Morocco: Coast, Desert & High Atlas
April 16-28, 2026
Your place on this Venture is reserved when your completed registration form and deposit of $700/person has been received. Deposit may be made via the ‘book now’ button above, or by contacting the Ventures office. We accept credit cards for an additional fee (2.9% for MC, Visa, Discover; 3.9% for AmEx), but you may also pay by bank transfer, cash, check, or money order (payable to ‘VENTURES BIRDING’) sent to PO Box 1095, Skyland, NC 28776.
This Venture is limited to 8 participants.
Morocco: this North African country conjures up images of high snow-capped mountains, snake charmers in the Souk in Marrakech and long Atlantic beaches battered by Atlantic waves. All of this is true, but one can also add estuaries thronged with gulls and shorebirds, red dunes in the southeastern deserts teeming with dozens of cryptically-colored larks and Cream-colored Coursers and enjoying a deliciously-spiced Tajeen meal in a traditional Moroccan restaurant.
We start our tour in the historic city of Marrakech which is one of the economic centers of Morocco. Mosques break the skyline and gardens and planted areas add to the green of this desert city. Our hotel is situated near the picturesque Katoubia Mosque, and the nearby gardens are home to Little and Pallid Swifts, European Blackbird, Serin and European Greenfinch. The nests of White Storks seemingly perch atop every mosque and tower and migrating Black Kites and Booted Eagles are a daily sight as they migrate north over the city.
Cost of Morocco Venture: $3,500 per person based on double occupancy; single room supplement of $600 Price includes: All transportation throughout, all accommodation, all breakfasts and dinners (except for dinner on the first day), entrance fees, trip information, packet & bird checklist, and guide/leader service throughout. Not included: Round-trip airfare from the US to Morocco, alcoholic beverages, and gratuities, and any meals as specified in the itinerary, laundry, and other items of a personal nature.
Birds We Hope to See
Cream-colored Courser, Bald Ibis, Audouin's Gull, Southern Grey Shrike, Little Owl, Sardinian Warbler, Spotless Starling, Moroccan Magpie, Thick-billed, Dupont's, Greater Short-toed Lark, Moussier's Redstart, House Bunting, Levaillant's (Green) Woodpecker, Tristram's and Scrub Warblers, Atlas Flycatcher, African Crimson-winged Finch, Rock Sparrow, Black, Mourning, White-crowned and Atlas Wheatears, Red-billed and Yellow-billed Chough and Atlas Horned Lark and many more.
