Can I travel to Morocco if I need dialysis?

Travelling to Morocco on dialysis is genuinely achievable — I have helped guests do it — but it is the kind of trip where the medical logistics are booked before the holiday is. The good news is that Morocco has a real network of dialysis units, including modern private clinics in every major city, and they are used to receiving international "holiday dialysis" patients who need to continue their treatment schedule while travelling. This is not improvised; it is arranged, weeks in advance, in writing.

The practical process looks like this: you (or we, on your behalf) contact a private dialysis centre in the city you want to base in, send your full medical records — recent bloods, dialysis prescription, serology results, your nephrologist’s referral — and book your specific session slots before you fly. Centres need that lead time to confirm capacity and screen for infection control, so this is a four-to-eight-weeks-ahead task, not a last-minute one. Expect to self-pay per session as a visitor; get the cost in writing and make sure your travel insurance specifically covers a pre-existing renal condition and dialysis abroad, because standard policies often do not.

Where you base matters enormously. Pin your trip to a city with a reputable centre — Casablanca and Rabat have the most options, with good units also in Marrakech, Fes, Tangier and Agadir — and keep your accommodation close, with a private driver to get you to and from sessions reliably and comfortably. I would not, candidly, plan a multi-day Sahara excursion that strands you far from a unit between sessions; instead we structure the trip around your treatment days, exploring on the days between and staying within easy reach of the clinic.

My honest guidance: this trip is absolutely possible and can be a real joy, but it lives or dies on advance medical coordination, not spontaneity. Talk to your own nephrologist first about whether you are fit to travel, confirm everything in writing with the Moroccan centre, carry copies of all your records and medication, and travel insured for renal care. Let us build the itinerary around your dialysis schedule and a city base — that is exactly the kind of careful private planning we do.