10 days fossils and minerals collecting Earth memory trip from Casablanca

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Embark on a fascinating 10-day journey through Morocco’s geological marvels with our Earth Memory Trip from Casablanca.

This exclusive expedition takes you on an immersive exploration of the country’s diverse landscapes, from the heart of the Middle Atlas to the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Led by expert guides, you’ll delve into ancient mines, collect fossils and minerals, and picnic amidst stunning natural scenery.

Whether marveling at Jurassic brachiopods or exploring Cambrian and Ordovician mines, each day offers a new adventure in Morocco’s rich geological history. Join us for a truly unforgettable experience that combines discovery, adventure, and the timeless beauty of the Earth.

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ITINERARY of 10 Days Fossils and Minerals Collecting Trip

Day 1: Casablanca – Azrou – Midelt

After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Azrou, in the heart of the Middle Atlas. We will picnic in the cedar forest with the monkeys and then head to the famous Michlifen extinct volcano, rich in olivine and Magna. We will then head to the Jurassic site next to Timahdite, rich in brachiopods, bivalves, and speriferes. If there is time, we can visit the Cretaceous site, rich in black shark teeth, next to Bakrit. We will spend the evening at a 3-star hotel in Midelt.

Day 2: Midelt

After breakfast, we depart for the Mibladen mines, which are rich in baryte, cerusite and vanadinites, which are also very hard to find. We then head to the Ahouli old mine to visit old mining equipment. We picnic in the valley and then go to Sidi Ayad to collect azurite, malachite, and fluorite. In the evening, we return to the same hotel in Midelt.

Day 3: Midelt – Ziz Gorges – Erg Chebbi Dunes

After breakfast, head down to Ziz Gorges where we will collect brachiopods and bivalves from the Jurassic, then to Ziz valley to collect echinoderms, cidaris micrasteres from the Cretaceous Cenomanian. Picnic in the valley, then down to Erfoud city. Evening in the Erg Chebbi sand dunes, night in a desert camp.

Day 4: Merzouga

After breakfast, we head south to Merzouga towards Mifis mine rich in lead and manganese, fifty years ago, now a desert, except same workers looking for massive barytine. Then go to Kemkem Paleoriver beds, rich in fish, crocodiles, and dinosaur bones. Picnic there, then go to an old mine called Filon 12, rich in vanadinite quartz citrine and more. Then, Devonian bed rich in rolled phacops, and evening back to the same hotel in the dunes.

Day 5: Merzouga

After breakfast, head north to Merzouga Collect goniatites made of goethite, pyritised sometimes due to the big explosion end Devonian, then collect enrolled Devonian trilobite, then sand roses on the border, then Picnic in a sacred oasis full of palm trees. Afternoon, collect sand roses and fish, crocodiles, dinosaur bones in a Cretaceous site. Safsaf evening back to the same hotel in the dunes.

Day 6: Merzouga – Arfoud – Alnif

Visit the famous Erfoud quarry ten crinoids’ mine, to see the extraction collect Devonian trilobites at Boutchrafine mount. Picnic under a palm tree, afternoon visit the factory where all the big blocks are cut and manufactured into tables, dishes, bookends, and decoration items. Then head to Alnif. Evening at a small hotel on half board.

Day 7: Alnif

Visit the Cambrian mine where the big trilobites came from, such as Cambropalace and Paradoxides. Picnic in the desert. Afternoon, visit the Ordovician mine of calymes and flexicalymenes de Jbel Tiskaouine. Evening, back to the same hotel in Alnif.