Yoga Retreat and meditation in the Sahara desert 7 days / 6 nights

General

DAY 1: ARRIVE IN MARRAKECH

Airport pick up and transfer to hotel. Accommodation in hotel-riad minutes from the square. Free day to have your first contact with the city.

DAY 2: MARRAKECH – TIZI N’ TICHKA – ROSES VALLEY

The drive across the High Atlas crossing the stunning high pass of Tizi n´Tichka, about 2,300 meters. These mountains are home to the Berber inhabitants in their small villages, with all the traditional life. We begin the route to the Roses valley via Skoura with palm groves and berber villages. Yoga sessions. Accommodation in hotel.

DAY 3: DADES – TODRHA – TINEJDAD – ERFOUD – MERZOUGA – RISSANI

Morning departure to the Valley of Dades and Todrha Gorges, covering extraordinary landscapes and stopping in towns like Tinejdad and Erfoud on the way. We continue to nearby Rissani an agricultural town in the middle of a huge palm grove that has grown over the desert thanks to the waters of the Ziz. It was an important religious centre and a meeting point for caravans. Next we arrive at the dunes of the desert. Yoga sessions. Accommodation in hotel.

DAY 4: AROUND MERZOUGA DESERT

We will visit to the Berber villages, all with a special charm, as is the case where you can listen to the folk music of the Khamlia. In the afternoon we will take the camels and begin our journey to the heart of the Sahara. Silent meditation times. Yoga sessions. Accommodation in tent.

DAY 5: MERZOUGA – OUARZAZATE – AIT BENHADDOU

Enjoy the magic sunrise and return by camels to the hostel where we can freshen up and have breakfast. We will make our way back to Ouarzazate where we will visit kasbah Taourirt or the studio cinema. We continue our adventure then on to ksar Ait Benhaddou. Yoga sessions. Accommodation in hotel.

DAY 6: AIT BENHADDOU – MARRAKECH

Visit to Ait Benhaddou, where you will see individual dwellings, and the great example of Moroccan earthen clay architecture. We take the old route through the Ounila Valley to return to Marrakech with an expected arrival in the afternoon to rest and make last minute shopping in the great souk. Yoga sessions. Accommodation in riad.