About SaharaTrek

Your trusted Morocco travel partner since 1999

Why Travel With SaharaTrek

Since 1999, we’ve built something rare in Moroccan tourism: a network that functions like a family. We didn’t build this network through contracts and commissions. We built it through decades of shared meals, endless tea, and the kind of trust that only comes from showing up year after year. When our guide leads you through Fez medina, he’s not reading scripts—he’s sharing his city with people we vouched for. When our driver navigates the Atlas Mountains, he’s protecting what matters. This isn’t a supplier network. It’s twenty-five years of relationships delivering what guidebooks and new companies simply cannot: knowledge, access, and genuine Moroccan hospitality.

We design every tour the way we’d travel ourselves—which means 100% private, zero compromise. No buses full of strangers. No inflexible schedules. No waiting for group consensus or stopping at commission-paying tourist traps. Just you, your private guide, and Morocco unfolding at your pace. Want to linger at that viewpoint? Stay. Ready to skip that famous landmark? Done. Obsessed with food? We’ll adjust the itinerary. Your interests shape the experience, not some rigid schedule carved in stone. Surprisingly, our private tours don’t cost more—we’re proud about that. They also deliver incomparably more: more flexibility, more authentic experiences, more actual Morocco. After twenty-five years and thousands of tours, we’ve learned exactly who delivers and who cuts corners. You benefit from that education. We eliminated the guesswork. You get Morocco.

The SaharaTrek planning team - the four people who read and answer every inquiry

The planning team. Yes, this is really us.

Deliberately Small Where It Matters. Deliberately Deep Where It Counts.

The people who plan your trip — who read your first email and reply within one business day — are a small team on purpose. The person you write to is the person who knows your file, not ticket number 4,807 in a queue. Behind us stands the part of SaharaTrek you’ll actually travel with: the drivers, licensed guides, riad families, and camp crews across Morocco we’ve worked beside for years. A few people will know your name. Dozens will take care of you.

Why We Don’t Promise You a Specific Driver

You’ll notice we never guarantee a particular driver or guide by name. Routes shift, seasons get busy, and an honest operation plans for real life rather than for the brochure. What we promise instead is the standard every SaharaTrek driver and guide meets: vetted over years of working together, and the kind of people travelers write home about. Don’t take our word for it — our TripAdvisor reviews praise Abdoul, Said, Fouad, and Mouhad by name, on different trips, in different seasons. Different drivers, same experience. That’s the system working.

Arranging Morocco privately since 1999  ·  Registered & bonded Florida Seller of Travel #ST43790  ·  BBB A+  ·  5.0 Excellent · 47 TripAdvisor reviews  ·  A message away for your whole trip

Write to us — one of the four faces above reads it, and replies within one business day.

Our Credentials

Awards, Licenses & Memberships

Recognized excellence and trusted partnerships

📜 Licenses

Florida Seller of Travel ST43790
State certification and bonding holds us to the highest standards of professional service while ensuring your travel investment is protected.

Certifications

ARC Verified Travel Consultant
Recognized as the gold standard by global, industry-leading travel suppliers, organizations and partners.
Certified Veteran Owned
As a proud veteran-owned company, SaharaTrek honors our military community by offering a special 5% group discount to all active duty service members and veterans.
IATAN
SaharaTrek is accredited by IATAN, a globally recognized mark of professional excellence in the tourism industry.
Our Team

Meet the People Behind SaharaTrek

Passionate experts dedicated to creating your perfect Moroccan adventure

Ted Reinhard

Ted Reinhard

COO

Former USAF and DHS, Ted is the boots-on-the-ground, traveling across Morocco and crafting the perfect experiences for our clients, always with an eye for safety.

Luiza Chalapuk

Luiza Chalapuk

Director General

With three languages, an MBA in international business, and 10 years on the ground in Morocco, Luiza is the company's chief administrator.

Aisha Waters

Aisha Waters

Marketing & Social Media

Aisha is our marketing and media director, with experience across 3 continents; she’s our go-to for creating and marketing our tours. She started with SaharaTrek in 2020 and has extensive experience in Morocco from a unique perspective.

E. Lensmann

E. Lensmann

Photographer

If you’re wondering where the photos on our website came from, they’re the work of our in-house photographer, E. Lensmann. Known around the office for taking chances to get the perfect picture, E has taken travel photography from dull to art.

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