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Maghreb wheatear (Oenanthe halophila)
Photo ©Andrew Fortuna
5 or 7 days
Two routes
Morocco
Max 4 persons
Single supp £ask
BOOKINGS
Best dates taken up quite quickly. Contact me asap to request your preferred dates to avoid disappointment
Included
- Pick-up from Gibraltar, Marrakech or other airports
Drop-off airports: (location / times to be agreed)
Ground ransport in air-conditioned vehicle - 4 or 6 nights accommodation in good quality accomodation
- Breakfast & lunch meals, soft drinks
- Services of professional bilungual birding guide
Use of KOWA telescope + KOWA eye pieces - Basic travel insurance (recommended you get your own)
- Bird checklist
- All taxes
Not included
- Dinner, alcohol, other expenses
- A la carte meals
- Items of a personal nature
- Air fare
Birding & cuisine of our Morocco tours
OVERVIEW
OPTION 1
NORTHERN MOROCCO, RIF AND NORTHERN ATLANTIC COAST
Our 5-day bird-watching tour takes you on a journey through some of Morocco’s most breathtaking landscapes of Northern Morocco, from the towering Rif mountains and enchanting cities like Chefchaouen (the Blue city), to the coastal marshes of the northern Atlantic coast. Our expert guide will lead you to some of the best bird-watching spots in the region, where you’ll have the chance to see a variety of species including House bunting, Red-knobbed coast, and Moustached warbler, and many more bird species and other nature!
OPTION 2
HIGH ATLAS & OURRZAZATE: 7 DAY FROM MARRAKECH, HIGH ATLAS TO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC COAST
Our 7-day bird-watching tour takes you on a journey through some of Morocco’s most breathtaking landscapes, from the towering High Atlas Mountains to the arid deserts of Ouarzazate and Boumalne Dades and the Atlantic coats. Our expert guides will lead you to some of the best bird-watching spots in the region, where you’ll have the chance to see a variety of species including Levailant’s green woodpecker, Atlas horned lark, Crimson-winged finch, Northern bald ibis and many more bird species and other nature!
AVAILABLE TOUR DATES
Choose your preferred dates
ALL YEAR
TARGET SPECIES
Black-shouldered Kite, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Bonelli’s Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Golden Eagle, Booted Eagle, Eurasian Black (Cinereous) Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Audouin’s gull, cory’s/Scopoli’s shearwater, Little swift, Pallid Swift, Alpine Swift, Blue Rock Thrush, Black Stork, White Stork, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Little Bittern, Purple (Western) Swamp Hen, Savi’s Warbler, Moustached warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Maghreb wheatear, Red-rumped wheatear, Black-eared Wheatear, Black Wheatear, white-crowned black wheatear, Subalpine Warbler, Hawfinch, Levailant’s green Woodpecker, Red-knobbed Coot, White-headed Duck, Marbled Duck, Crag Martin, Red-rumped Swallow, Great Bustard, Little Bustard, Stone Curlew (Eurasian Thick-knee), European & Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Little Owl, Scops Owl, Whiskered Tern, Collared Pratincole, Hoopoe lark, Thick-billed lark, African blue tit, Maghreb Magpie, and many more.
DETAILED ITINERARY FOR OUR TWO TOUR OPTIONS IN MOROCCO – GUIDE ANDREW FORTUNA
DAY 1: ATLAS MOUNTAINS ASNI AND OUKAIMEDEN BIRD WATCHING TRIP FROM MARRAKECH:
Embark on a bird-watching adventure from Marrakech where we will pick you up from your hotel or the airport. Our journey will begin towards the Atlas Mountains where we can observe species such as Spotless Starling, House Bunting, Dekla Lark, Magpie, Grey Shrike, Rock Sparrow, Little Owl, and some Rock Doves. Next, we will continue to Atlas Mountains Asni to witness spectacular birds like Levaillant’s Green Woodpecker and Great Spotted Woodpecker. Afterward, we will drive to Lake Oukaimeden, where we hope to spot Alpine Chough, Crimson-winged Finch, White-crowned Wheatear, Black Wheatear, Mossier’s Redstart, and some ducks. Finally, we will have dinner, accommodation, and breakfast at a hotel in Marrakech.
DAY 2: FROM ATLAS MOUNTAINS – OUARZAZATE TO BOUMALNE DADES:
Our journey will take us to Tizi-n-Tichka, where we might catch a glimpse of Kestrel and Bonelli’s Eagle. We will then head to Amerzagane town to see some spectacular birds like Black Wheatear and Maghreb Wheatear. After that, we will visit the Mansour Eddahbi Barrage, where we should be able to observe Ruddy Shelduck, Black-winged Stilts, Marbled Ducks, Cormorants, Herons, and some Waders. Finally, we will have dinner, accommodation, and breakfast at a hotel in Boumalne Dades.
DAY 3: FROM BOUMALNE DADES – TAGDIL TRACK TO OUARZAZATE:
We will visit Tagdil Track, one of the famous places for bird watching in Morocco, to spot rare Eagle Owl, Cream Colored Courser, Trumpter Finch, Hoopoe Lark, Thick-billed Lark, Crowned Sandgrouse, and Black Wheatears. We will then return with some stops in different places to observe more birds and enjoy the view and beauty of the Atlas Mountains. Finally, we will have dinner, accommodation, and breakfast at a hotel in Ouarzazate.
DAY 4: MARRAKECH TO AGADIR
On the final day of our bird-watching tour, we will travel back to Agadir with some stops along the way to observe birds and head for the coastal marshes.
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Some of the images from the tours
