Nov 18, 2024
Well organized and varied tour. - Abdeljalil is very friendly, thoughtful and takes care of day everything to the last detail. The trip itself was well organized and varied. You're definitely getting your money's worth.
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Sep 8, 2024
Best Service Ever! - Our 3 day trip to the desert was outstanding! Every few hours we stopped at interesting spots. Tarboosh's advise was always spot on there and in Chefchaouin. He had excellent follow up and provided the best drivers. We loved Tarek. Thank you to everyone at Tarboosh Travel, when we come again, we will use you again!
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Sep 4, 2024
Sensational 😍 - Second experience with Tarboosh Travel and my sister and I enjoyed it a lot. Everything was great, travel, visit, food. I will only travel with them🥰 Thank you again for everything 😍
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Jul 25, 2024
Recomendable 100% - We took the tour last minute and everything super well organized. We didn't have to worry about anything, just enjoying it as they take care of everything. The night in the desert was wonderful. Berbers are very fun and speak many languages so I created a close-knit multicultural group. The visits to the canyons, the film studios, Aita Ben Hadoou... were very interesting. Recommended 100% organize it with them.
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Jun 20, 2024
Excellent agency - Everything was perfect
Communication: when booking the tours, after booking them, once in Morocco and during the trip. It was clear for me since the beginning that Tarboosh was a serious agency with very nice people that only want to offer a good service.
The tour was as agreed, everything was incredible and on time. Our guide/van driver Jamal was amazing always with an smile, answering questions and a good driver!
Price was fair and quality/cost relation is more than convenient.
If I was not clear enough yet: I totally recommend this agency for your tours in Morocco!!!
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Jun 5, 2024
Incredible experience - A beautiful journey from Fes to Marrakech, passing through the desert of Merzouga to the scenic Ouarzazate, site of very famous films!
5 stars also for the "guide" on the second and third day, Mohamed!
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Mar 27, 2024
Fes Merzouga Marrakesh adventure - The 3 day trip covered quite a bit. Sahara desert camel ride at Merzouga was the highlight. Weathering mini sandstorms, monkeys, Atlas film studio at Ourzazate, kasbah at Ait Ben Hadou, Todra canyon, geodes and fossils from the high Atlas mountains rounded up the experience.
Will attempt a longer desert stay next time. Definitely a next time.
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Dec 8, 2023
Amazing sahara desert experience with Tarboosh - The entire trip was amazing and handled very well. Abdel was following up everyday making sure our trip was going alright. We spoke to many other travel agencies before we finalized with Tarboosh travels. We are definitely going to recommend it to all our friends who will be traveling to Morocco.
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Nov 8, 2023
Would recommend, still few issues they need to solve ! - This agency had such good ratings that I was hoping they would not do the same lunch stops at tourist trap places, but they did, 2 out of 3 were overpriced, not very good and low rated (2.9 and 2.8), only 1 stop the food was okay ish (still expensive). Always in the middle of nowhere so you can't walk to a different one. On our last day none of us wanted to eat there so we told our driver, and he drove us someplace else, where the food was actually very good.
Please do better when it comes to this, like the meals provided were not the best, and cheap to buy on their own, but for the lunch stops that were not included we go to overpriced places !?
Probably little control over this one, maybe pick a better organized desert camp, but when we arrived at the camp in the Sahara desert, I was told I'd be given a shared tent, after I had specifically discussed and paid more to have a private one. I called the agency on whatsapp and luckily they picked up and talked to the guy in charge and the issue was resolved, however, I was moved to some other area a 5 min ride form the main camp, where the tents were not as nice and neither was the surrounding design. I also had to go back earlier because my tent was not there so I could not just go grab a hoodie or jacket for the weather that had gotten colder.
It felt like couples had priority and were given all the nice tents, and with the private tent drama there was what felt like a lot of time lost, since we were not long in the desert. Also a little rushed, like we got there and did not even have the chance to change clothes before going on the camel ride to watch the sunset.
Worth mentioning that it did seem they were going out of their way to make sure everything is okay (e.g. to resolve the tent issue).
Tip, Rose Valley is not really worth it outside of the blooming season, there is nothing really to see.
I'd probably still recommend them, but for a slightly lower price then what i paid (185 euros).
I'll keep the score to 4 so they hopefully fix the lunch issue.
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Nov 1, 2024
Terrible experience. Agency not recommended - Bad experience. I do not recommend it under any circumstances. I had done this tour the wrong way with another agency last year and it was a wonderful experience. I can compare and it's been a big mistake to contract with this agency.
We booked the tour in Spanish. Nothing to do with it. It was done in English and as a solution we were told that is why we had the Google translator. We understand English and it was not necessary the translator but it is not about that, it is about that was not what was hired.
Before starting the trip the person who accompanied us to the departure point told us that we had to say that the trip had cost us more than we had paid, which was not a little..., we were a little puzzled because we did not understand why he asked us to lie about that question since the prices are on the Tripadvaisor website. These types of comments are already a notice of who is hired...
The Zaida stop, on the first day, marked on the itinerary was not realized, the driver stopped at another roadside restaurant that was really disgusting. It was all dirty, the buffet only had scraps of food looking sorry and we were charged €12. Unpresentable place. I have to say that the stay with the Berbers was great and I am sure that it went so well because it was not up to the agency. The only thing they didn't organize that depended on the Berbers was what was worth it.
On the second day, according to the itinerary we should have stopped at Todgha Gorge 55', it was 15' and the driver drove us, so we did not see the beginning and could not walk through the throat. The remaining time of the stipulated led us to a carpet shop where we were 40’...it is not a receipt to miss the visit to the throat for a carpet sale. At the store, I told the driver what was wrong with the Throat and he said, “this is the Todra” I hallucinated!! I showed him last year's picture telling him no, that he knew perfectly well where we should go and that he was teasing us. It was for this reason that he made us the 15’ I am sure that if I do not tell him, he does not take us. The stop at El Kelaa M’ gouda did not. We should have visited a rose-mining cooperative and it never came out.
I rebuked him that he was not following the itinerary at the roadside bar where he stopped us for lunch and also indicated that he had suggested a shift system in the van since, specifically, my friend and I were always separated and to please manage it. What she did was tell the rest of the group that “the Spaniard” wanted to move them from their seats. Hearing him I told him what he was up to! That that wasn’t fair, that he had exposed me to the rest of the group and that I was just asking to rotate as he had suggested. Not content to leave me embarrassed was where a cameo in the bar who spoke a little Spanish and, I don't know what he said, but he came like a madman to tell me that if I had problems with the driver I would go to Marrakech!! Unbelievable. He left me out of the game but I reacted by telling him who he was to talk to me like that and that if, all right, I was going to Marrakech, to organize it and give me the money back because I had been offended and the trip was proving a scam. Then it's down and well, come on, no, no, no, no Marrakech.
Given the situation, I contacted the person organizing the trip and, he said that yes, that he was right but that I talked to the rest of the travelers to rotate, etc...how? Me? I don't think it's my place...
We got to Ouarzazate. We had asked in hiring room with separate beds, we insisted on detail. They said yes. We arrived and were assigned single bed. We complained and to solve it they made an Italian couple leave their room and put us in. One bed was dignified but the other was a cot of bad death not commensurate with a dignified and not equal rest with the other bed.
On the third day the return to Marrakech was meteoric and I almost have to say good thing... He was stopped by the police, I imagine because he was constantly with his mobile and maybe they saw him. They looked at the passengers and I was covered up, they asked me to see if I had a seat belt, I showed it and it didn't happen anymore but the driver rebuked me like they had stopped us because of me.....good thing the Italian couple told him he wasn't right!!
In Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou there are two ways to enter, free of charge by the
Bridge and paying by the river. The driver did not warn us about this and left us in the one that he had more comfort, in which we had to pay... I knew it but the detail would have been appreciated.
At 13:00 we were in Marrakech and finally the horror of travel ended. It is a shame that the lack of professionalism and inattention makes 3 days of vacation an ordeal.
Especially the scam of defaulting on visits....I insist that everything that had nothing to do with the Berbers and the desert was a real fiasco.
There are more travel options so I recommend not contracting with this company. My experience last year was incredible so I confirm that there are agencies that comply with the requirements. In fact, we took so much time from the visits on the tour that we arrived in Marrakech back at 20:00 h and on this trip, by 13:00 we had already been dropped off at the different hotels.
A scam, a bad time and a lousy trip.
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