Join Sandra on an adventure of a lifetime to explore the beautiful culture and magic this land holds, its stories and histories, and beautiful vast terrains and mysteries. A journey brimming full of wonder that will leave you feeling full with sunrise yoga, meditation, sound bath, and beyond.
All days with lots of travel will include plenty of stops to stretch your legs, capture photos, get refreshments for those that want them, and enjoy the landscapes this land offers. New or accustomed to yoga, clear guidance, and an array of levels and options will always be offered. Everything you share is simply an invitation and guidance, where they welcome you to do whatever feels right for you. The sunrise yoga sessions will usually last around an hour and a half, but due to a full and exciting itinerary, some mornings may last just an hour or span up to two hours, depending on the time available to you.
Each morning will start with a grounding and long warm-up to prepare the body for the practice and adventure ahead. The morning sharings will be a weaving together of guided movement, yoga flows, mudras, breathwork and pranayama, positive affirmations, a welcoming of creative expression, and more. The evening sessions will last anywhere between half an hour to an hour and a half depending on how long the day has been and the energy of the group.
Day 1 - Tuesday, Travel to Morocco - Arrival at Marrakesh Menara Airport (RAK) - Riad
Majoub, your wonderful tour guide, will pick you up from the airport and bring you to your first riad. You will be welcomed with Moroccan mint tea and shown your gorgeous rooms. This afternoon will be slow, allowing you to truly land and rest before the adventure starts. You will share an opening ceremony and circle to begin to connect as a group and enjoy your first Moroccan meal in the riad itself. Ending the day with a guided meditation relaxation and sound bath to ground you and leave you ready for bed. You will stay overnight in Marrakech.
Day 2 - Wednesday, Marrakech
Wake up to the first sunrise yoga sharing on a gorgeous terrace, followed by your first of many tasty traditional Moroccan breakfasts. This day holds lots of interesting places and attractions to take in with a guided city tour of Marrakesh, exploring its craft areas, souks, histories, stunning architecture, and beyond. Included in the tour are entrance and guided talks on the Bahia Palace, the Ben Youssef Madrasa, and the Saadian Tombs. Ending the tour in a terraced bar to enjoy lunch in this colorful city.
You will then travel to the Majorelle - Yves Saint Lauren Botanical Gardens, a relaxed and colorful tropical space of beauty to enjoy at a leisurely pace. It also holds an art area and a history museum within its walls. There will be some free time in the afternoon for you to do as you wish - perhaps explore the souks more, rest and relax, drink tea in a cute cafe, and more. Enjoy dinner overlooking the famous Marrakesh square taking in its energy. Before returning to the riad for a relaxation session under the stars. You will stay overnight in Marrakech.
Day 3 - Thursday, Marrakech - Atlas mountains - Ait Ben Hadou
Enjoy terrace yoga in the sun, before breakfast. Depart from Marrakech to start the adventure traveling this land's spectacular roads and terrains. Passing the stunning Tiz’n Tichka - the highest road pass in the Atlas mountains in Morocco with panoramic scenery of mountains, valleys, Berber villages, and an ever-changing landscape. The driving will continue to treat your eyes and senses to an array of terrains and views as you travel.
Including a lunch or refreshment stop. Continuing the travel until you reach Fint Oasis, tucked away between and amongst palm groves, streams, and volcanic mountains in time for a gorgeous sunset. Arriving with some free time to swim, walk, or simply relax. Ending the day with dinner and a restful relaxation session.
Day 4 - Friday, Ait Ben Hadou to Mhamid - Mahjoub's serene desert camp
Start the day with a spectacular sunrise overlooking a breathtaking view of the ancient village that will be all a glow, followed by yoga and breakfast. Continue the yoga venture in a four-by-four for M’Hamid - the gateway to the Sahara, through the Draa Valley and its thousand and one Kasbahs, along 200 kilometers of palm groves. Stopping for lunch in Zagora before getting back on the road.
The next stop will be in Tamgroute to visit a pottery and cooperative town to see how and where such craft is made. Continuing to M’Hamid, the last Draa oasis and village before the Sahara desert. Just on from there, you will enter the sandy lands and stay at Majoub's peaceful and family-ran desert camp, arriving to mint tea and traditional nibbles in a beautiful beduin tent. Time to walk around the camp and up some small dunes to enjoy the sunset among dunes and palms.
After dinner, you will get to enjoy a Saharawi evening of ambiance and live music around the campfire. Followed by a soothing session of starlight meditation and sound bath. Option to sleep under the stars. Watch out for shooting stars this eve. You will sleep in a Majoub's family-ran desert camp in your own nomadic mud huts (fully equipped and with electricity).
Day 5 - Saturday, Mhamid - Mahjoub's serene desert camp
Wake up to sunrise yoga in the camp's center, surrounded by palm trees and nomadic huts, followed by breakfast. You have this beautiful space to yourself and it is run by Mahjoub and his family. The feeling of peace and spaciousness here is palpable. Enjoy the slowness this land shares. There are a few shared shaded spaces to enjoy within. Today, you will visit the local village of Mhamid, the last town before the desert. Get a feel for the real-life locals lead exploring the streets and mazes of this place and visit a few small shops, where there are lots of crafts and well-priced shopping to be done.
You will return back to the camp for some more free time and welcome the warmth of the sunset before a delicious dinner. Followed by a soothing session of starlight meditation and sound bath. Option to sleep under the stars. Watch out for shooting stars this eve. You will sleep in a Majoub's family-ran desert camp in your own nomadic mud huts (fully equipped and with electricity).
Day 6 - Sunday, Mhamid Mahjoub's camp - Hotel Azalay
Wake up to sunrise yoga in the camp's center, surrounded by palm trees and nomadic huts, followed by breakfast. From there, land in a beautiful traditional hotel with an amazing indoor pool within an arched domed building. Free afternoon to relax, swim, enjoy, and sunbathe before dinner. Ending the day with a soothing sound bath to send you drifting dreamily to bed. You will sleep overnight in a beautiful traditional hotel on the outskirts of M'hamid village - Hotel Azalay.
Day 7 - Monday, Mhamid Hotel Azalay - Erg Chegaga dunes in the Sahara
Connect to the amazing surroundings with a walking meditation followed by yoga and breakfast. Free morning to relax, swim, and sunbathe. Your lunch will be in the hotel. In the afternoon, you travel to a big desert camp further into the land of endless dunes to an area known as Erg Chegaga where you will receive a warm welcome with Moroccan mint tea and dates. Once the evening draws in, you will venture via a camel ride up towards higher dunes, ready to enjoy the big sandy peaks in time to watch a magical and unforgettable sunset.
You can walk if you do not want to go by camel. Followed by a traditional dinner in an amazing Beduin-style tent. The day will end under the vastest of skies, for a mystical relaxation session. Watch out for shooting stars this eve. Option to sleep under the stars. You will sleep overnight in an amazing typical desert camp - Erg Chegaga camp (fully equipped and with electricity, etc.)
Day 8 - Tuesday, Erg Chegaga dunes - Foum Zguid
A desert sunrise of dreams will start the day off and then a yoga sharing overlooking this spacious and expansive sandy land, followed by breakfast. Depart for Foum Zguid by off-road route, between the Erg Chegaga dunes and the dry bed of the Draa, which once held Lake Iriqui, with some stops to take in the otherworldly landscapes.
Arrive at another stunning hotel with an outdoor pool for lunch and a relaxed afternoon of free time and on to a buffet dinner. A yoga Nidra, meditation, and sound bath session will end the day in a beautiful cozy Bedouin-style space. You will stay overnight stay in Foum Zguid - Hotel Bab Rimal staying in your own amazing boutique hut house.
Day 9 - Wednesday, October 25th: Foum Zguid Hotel Bab Rimal
Enjoy a slow day in this beautiful place. Feel free to lie in and wake up to a buffet breakfast of dreams. Lounge by the pool, swim, read, and take your time to soak it all in. Yoga will be in the afternoon before another delicious buffet-style dinner. End the day with a massage workshop and relaxation. You will sleep overnight stay in Foum Zguid - Hotel Bab Rimal staying in your own amazing boutique hut house.
Day 10 - Thursday, Foum Zguid - Fint Oasis
Wake up to yoga in your gorgeous cozy beduin tent, followed by a buffet breakfast. Continue by road via Taznakht. Stop and visit a carpet cooperative for a detailed explanation and demonstration of fine manufacturing of the various kinds of carpets in the region. The driving will continue to treat your eyes and senses to an array of terrains and views as you travel. Including a lunch stop.
Continuing the travel until you reach Fint Oasis, tucked away between and amongst palm groves, streams, and volcanic mountains in time for a gorgeous sunset. There are some lovely walks and view spots all around this peaceful accommodation, as well as a gorgeous outdoor pool that overlooks the sunset. Followed by dinner and a restful relaxation session. You will stay overnight in Fint Oasis (Oasis de Fint La terrasse des délices).
Day 11 - Friday, Fint Oasis - Ouarzazate
Wake up ready for yoga with a view as the sun makes its way onto the terrace from behind a big volcanic mountain. Sharing a last sunrise yoga together. Breakfast overlooks the peaceful oasis. Today you get to enjoy the ancient town of Ouarzazate where you will visit the Taourirte Kasbah and the cinema studios there (both with guided tours).
You will get to explore the shops, streets of Ouarzazate, and an amazing herboristory where they will connect you to the magic of herbs abundant in this land, before returning home for dinner. Share the last relaxation and sound healing journey before bed. You will stay overnight in Fint Oasis (Oasis de Fint La terrasse des délices).
Day 12 - Saturday, Fint Oasis - Ouarzazate International Airport (OZZ) - Return home
Share your last breakfast together overlooking nature and a closing ceremony to seal the energy of the journey together. The only flight from this area is at midday so you will all board together and return home feeling refreshed and full of life.
Above represents the daily schedule for 12 Day Mystical Sahara Safari Yogaventure In Morocco Sandra & Sofia's Yoga Venture's Marrakech it is subject to change with notice from the yoga school.
Awaken your senses on a journey through the mystical magic of Morocco, a land that offers a myriad of colors and sounds, textures, and treasures all around. Holding a true sense of timeless spaciousness and down-to-earth wonder. Staying in seven different traditional accommodations and visiting an array of destinations. Traveling these landscapes in four-by-fours in true safari style. Start each morning with sunrise contemplation followed by a yoga session in an array of sensational places. Awakening your body and senses in a golden glow ready for the day and travel ahead.
Each day ends with a bedtime session of relaxation under the star-filled moonlit skies. Sharing guided meditations, yoga Nidra, sound baths, gentle stretches, sometimes massage, and more. Sandra & Sofia's Yoga Venture commences the journey in the bustling city of Marrakesh. Exploring the city's rich history, architecture, gardens, souks, palaces, culture, craft, hustle, and bustle. From there, venturing in four-by-fours across the stretching atmospheric plains of the scenic southern terrain. Traveling over and through the vast Atlas mountains.
Towards the expansive land of dunes, sun, stars, and stillness the Sahara offers. Desert sharing a natural vast peaceful expansiveness like nothing else. Journeying through and to a plethora of glorious places and UNESCO world heritage sites. From kasbahs (palaces) to palm groves, otherworldly landscapes, gorges, real-life oases, forts, pottery villages, carpet-making towns, and beyond. Allowing you to experience how and where artisan crafts are created in fair cooperative communities. Receiving histories and information on each area you visit by local tour guides in English.
You will trek up the dunes of the world's largest desert by camel. Gather around fires, under the stars, as traditional live music fills the air. With the option to sleep under the stars and vast skies in the desert if you wish. Where shooting stars always make an appearance on the trips. Once you leave the desert, you will take a different route through the Atlas range. Stopping in so many exquisite places.
Spectacular views treat your eyes continuously. During the journey, you will be nourished with healthy local cuisine. Dreamed up and brought to you between Sandra & Sofia's Yoga Venture and their long-time friend and tour guide Majoub, who grew up in a rural village beside the desert. The tour is created in a way that supports Moroccan people and communities. Rather than the tourist industry, you will be in great hands.
This tour has been a success many times before and started as an eight-day journey, over time transforming to become the most magical it possibly could be in the time you have. With much feedback, it is completely life-altering. People will be joining from previous trips, they enjoyed the experience. Adventure awaits. This trip offers you time to come home to your sacred body and gift your nervous system space to recalibrate and heal through practices and sharing that help you embody your true nature.
All breakfasts and dinners as well as plenty of bottled water, the odd pot of Moroccan tea, and some nibbles along the way are included in the price except for one evening meal out and the dinner on the departure day. Most dinners will offer an array of dishes and often be three courses. Each day will offer time and a place to be and share lunch. Some days you may order as a group to share several things or a set menu and split the costs.
On other days, you may wish to order your own lunch items or menu or maybe even just a snack and drink. This is completely up to you. Lunch costs in the past have usually been between 6 and 10 GBP on average, depending on what you go for. Meat options (as this is a big part of the Moroccan diet, especially in the mountains and desert) will also be available for lunch and dinner for those that wish for it.
It will be halal and fresh, and the animal will usually have had a good life. Please note that the dietary requirements and allergies can be catered for, but some accommodations are remote and your meals are cooked by locals in a traditional way with seasonal ingredients and plenty of delicious flavors so not all intolerances will have the usual replacements, for example like gluten-free bread is unlikely to exist, etc.
Something else worth noting is although the food and meals will change from place to place, it can become a little repetitive as most places will offer healthy, locally sourced, and handmade traditional food, and you will see many of the same things pop up throughout 10 days. This will include lots of Morrocan salads, veg soups, couscous, tagines, Berber omelets, and other items. Bottled water will be provided throughout and breakfasts will offer tea, coffee, and juice.
Some extras such as pots of Moroccan mint tea will be included at some stops, but in general, all drinks will be your choice and yours to pay for, whether this be in a restaurant on evenings out or in the riads and hotels you stay in. If people are getting drinks at hotels and riads, you are able to pay as and when you order, you are usually able to add them to a tab on your room number and will be reminded to pay this off before leaving the place. For those of you that enjoy alcohol, many places will offer some, but not all (desert camps).
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The following dietary requirement(s) are served and catered for:
Other dietary requirements on request
