Fossils tour from Marrakech around Morocco (13 days):
the fossils tour, hunting starts from Marrakesh, Morocco. Travel across the hight Atlas mountains to the anti Atlas with Epic Zagora tours in search of fossils, fossils trilobites, dinosaur …, ammonites, and other prehistoric life including dinosaurs, and shark teeth can be found in south eastern Morocco. Paleontologists have been able to significantly improve the geological record through excavations in MoroccoDay 1 :Arrival to Marrakech airport transfer to hotel.
Arrival to Marrakech airport transfer to hotel.
Day 2 :Marrakech-Ouarzazate
Leave Marrakech to Sidi Rahal to visit first mine in your fossils tour rich in quartz chalcedonies, amethyst, agate, picnic with the miner afternoon cross the high atlas to end in Ouarzazate evening night in hotel .
Day 3 : Ouarzazate-Alnif
Departure from Ouarzazate after breakfast towards Draa valley nice landscapes stop at Beni Zoli Ordovician site rich in big parts of huge trilobites. Picnic on the site, afternoon drive further to Serradrar visit Silurian site collect black Orthoceras evening in a small hotel in Alnif.
Day 4 :Alnif-Alnif
After the morning breakfast departure from Alnif to visit the Cambrian site famous by it s huge yellowish trilobites, Picnic in the Oasis afternoon visit Ordovician site jbel Tiskaouine riche in calymenes and flexycalymenes. Evening back in the same hotel.
Day 5 :Alnif-Mharch
Morning breakfast Departure to discover Isoumour famous trilobites post paradise. Where all species of Devonian trilobites lived together. Collect rolled phacops. Picnic on the site and head to Atchana site also Devonian but in flat not a mountain after we will collect red ammonites in Lakrabis evening at Mharch in nice Oasis in the desert.
Day 6 :Mharch-Merzouga
Departure to Mecessi after break fast to visit Lalla Mimouna site collect some Devonian trilobites then jbel Mdawar to collect Devonian goniatites. Picnic there and head to Merzouga Erg chebbi magic sand dunes. Evening in a small nice hotel in Merzouga.
Day 7 :Merzouga-Merzouga
After morning breakfast Departure south towards Taouz visit the famous Kemkem site rich in fish crocodiles and spinosaurus bones and teeth. Then collect echinoderms in Boutariyt site. Picnic in the old mine of filon 12 famous by it s vanadinites quartz and goethite. Then visit Mifis old laid mine and back to the hotel in Merzouga.
Day 8 : Merzouga-Merzouga
Morning breakfast Departure north Merzouga. Collect black Devonian pyritised goniatites at Azourz site. Then trilobites at Tisket site. Visit an active Barythe mine, Picnic in the sacred Oasis. Afternoon collect sand roses made of gypsum and sand also bites of bones vertebras evening back to the hotel in Merzouga.
Day 9 : Merzouga-Erfoud
Visit Hamarlaghdad site famous Devonian formation riche in corals, bivalves, brachiopods, speripheres, trilobites, then jbel Boutchrafine collect rolled trilobites, Picnic in the site then visit the crinoids site see the extraction, then head to Erfoud to visit the factory where all big blocs are cut and manufactured to table tops, sinks, book ends , decorative items, evening Hotel in Erfoud city.
Day 10 : Erfoud-Midelt
Drive through the high atlas and visit Oued Zem phosphate area famous by its shark teeth, evening in a hotel.
Day 11 : Midelt-Midelt
Departure to visit Mibladen old mine riche in cerusite barythe, and vanadinite even hard to find very deep and dangerous digging. Visit Ahouli old miner’s village, Picnic there then go to collect azurite and malachite at Sidi Ayad. Evening back to Midelt same hotel.
Day 12 : Midelt-Ouarzazate
The way back Midelt to Ouarzazate. Stop at Todgha gorges and have food at Dades gorges evening at hotel in Ouarzazate.
Day 13 : Ouarzazate-Marrakech
Drive back to Marrakech to visit the dinosaur foot prints in Azilal. Evening in a hotel. Morning Visit Ouzoud falls before taking the road back to Marrakech end Fossils tour.