last day in Salalah was excellent again the Museum was superb and we really believe that those responsible for their design, content and upkeep should be congratulated.
All in All we believe we have found a Gem in Arabia and will certainly return in the not to distant future. Thank you to those who were involved in organizing our journey and particular thanks to our two Drivers/Guides.
Christian and Toni Heili

I had a private tour of Oman In October. It was a fantastic trip. I saw a lot of Oman with a great guide, Qambar. I saw the Grand Mosque, museums, palaces and opera house in Muscat. Then we drove into the countryside where I hiked in Wadis. One favorite day was driving through the sand dunes to a tent camp in the desert. Another favorite was a tent camp by the ocean to watch the green turtles nesting.

We heartily recommend Morocco Tours to anyone who wants an extended private excursion in Morocco. It was simply the best tour either of us have ever taken, and this in two lifetimes full of travel.”