On the morning of 2 August 2027 the Moon covers the Sun completely over northern Morocco. Our private tours are timed so you sleep inside the path of totality the night before, with your own driver to take you to clearer skies if the forecast calls for it.
Totality in Chefchaouen in
Each of these private routes already spends the night before the eclipse in Chefchaouen or Tangier. Arrive on the date shown and eclipse morning lands on the right day. Want different dates or a different route? Every one can be changed.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
Morocco's greatest hits in 5 days: Hassan II Mosque, Rabat's mausoleum, Chefchaouen's blue streets, a full Fes guided tour, camel ride and overnight in the Merzouga Desert, and a final scenic drive over the Atlas to Marrakech.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
An 8-day small-group tour from Chefchaouen in the Rif Mountains to the Atlantic coast at Essaouira via Marrakech and Casablanca — a north-to-coast route with no desert driving.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
An 8-day classic circuit from Casablanca to Marrakech via Chefchaouen, Fes and a night in the Sahara at Merzouga — the essential first-time Morocco route, small group.
Arrive 1 August 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 2 in Chefchaouen
A comprehensive 9-day private tour covering Morocco's best: two nights in Chefchaouen's blue city, a full guided day in Fes, camel ride and sunrise in the Merzouga Sahara, Ait Ben Haddou, and a guided day in Marrakech.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
A 10-day classic circuit from Casablanca to Marrakech via Chefchaouen, Fes, the Atlas Mountains and a night in the Sahara — the complete first-time Morocco route, with a gentler pace.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
A 10-day loop tour from Casablanca: Rabat, Chefchaouen, Fes, two nights in the Sahara, and Marrakech — returning to Casablanca.
Arrive 26 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 8 in Chefchaouen
Morocco's most complete journey: Marrakech guided tour, Ait Ben Haddou, Merzouga Sahara camel trek, Fes medina, Chefchaouen, Casablanca, Essaouira — all in 12 days with a private vehicle, expert guides and hand-picked accommodation.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Tangier
A 12-day grand loop from Casablanca: Rabat, Tangier, Chefchaouen, Fes, two nights in the Sahara, Marrakech and Essaouira — returning to Casablanca.
Arrive 31 July 2027 · Eclipse morning on day 3 in Chefchaouen
A 14-day grand circuit covering Casablanca, Chefchaouen, Fes, the Sahara, the Atlas Mountains and the Atlantic coast at Essaouira — the most complete Morocco small-group tour we run.
A note on August heat. Most of these routes normally continue to the Sahara. We don’t run desert nights in July and August, when Merzouga passes 40°C and stays hot after dark, so on eclipse departures we replace that section with the Atlantic coast, more time in Fes or the Middle Atlas. You choose which.
Totality lasts about four minutes. Where you stand for those minutes matters more than anything else on the trip.
Cloud and haze on eclipse morning can differ from one valley to the next. With your own vehicle we check the forecast and the dust outlook with you the evening before, and drive to the clearest spot within reach before the partial phase starts.
Every tour on this page spends the night of 1 August inside the path of totality, so eclipse morning starts where you slept, without a dawn drive.
Nothing is planned before the eclipse ends, a little after 11:00. Any onward drive starts after that, never before.
Every tour is private, so the days either side of 2 August can change: add Tangier, slow down in Fes, or finish on the Atlantic coast.
Chefchaouen sits inland behind the Rif mountains. Meteorologist Jay Anderson’s eclipse climatology gives it the lowest cloud amount of any Moroccan site on the track, because the mountains shelter it from the sea air on both coasts. Totality there lasts 4 min 13 s.
If the forecast shows cloud or dust over the Rif, your driver heads north to the east side of Tetouan or the central and eastern side of Tangier facing the bay, both with about 4 min 51 s of totality. Anderson singles these out as the parts of each city most likely to escape morning sea mist. We avoid the Atlantic beaches at Asilah and Larache and the Mediterranean coast south of Tetouan, where low cloud can linger past totality.
08:40 · First contact
The Moon starts to cover the Sun. Eclipse glasses on.
09:45 · Totality begins
The last bead of sunlight disappears. Glasses off: this is the only safe time to look directly.
09:47 · Maximum eclipse
The corona is fully out, with planets and the brightest stars visible.
09:49 · Totality ends
The first flash of sunlight returns. Glasses back on straight away.
11:01 · Last contact
The Moon slides off the Sun and the eclipse is over.
Morocco time (UTC+1). Other towns differ by a minute or two: see every town.
Not seeing the right fit? Every AZA tour is private, so we can build the whole trip around eclipse morning. These are the shapes travellers ask for most. Tell us yours and we send a day-by-day plan and quote within 24 hours.
Ferry into Tangier, then Tetouan and Chefchaouen for the eclipse, and back to the port. Cross the Strait the day before, not on eclipse morning: early August is the busiest week of the year on the ferries.
Plan this with us →Tangier, Chefchaouen for the eclipse, the Roman ruins of Volubilis, Meknes and two nights in Fes, ending in Rabat or Casablanca. No Sahara in the peak summer heat.
Plan this with us →Eclipse in Chefchaouen, then Fes, the cedar forests of the Middle Atlas and Marrakech, finishing on the cooler Atlantic coast at Essaouira.
Plan this with us →Coming from Spain? Spain or Morocco for the 2027 eclipse
Morocco time (UTC+1) on 2 August 2027. Computed from NASA’s eclipse elements; contact times can shift by a few seconds.
| Place | What you see | Totality starts | Sun height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chefchaouen | Total · 4 min 13 s | 09:45 | 39° |
| Tetouan | Total · 4 min 51 s | 09:45 | 38° |
| M'diq | Total · 4 min 53 s | 09:45 | 38° |
| Tangier | Total · 4 min 51 s | 09:44 | 38° |
| Al Hoceima | Total · 4 min 26 s | 09:46 | 40° |
| Nador | Total · 4 min 14 s | 09:48 | 41° |
| Fes | Partial · 98.4% covered | — | 39° |
| Rabat | Partial · 98.6% covered | — | 37° |
| Casablanca | Partial · 97.1% covered | — | 36° |
| Marrakech | Partial · 89.1% covered | — | 35° |
Full contact times for 30 towns in Morocco and Spain: 2027 eclipse times by city. Eclipse Predictions by Fred Espenak, NASA's GSFC.
The complete guide: where totality falls, times, weather and how to plan the trip.
Read →Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Tangier and the Rif coast compared for totality, cloud and crowds.
Read →Contact times, totality length and Sun height for 30 towns in Morocco and southern Spain.
Read →Eclipse glasses, children, and photographing totality on a phone.
Read →Tarifa and Cádiz against Tangier and Chefchaouen, and the ferry on eclipse week.
Read →The path of totality over Morocco and Spain, with local times for every town on it.
Read →Still unsure? We reply to every question within 24 hours.
Ask on WhatsAppMonday 2 August 2027, in the morning. In northern Morocco the partial phase starts at about 08:40 Morocco time (UTC+1), totality falls between about 09:44 and 09:53 depending on where you stand, and the eclipse is over by about 11:07. In Chefchaouen totality runs from 09:45 for 4 min 13 s.
A band about 236 km wide across the far north: Tangier, Asilah, Larache, Tetouan, M’diq, Chefchaouen, Ouazzane, Al Hoceima, Nador and Saïdia, with Oujda right on the southern edge. Rabat, Meknes, Fes and Casablanca sit just outside the band and see a deep partial eclipse, with 97–99% of the Sun covered. Marrakech sees about 89%.
No. Fes sees about 98% of the Sun covered and Marrakech about 89%, but a partial eclipse is a different experience: the sky stays bright, the corona never appears, and you need eclipse glasses the whole time. To see totality you need to be inside the band, which from Fes means Chefchaouen, about three and a half hours’ drive north.
Chefchaouen sits inland behind the Rif mountains and has the lowest cloud amount of any Moroccan site on the track in meteorologist Jay Anderson’s eclipse climatology. Totality there is 4 min 13 s, against about 4 min 53 s on the coast near Tetouan, so we trade some seconds for better odds of a clear sky. With a private driver you can still move north on the morning if the forecast favours the coast.
No one can guarantee a clear sky. We watch the forecasts and the dust outlook in the days before, decide the viewing spot with you the evening before, and leave early enough to reach somewhere clearer, such as the east side of Tetouan or Tangier, before the partial phase begins. A private vehicle is what makes that change of plan possible.
Yes, for every minute except totality itself. Use glasses that meet the ISO 12312-2 standard and buy them before you travel from a reputable supplier, as they are hard to find in Morocco. Our safety guide explains when it is safe to take them off and how to photograph the eclipse on a phone.
Yes. The fast ferry from Tarifa to Tangier takes about an hour, and southern Spain is also inside the path. Plan to cross a day or two before the eclipse: early August is the peak of Opération Marhaba, when hundreds of thousands of Moroccans living in Europe cross the Strait for the summer, and queues at the ports can be long.
As early as you can. Chefchaouen is a small town of mostly small riads, and August is already the busiest month for travel in northern Morocco. Private tours can be moved to new dates up to three times at no charge if you ask at least 40 days before departure.
The eclipse happens in the morning, when temperatures in the north are comfortable, and the air cools noticeably during totality. Tangier and the coast are usually warm rather than hot in August. Fes and Marrakech are hot in the afternoons, and the Sahara passes 40°C, so we don’t run desert nights in August and route eclipse trips through the north, the Middle Atlas and the coast instead.
More detail: Watching the eclipse safely · Private vs group tours · Booking and date-change terms
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