West Africa Self Drive Tours

This moderate-paced trip artfully blends cultural discoveries with desert adventure. The balanced itinerary mixes city tours, historical sites, and natural wonders, offering active travelers an authentic taste of West Africa.

Take your rental car along Morocco's Route of 1000 Kasbahs, where you'll find the UNESCO-listed Ait Ben Haddou fortress and Rissani's 17th-century Kasbah. Sleep under the stars at Tilougui Camp near Zagora's golden dunes and stay at Oued Noujoum ecolodge in Fint Valley.

Pick up a Ford Fiesta or Renault Logan with unlimited mileage and drive through Morocco's imperial cities, stopping at the UNESCO-listed Medina of Fez to walk through its famous souk and learn couscous preparation at Dar Bensouda. The route covers 530 km from Marrakech through Beni Mellal's Atlas Mountain foothills to Fez, then continues 210 km to Rabat for a gastronomic dinner at the 18th-century Dar Rbatia in the heart of the Medina.

This self-drive trip takes you through Ghana's Black heritage sites, starting in Accra where you'll visit the W.E.B. Du Bois Centre for Pan African Culture and Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, then head to the coast to see UNESCO-listed Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle.

Pick up your rental car and head from Marrakech's lively souks into the Atlas Mountains, where you'll reach the remote Berber village of Imlil. Stay in traditional Berber accommodations and hike mountain trails that wind past goats and watercourses. Camp in Agafay Desert for 2 nights in canvas tents, with campfire drumming under the Milky Way. Drive south to Taghazout for surf vibes and board rentals along the coast. Wind along the Atlantic coast to Essaouira's blue-shuttered medina and the Skala fortress walls.

Pick up your rental car and drive from the lively Djemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech through olive groves to the Ouzoud waterfalls, where Barbary monkeys move through red earth gorges. Trek through traditional Berber villages in Imlil at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, staying in authentic mountain accommodations with valley views. Try glamping in Agafay Desert's canvas tents under star-filled skies before taking the coastal road to Essaouira's UNESCO-listed medina, where you can surf Atlantic waves and check out the historic Skala fortress with its 18th-century cannons overlooking the harbor.