Essaouira Tours

Ride a horse across Essaouira’s beaches, dunes, and forest on this tour. Select a horse that’s suited to your riding experience — beginners start with a basic riding lesson — then walk, canter, or gallop across the smooth sand; clamber up steep seaside dunes to sweeping views, and wind through the shade of Essaouira’s arid forests.

Ride a camel across Essaouira’s beaches, dunes and forests on a 2-hour guided ride. Take in the rhythmic sway of the camel’s gait from a traditional saddle, and absorb stunning views of the Atlantic coast. Scramble up the sides of steep sandy dunes, explore shady forests and get a camel’s-eye view of Essaouira’s tranquil countryside.

Enjoy all the comforts of a private tour while exploring Morocco’s Atlantic Coast. On this day trip from bustling Marrakech to Essaouira, a fishing port formerly known as Mogador, you have exclusive use of a 4WD or minivan and a driver/guide to show the way. Strolling the medina and purchasing fresh seafood is made easier with personal assistance, including hotel pickup and drop-off.

Avoid the crowds and get out into the stunning desert landscapes of the Essaouira region on this private quad bike tour. In the company of just your party and a guide, you can navigate the sand dunes at your own pace.

Hop on a quad bike and explore the desert outside Essaouira on this guided, 3-hour quad-bike tour. After a brief introduction to the bike and a practice run, travel from the Ruins of Sultan Palace and Portuguese Castle to Essaouira Beach and beyond. Also, visit a small forest of eucalyptus and mimosa. The quad-bike rental plus use of a helmet and wind jacket and a Essaouira hotel pickup and drop-off are included. 

This circuit which lasts a day (7 hours approximately), is a unique experience of discovery of dunes, beaches, tracks in the forest of argan trees. Arriving at Sidi Kaouki, you will have lunch in a local restaurant that offers varied menus (fish, chicken, meat, vegetarian dishes, salads, fries, and drinks (soda, tea, coffee).

Discover the serene coastal city of Essaouira on this guided, 3-hour camel ride. Climb aboard a desert dromedary and travel from the Ruins of Sultan Palace and Portuguese Castle to Essaouira Beach and beyond. Also, visit a small forest of eucalyptus and mimosa. Enjoy the scenic stroll away from the hustle of city life and enjoy a few hours of sightseeing. Be sure to bring a camera for photo stop opportunities. Local hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Once you book the experience, I will contact you to set the ideal meeting point to take you to the small village of Diabat where the activity takes place. our team will provide you with helmets, assist you and give you instructions for using the quad. After that, you will enter the action directly by starting your own quad, to start the circuit and combine hills, rivers beaches and dunes. After a stop to take pictures, camels are waiting for you, ready to guide you An hour of visit. You will then return to meet your driver who will drive you to your hotel.

Enjoy a day of exhilaration by going a quad bike tour of the dune fields that overlook the Atlantic Coast. Avoid the hassle of buying expensive gear, by having special clothing rental included. A guide will lead the way to Oued Ksob, the ruins of Sultan’s Palace, and many magnificent viewpoints. You won’t have to worry about driving and using your camera at the same time, as your guide will take photos along the way too.

If you are wondering what to do Essaouira, this would be a great Essaouira tour to discover Essaouira beach and its surrounding with highly professional Essaouira quad guides. You will have an initiation for 15 minutes before hitting the road alongside Essaouira beach to reach the landscape looking like Desert dunes to cross the river of "Oued Ksob" and discover the ruins of an old Sultan palace for an experience full of Thrill, sensation and adrenaline rush.

Essaouira’s golden sands and palm-lined beaches offer a stunning backdrop for a horseback ride. On this tour, mount up for a scenic horseback ride and trek along the coast, passing traditional fishing villages, sweeping sand dunes, and eucalyptus forests. Depending on your ability, either enjoy a relaxing ride on a well-trained Berber horse or have chance to trot or gallop along the beach.

Prepare a traditional menu of Moroccan dishes at a small-group cooking class in Essaouira, where you’ll be welcomed by a local couple in their family home. The evening begins with browsing fresh ingredients and aromatic spices at the food market; next, enjoy the chance to talk and tell stories as you cook a special dinner in Khadija and Hussein’s home kitchen.

Enjoy a day of adventures in the dunes by going on an ATV quad bike tour. This flexible experience lets you choose between a morning and afternoon tour and includes a transfer from Essaouira. It’s a safe and fun way to explore Diabat, as a helmet is provided as well as a quad bike orientation. The tour covers a lot of ground in 3-hours, including Diabat village, the beach, Cap Sim, and winding forest tracks.

This experience offers you the opportunity to do quad on the beach with a small stop to visit the Portuguese Borj, and take some pictures to immortalize the wonderful moment you live. Pass through the pine forest in the middle of cows, goats, dromedaries ... and finally in the dunes.

We will pick you up at Essaouira if you don’t have your own car. Arrived at the Ranch you will have a little introduction in our way of equitation and will see your horse: one of our wonderful Arabian-Barb-Horses. You will stay in saddle for 1 hour. One of our professional guides will accompany you during the ride. Our guides speak English, French and Arabian. Our guides will always help you, if you have some problem with our horses. In one hour on horseback, you will arrive at the wonderful beach of Diabat, where you will have a few towards Ile of Mogador with his Portuguese castle. The way back to the Ranch will pass through the forest of Eucalypti and Mimosa. This ride is for all riders; it is a good possibility for persons, which never tried equitation. Returned to the Ranch our driver will bring you back to Essaouira. You can book this ride from 9:00 until one hour before sunset.

Get out in the great outdoors and enjoy an energizing quad bike adventure. You won’t have to worry if you’ve never been on a quad bike before as this tour starts in the village of Diabat so you can get used to driving your quad. By going on a guided tour, you won’t have to worry about getting lost, and you’ll discover remote landscapes you might not see otherwise. Drive on the beach, climb sand dunes, and explore the vast forest.

We meet about 1.5h before sunset. This one-hour ramble through the dunes and along the riverbed of Oued Ksob will allow you to encounter the richness of the natural environment around Essaouira. You will discover a former Sultan‛s palace, which over time has surrendered to the sand and now sits in state in the midst of a wild nature. This huge sanded palace, dating back to the foundation of Essaouira in the 18th century invites you to dream of times gone by. We will give you some historical background about this site and afterwards in Diabat we will let our imaginations fly whilst sipping tea and watching the sunset over the Mogador islands…

We walk through an area of euphorbia and Argan trees before we reach the ocean and enjoy ourselves hiking a long untouched beach until we turn towards the beautiful Sidi m'Barek waterfalls. We then enter the terrace fields where locals grow crops throughout the whole year. We then walk uphill in the canyon up to the village of Sidi Ahmed Essayeh. There we are welcomed by a Moroccan family for a taste of tagine simmered in a solar cooker. This fairly sporty and lengthy hike allows you to meet beautiful people and admire sumptuous, divers landscapes... Enjoy a nice encounter with a French speaking Berber family.

A beautiful quad ride on the forest, beaches and dunes of Essaouira. This course gives you the opportunity to see diverse and remarkable landscapes for life, to talk to local fishermen and see how they catch sea urchins, to experience thrills as if, by a miracle, you drive a machine to travel in the world. space-time to finally be in the middle of a disert. N.B: If you prefer to go in 2 on a single Quad: You pay: 65 €.

Explora Watersports is one of the only watersports centres located right at the beach at the optimum spot for surfing. Our team are fully qualified and we have new equipment each year. We are a family run business who's aim is to ensure you have a great time on and off the water.

Learn the sport of kitesurfing in the serene coastal city of Essaouira with a private lesson. Located on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast, this walled port city — a late-18th-century fortified town — includes a fishing harbor (complete with seagulls galore). Conditions are typically ideal any time of year to learn and practice kitesurfing. Choose from a morning or afternoon session. Surfing equipment is included and the lessons are suitable for all skill levels. Transportation to the spots is provided.

During this journey, you will drive the quad through the forests of the wild beaches and dunes of the region of Essaouira. You can stop to take photos to immortalize the wonderful moment you live. After a short break, you will be ready to guide you for 1 hour on the back of Camels to explore the hinterland of Essaouira. You will then return to meet your driver who will drive you to your hotel.

The largest rural market in the Essaouira region takes place every Sunday in Had Draa located 30 km up the road towards Marrakech. The farmers of the region travel there by donkey to offer their crops, animals, and crafts, and to also do their weekly shopping. The gathering at Had Draa is mainly attended by men although everyone socializes, chats over tea with friends, and exchanges news in cafés or under tents. The market gives an authentic insight into daily lives in the Moroccan countryside. Vegetables, fruits, nuts, and spices release their plethora of aromas while the market showcases everything needed to live and work. We sample and taste a variety of foodstuffs. Next door are many cafes with open grills which presents us with the unique opportunity to try fresh grilled dromedary, served along with warm bread, olive and Argan oil, as well as traditional mint tea. HIGHLIGHTS ! Discovering rural life and taste local food.

Explora Watersports is one of the only watersports centres located right on the beach at the optimum spot for kitesurfing. All of our instructors are fully qualified and we have brand new equipment each year. We are a famliy run business who's aim is to ensure you have a great time with us on and off the water.