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Here is a chance to experience Morocco on horseback
– and this time with all the comforts. Four star
hotels and 5 star camps will be your overnights on
this trip. All with a professional crew and superb
chef, who will personally take care of you. The days
are full of interesting riding across interesting
countryside on superb horses. More advanced riders
get to canter across the widen open valleys and the
less experienced rider will have the opportuinity to
explore with a separate guide. Every night you come
to a set up comfortable camp with spacious tents –
each with 2 beds complete with regular bedding. Here
you will certainly sleep like in “1001 nights”.
Superb dinners are followed by music dance and
Hammam visits. Certainly an unforgettable equestrian
experience.
Come and explore the great wonders of Morocco’s
South: Canyons, Desert, Wadis and more. The south
side of the Atlas Mountains in direction of the
Sahara soaks in the colors of the desert landscapes.
Here and there the landscape is separated by rivers
coming off the mountains. Here you will find the
inhabitants of the desolate landscape that turns
into wonderful green oasis. In the middle of these
oriental gardens you come across impressive rock
formations and castles. The area has almost not
tourism and you will be greeted as friends by the
hospitable nomadic Berber families.
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Rates include deluxe hotel and camp accommodations, all gourmet meals,
5 riding days
8 days/ 7 nights $ 3,245
Single: +$575
-- based on
€ 2,235 / €
400
2008 Dates:
05/04-05/11
09/28-10/05
see availability
Meeting: Quarzazate
Transfer: incl. from Quarzazate airport
Level:
Intermediate
Tack:
English trekking
Horses:
Arab and
Berb
Pace: Moderate with trots and canters,
about 5 riding hours per day
Min/Max: 8-12 riders
Note: Minimum age is 18.
ITINERARY
Day 1: Meeting in Quarzazate at 1 PM. After
lunch we drive by mini bus in direction of Skoura
(20 miles) where you will check into a typical
Kasbah. The historic fort from the 13th
century was exquisitely renovated. Dinner and
overnight.
Day 2: After breakfast to meet your horses and
off we go riding in direction of the Atlas
Mountains. We stop for lunch at an Oasis that
provides some well deserved shade for horse and
rider. The evening camp is situation at a creek at
the edge of a mountain village. Relax and enjoy one
of the many culinary highlights of your trip
tonight.
Day 3: Today we cross several mountain villages
and get to know more about the day to day life of
these original people. We ride further along the
Atlas until we reach a high plateau, where we stop
for lunch and enjoy a superb view over the whole
countryside. The afternoon will bring several more
mountain villages before reaching camp in the early
evening.
Day 4: First we will follow a dried out river
bed before we reach the villages of the Ikandoules
tribes. Lunch is on a nice plateau. The afternoon is
a nice ride along the plateau before reaching camp
for the night.
Day 5: We leave the plateau and descend into a
wonderful valley, where we stop for lunch. Here we
can gaze towards the snow capped peaks of the
impressive Atlas. We then ride through impressive
canyons, along lonely villages until we reach the
immense Mogun Valley. We have to cross a river
before reaching the camp for the night.
Day 6: Riding through a wonderful valley we
again climb the mountains for a last magnificent
view around lunch time. After lunch we say good bye
to the horses and drive back to Quarzazate (1 hr),
where we will overnight in a “Riad” – a especially
beautiful and luxurious but still very much typical
Moroccan hotel. Relax and enjoy !
Day 7: A day to rest, relax and sightsee
Quarzazate and the impressive “Kasr de Tourirt” –
once the residence of the Pascha of Marrakesh.
Dinner and overnight.
Day 8: Departure after breakfast.
Meals
All meals at the hotel, including a special welcome evening and an
animated goodbye evening.
During the ride: Continental breakfast and traditional Moroccan
breakfasts, picnic lunches (salads, BBQ) or in typical restaurants,
dinners are cooked by our chef and his assistants.
Cavalry and saddle
The horses are Arab-berbs specialized for this type of excursion.
They are particularly well maintained, accustomed to working together,
patient and reliable. These horses are selected on the spot by your
French guide. The saddles are English or excursion saddles.
The Equestrian Level
A rider must be at ease at all paces, and it is helpful if they have
had previous experience on riding tours. The pace will be primarily the
step, some trots, and some walking horse in hand. There is some
unrestrained gallops, when the conditions allow it.
The presence of two horse guides makes it possible to separate the group
to respect the rate/rhythm of each rider.
The Climate
The local climate is pleasant and hot (between 15 °C and 35 °C,
according to the period). On the other hand, in winter, the nights are a
little bit cool! (Close to 5 °C)
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