Originally begun as a paleontological tour company, Sahara Overland provides you with the unique opportunity to travel to the rich lands of Morocco and collect your own treasures.  Morocco has a great variety of minerals and fossils to mine free of charge or purchase already prepared. Some of the minerals include quartz, aragonite, vanadinite, azurite, malachite and a large selection of agates.

     If trilobites are your fancy, dig for bugs at many plentiful sites such as the well known Devonian Mt. Issimour, the Ordovician rock of Tiskaouine or the Cambrian site at Toghacht. Morocco has all of the species commonly seen in U.S. markets and many more. In Erfoud, there are dozens of rock shops filled with fossils from south Morocco, including dinosaur teeth from a famous nearby locality. Find ammonites and cephalopods in a region so rich you can actually pick them up off the ground as you walk along!      A large variety of Jurassic and Cretaceous specimens such as fish, turtles, and dinosaur material- and one of the largest ammonite localities worldwide is found near Midelt, the mineral capital of Morocco. Among other items available in Midelt are various species of sharks' teeth and the previously mentioned minerals.

     Working with groups of 3 to 8 people allows flexibility and spontaneity in scheduling and activities, often including the opportunity to visit native people in their homes and local communities. We can customize any tour to suit your specific interests, including off road travel, cultural, historical and shopping opportunities.