13-Day Morocco Fossil & Mineral Tour from Marrakech-Geological Expedition Across the Atlas & Sahara

13-Day Morocco Fossil and Mineral Expedition from Marrakech

13-Day Morocco Fossil & Mineral Tour from Marrakech offers an unforgettable geological expedition across the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert. On this tour, you will travel by private 4×4 through eastern Morocco, one of the most geologically diverse regions in the world, exploring rocks rich in fossils and minerals that span from the Precambrian to recent periods.

Morocco is internationally famous for its trilobites, ammonites, orthoceras, goniatites, corals, dinosaur remains, shark teeth, and rare minerals such as vanadinite, baryte, quartz, selenite, azurite, and malachite. This tour is designed for collectors, geology lovers, paleontology enthusiasts, and curious travelers who want to explore Morocco beyond classic tourism.

Guided by experienced local specialists, this Morocco geology tour combines fossil hunting, mineral collecting, desert landscapes, ancient kasbahs, oases, and authentic encounters with local miners.

## Tour Highlights

•  Iconic Fossil & Mineral Sites:

  Explore Alnif, Kem Kem, Erfoud, and Midelt, home to trilobites, ammonites, dinosaur fossils, and rare minerals.

• Expert-Guided Geology Tour:

  Travel with experienced local guides for safe fossil and mineral collecting across Morocco’s most important geological regions.

•  Atlas Mountains to Sahara Desert:

  Journey by private 4×4 from the High Atlas to the Sahara, crossing valleys, oases, and dramatic desert landscapes.

• Mines, Workshops & Authentic Stays:

  Visit active mines and fossil workshops, with comfortable hotels and desert lodges along the route.

• Fossil & Mineral Shipping Support:

• We assist clients in safely shipping their collected fossils and minerals directly to their home, anywhere in the world.

## 13-Day Morocco Fossil & Mineral Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Arrival in Marrakech

Arrival at Marrakech Airport and transfer to your hotel.
Tour schedule may adjust depending on arrival time.

Day 2: Marrakech – Sidi Rahal – Ait Ben Haddou

Begin your Morocco fossil & mineral tour with a drive into the High Atlas Mountains.
Stop at Sidi Rahal, a mineral-rich area known for quartz, chalcedony, amethyst, and agate.
Lunch with a local miner before continuing to Ait Ben Haddou, where you spend the night.

Day 3: Ait Ben Haddou – Draa Valley – Alnif

• Silurian site with black Orthoceras fossils

Visit the UNESCO-listed Ait Ben Haddou Kasbah, then continue to a stromatolite site.
Drive through the beautiful Draa Valley to Serradrar and explore a Silurian site with black Orthoceras fossils. Overnight in Alnif, a key hub for fossil tours in Morocco.

Day 4: Alnif –  Ordovician & Cambrian Sites – Alnif

Explore a Cambrian site famous for large yellow trilobites.
Picnic in a desert oasis, then visit Jbel Tiskaouine, an Ordovician site rich in Calymene and Flexicalymene trilobites. Return to Alnif.

Day 5: Alnif – Isoumour – M’harch

• famous Devonian trilobite sites

Visit Isoumour, one of Morocco’s most famous Devonian trilobite sites, where multiple species once coexisted.
Continue to Atchana, then collect red ammonites in Lakrabis. Overnight in the desert oasis of M’harch.

Day 6: M’harch – Jbel Mdawar – Merzouga

Collect Devonian trilobites at Mecessi, then explore Jbel Mdawar for Devonian goniatites.
Drive to the dunes of Erg Chebbi, Merzouga. Overnight in a comfortable local hotel.

Day 7: Merzouga – Kem Kem – Merzouga

• Kem Kem beds,

Visit the legendary Kem Kem beds, famous for Spinosaurus, crocodile, fish fossils, and shark teeth.
Picnic at Filon 12 mine, known for vanadinite, quartz, and goethite, passing the old Mifis mine. Return to Merzouga.

Day 8: Merzouga Fossil & Mineral Sites

Collect pyritized Devonian goniatites at Azourz and trilobites at Tisket.
Visit a working baryte mine, then collect gypsum sand flowers and desert vertebrate fragments. Overnight in Merzouga.

Day 9: Merzouga – Erfoud

Explore Hamarlaghdad, rich in Devonian corals, brachiopods, trilobites, and crinoids.
Visit Jbel Boutchrafine for rolled trilobites. In Erfoud, tour a fossil-processing workshop. Overnight in Erfoud.

Day 10: Erfoud – Ziz Valley – Midelt

Cross the High Atlas via the Ziz Gorges and visit a selenite workshop.
Overnight in Midelt at the Meteorite Hotel.

Day 11: Midelt Mineral Tour

Visit Mibladen, famous for cerussite, baryte, and vanadinite, then Ahouli mine village.
Collect azurite and malachite at Sidi Ayad. Overnight in Midelt.

Day 12: Midelt – Phosphate Basin – Ouzoud

Drive through the Middle Atlas forests, stopping at phosphate fossil sites rich in shark teeth, Enchodus, mosasaur, and fish fossils. Overnight near Ouzoud Falls.

Day 13: Ouzoud – Azilal – Marrakech

Morning visit to Ouzoud Waterfalls, then explore dinosaur footprints in Azilal and the natural bridge of Demnate. Return to Marrakech. In addition you can end 13 Day Morocco Fossil and Mineral Tour from Marrakech in Casablanca or in Marrakech