An image focused and varied 14 night Morocco photo tour for scenes and people
With direct flights into Casablanca, Morocco from many US cities, it’s never been a better time to explore the exotic. Indulge a bucket list location alongside a working photographer on the ground with 14 days of prime location shooting for all levels and all interests, There are subjects for everyone including landscape views, astrophotography, dunes, street photography, classic portraits and increasingly popular amongst enthusiasts, environmental portraits. This Morocco photo tour is designed for you to get the best images by an English photographer who specialises in Morocco and knows the terrain and its people, having built up contacts over many years. I use authorised transport vehicles and accredited guides in cities. Moreover, the tour mixes encounters with local people and scenes to create a unique photo tour of variety and stimulation.
KEY LOCATIONS VISITED DURING YOUR TOUR
* Essaouira | Artisanal workers and fishermen.
* Ait Benhaddou | Kasbahs and families.
* Dades Valley & Todra Gorge | Mountain views, village families and nomads.
* Desert Ksars and markets.
* Dunes.
* Rural markets.
* Middle Atlas shepherds and nomads.
* Fez | Chefchaouen | Meknes.
This Morocco photo tour takes a circular route beginning and ending in Casablanca, visiting many of the key photographic sites in the north and southern parts of Morocco. It’s exclusively geared towards making good-quality images that work for light and composition. Many past clients are looking to build or use the tour as a basis for competition entries. Nonetheless, there’s no pressure to do so; the tour allows each individual to select their level of commitment. The tour also works as a cultural experience, with photography as our tool to explore places and lives. The camera is a way of seeing things in more detail.
Photographing street scenes beyond Marrakesh is straightforward and hassle-free. Moroccan people are warm and friendly, especially in the north and in rural areas. Part of the guiding process covers how to get the best from locations to make your trip as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.
This is a small group Morocco photo tour of up to 6 people, which allows comfortable group photography in homes. We use high-quality, authentic accommodation in cities and towns and the best available for rural areas that facilitate staying close to the photographic sites. All rooms are non-sharing with private bathrooms. These are our hotels:
Day One – Arrival day and travel to Essaouira (Wednesday)
After collection from Casablanca, you’ll take the road to Essaouira, the setting for many movies, including Kingdom of Heaven and Game of Thrones.
Day Two – Essaouira (Thursday)
The day is filled with two workshops covering architecture and photographing the medina for more abstract shots as well as environmental portraits of artisanal workers. You’ll also make a visit to the port to catch the fisherman landing their haul in the soft, warm light.
Day Three – Ait Benhaddou (Friday)
After breakfast, you’ll depart for Ait Benhaddou. En route, you’ll pass over the High Atlas mountains before turning off the main road to descend towards your destination, the mid-afternoon light is ideal for the crumbling kasbahs and mud-brick villages. We arrive at Ait Benhaddou in time for an iconic wide view of the village set against the rocks in the last light.
Day Four – Ait Benhaddou & Dades Valley (Saturday)
In the morning, you’ll visit two families for environmental portraits in their homes, before leaving for the Dades Valley and rock formations. Arriving here in the late afternoon, you’ll make use of the light to capture the geological wonders in the rock formations as well as crumbling kasbahs against distant mountains.
Day Five – Gorges (Sunday)
After breakfast, we’ll drive the route further up the mountain to 2250 metres and to views that look down on the cultivated fields and vast expanse of mountainside rock. Returning down the valley, we’ll call in at a Berber family where you can photograph three generations at home. After lunch, you’ll depart for Todra Gorge and our first visit to a nomad family living in a cave.
Day Six – Todra Gorge & Village Ksar (Monday)
A visit to a second nomad family is before breakfast, photographing them on the mountainside, preparing for the day and feeding their goats. It’s an opportunity to record both a mix of portraits and actuality, the spirit of the place. After breakfast, you’ll travel to your next location, a magical tunnelled Ksar, off the beaten tourist path, where you can capture atmospheric imagery of light and darkness. In the late afternoon, you’ll take a portrait session with one of the Ksar’s residents in their home.
Day Seven – Dunes (Tuesday)
Departing after some more morning tunnel shots, you’ll arrive at the desert town market of Rissini, en route enjoying some old Ksar entrances in the approach. In the vibrant market, you’ll focus on two locations: one for portraits of metal workers and the second, a smaller covered area with extraordinary lighting. After lunch there, you’ll travel towards Merzouga, stopping first at a village for some portraits of locals before arriving at your hotel close to the dunes.
Day Eight – Azrou (Wednesday)
This is a full travel day towards the Middle Atlas and the domain of shepherds, where you’ll arrive in time to catch them in the best light.
Day Nine – Fez (Thursday)
After photographing nomads in the morning, you’ll continue to Fez, spending time in the walled-in city, covering street scenes in the quiet back streets and the covered market and tanneries.
Day Ten – Chefchaouen (Friday)
You’ll depart for the ‘Blue-City’ in the late morning, giving you the late afternoon to explore the small medina and its myriad of alleyways. Chefchaouen is great for street photography and the rare glimpses of locals set against a reduced colour palette.
Day Eleven – Chefchaouen
In the early morning, you’ll take another workshop in Chefchaouen’s medina before departing for a new addition to our tour, a non-touristic green-painted town at the edge of the Rif. Close to there, you’ll visit a wonderful country market.
Day Twelve – Rif Town (Sunday)
You’ll spend the morning photographing the quiet medina before we visit an all-female salt harvesting community in the countryside.
Day Thirteen – Volubilis, Meknes (Monday)
You’ll depart for Meknes, stopping en route for landscape photography and then lunch at Volubilis before arriving in Meknes for late afternoon medina street opportunities.
Day Fourteen – (Tuesday)
The morning is set aside for the medina backstreets, providing great opportunities for street photography. In the afternoon, you’ll travel to Casablanca to check in.
Day Fifteen – Casablanca Airport Hotel
After breakfast, a shuttle service is provided in good time for departure.
View sample images of mine from the northern section of the tour here
Equipment & fitness:
DSLR or mirrorless camera with a standard and telephoto zoom (or prime)lens.
Plenty of cards.
We reach photo spots by vehicle in the rural parts, but there are short hikes to the nomads which require moderate fitness levels. Otherwise, we take a steady pace in the medinas.
With direct flights into Casablanca, Morocco, from many US cities, it’s never been a better time to explore the exotic with this Morocco photo tour. Indulge a bucket list location alongside a working photographer on the ground with 14 days of prime location shooting for all levels and all interests. There are subjects for everyone, including landscape views, astrophotography, dunes, street photography, classic portraits and increasingly popular amongst enthusiasts, environmental portraits. This Morocco photo tour is designed for you to get the best images by an English photographer who specialises in Morocco and knows the terrain and its people, having built up contacts over many years. I use authorised transport vehicles and accredited guides in cities. Moreover, the tour mixes encounters with local people and scenes to create a unique photo tour of variety and stimulation.
KEY LOCATIONS VISITED DURING YOUR TOUR
* Essaouira | Artisanal workers and fishermen.
* Ait Benhaddou | Kasbahs and families.
* Dades Valley & Todra Gorge | Mountain views, village families and nomads.
* Desert Ksars and markets.
* Dunes.
* Rural markets.
* Middle Atlas shepherds and nomads.
* Fez | Chefchaouen | Meknes.
This Morocco photo tour takes a circular route beginning and ending in Casablanca, visiting many of the key photographic sites in the north and southern parts of Morocco. It’s exclusively geared towards making good-quality images that work for light and composition. Many past clients are looking to build or use the tour as a basis for competition entries. Nonetheless, there’s no pressure to do so; the tour allows each individual to select their level of commitment. The tour also works as a cultural experience, with photography as our tool to explore places and lives. The camera is a way of seeing things in more detail.
Photographing street scenes beyond Marrakesh is straightforward and hassle-free. Moroccan people are warm and friendly, especially in the north and in rural areas. Part of the guiding process covers how to get the best from locations to make your trip as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.
This is a small group Morocco photo tour of up to 6 people, which allows comfortable group photography in homes. We use high-quality, authentic accommodation in cities and towns and the best available for rural areas that facilitate staying close to the photographic sites. All rooms are non-sharing with private bathrooms. These are our hotels:
Day One – Arrival day and travel to Essaouira (Wednesday)
After collection from Casablanca, you’ll take the road to Essaouira, the setting for many movies, including Kingdom of Heaven and Game of Thrones.
Day Two – Essaouira (Thursday)
The day is filled with two workshops covering architecture and photographing the medina for more abstract shots as well as environmental portraits of artisanal workers. You’ll also make a visit to the port to catch the fisherman landing their haul in the soft, warm light.
Day Three – Ait Benhaddou (Friday)
After breakfast, you’ll depart for Ait Benhaddou. En route, you’ll pass over the High Atlas mountains before turning off the main road to descend towards your destination, the mid-afternoon light is ideal for the crumbling kasbahs and mud-brick villages. We arrive at Ait Benhaddou in time for an iconic wide view of the village set against the rocks in the last light.
Day Four – Ait Benhaddou & Dades Valley (Saturday)
In the morning, you’ll visit two families for environmental portraits in their homes, before leaving for the Dades Valley and rock formations. Arriving here in the late afternoon, you’ll make use of the light to capture the geological wonders in the rock formations as well as crumbling kasbahs against distant mountains.
Day Five – Gorges (Sunday)
After breakfast, we’ll drive the route further up the mountain to 2250 metres and to views that look down on the cultivated fields and vast expanse of mountainside rock. Returning down the valley, we’ll call in at a Berber family where you can photograph three generations at home. After lunch, you’ll depart for Todra Gorge and our first visit to a nomad family living in a cave.
Day Six – Todra Gorge & Village Ksar (Monday)
A visit to a second nomad family is before breakfast, photographing them on the mountainside, preparing for the day and feeding their goats. It’s an opportunity to record both a mix of portraits and actuality, the spirit of the place. After breakfast, you’ll travel to your next location, a magical tunnelled Ksar, off the beaten tourist path, where you can capture atmospheric imagery of light and darkness. In the late afternoon, you’ll take a portrait session with one of the Ksar’s residents in their home.
Day Seven – Dunes (Tuesday)
Departing after some more morning tunnel shots, you’ll arrive at the desert town market of Rissini, en route enjoying some old Ksar entrances in the approach. In the vibrant market, you’ll focus on two locations: one for portraits of metal workers and the second, a smaller covered area with extraordinary lighting. After lunch there, you’ll travel towards Merzouga, stopping first at a village for some portraits of locals before arriving at your hotel close to the dunes.
Day Eight – Azrou (Wednesday)
This is a full travel day towards the Middle Atlas and the domain of shepherds, where you’ll arrive in time to catch them in the best light.
Day Nine – Fez (Thursday)
After photographing nomads in the morning, you’ll continue to Fez, spending time in the walled-in city, covering street scenes in the quiet back streets and the covered market and tanneries.
Day Ten – Chefchaouen (Friday)
You’ll depart for the ‘Blue-City’ in the late morning, giving you the late afternoon to explore the small medina and its myriad of alleyways. Chefchaouen is great for street photography and the rare glimpses of locals set against a reduced colour palette.
Day Eleven – Chefchaouen
In the early morning, you’ll take another workshop in Chefchaouen’s medina before departing for a new addition to our tour, a non-touristic green-painted town at the edge of the Rif. Close to there, you’ll visit a wonderful country market.
Day Twelve – Rif Town (Sunday)
You’ll spend the morning photographing the quiet medina before we visit an all-female salt harvesting community in the countryside.
Day Thirteen – Volubilis, Meknes (Monday)
You’ll depart for Meknes, stopping en route for landscape photography and then lunch at Volubilis before arriving in Meknes for late afternoon medina street opportunities.
Day Fourteen – (Tuesday)
The morning is set aside for the medina backstreets, providing great opportunities for street photography. In the afternoon, you’ll travel to Casablanca to check in.
Day Fifteen – Casablanca Airport Hotel
After breakfast, a shuttle service is provided in good time for departure.
Equipment & fitness:
DSLR or mirrorless camera with a standard and telephoto zoom (or prime)lens.
Plenty of cards.
We reach photo spots by vehicle in the rural parts, but there are short hikes to the nomads which require moderate fitness levels. Otherwise, we take a steady pace in the medinas.
View sample images of mine from the northern section of the tour here
The Morocco Photo Tour runs from:
March 21st – April 4th 2026
Sept. 30th – Oct. 12th 2026
FEE: USD 6995 / £5500| Inclusive of hotels, non-city meals and guiding.