8 Day Art, Yoga, and Meditation Retreat in Marrakech, Sahara Desert, and Taghazout

Morocco Yoga Retreat Dates and Instructors list:

October 18-25, 2020 with Sophia Hyder Hock

April 4-11, 2021 with Jennifer Turner

October 17-24, 2021 with Angelena Stokes-Wickersham

Daily Itinerary

Day 1 - Arrival

Arrive in Marrakech by 4 p.m. and be transported to your riad style accommodations complete with vibrant mosaics and atrium gardens. Rest up, meet your roommate, and join the welcome dinner to meet your guides for the week. Angelena will close out our evening with a grounding post-travel flow and meditation.

• Meals - Dinner

Day 2 - Ait Ben Haddou

After yoga and breakfast, you’ll hit the road early for the Sahara Desert excursion. You’ll arrive at the striking Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou, a UNESCO World Heritage-listed city that once had a prominent position in the trans-Saharan trade route. You’ll enjoy lunch at a locally-owned restaurant before exploring the ancient village together. In the evening, you’ll stay just outside town where you’ll enjoy a grounding flow with Angelena and a traditional Moroccan dinner.

• Meals - Breakfast and dinner

Day 3: Sahara Desert and camel ride

After yoga and breakfast you’ll hop back in the 4x4s to the next destination across the Atlas Mountains. You’ll drive a few hours before lunch then offroad the way into the Berber camp in time for yoga and a sunset camel ride. After settling in, you’ll stretch out with yoga before a delicious dessert meal and campfire against a backdrop of stars and traditional Moroccan music.

• Meals - Breakfast and dinner

Day 4: Sahara Desert and oasis picnic

After sunrise yoga and breakfast, the day is yours to choose your desert adventure! Stay at camp for R&R or get out and dune surf. Or, you can join the group excursion to an oasis for a picnic lunch and games! The group will reconvene in the evening for yoga, dinner, and another night of music under the stars.

• Meals - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 5: Berber textile co-op

After yoga and breakfast, you’ll say goodbye to our desert camp and hop back in the 4x4s. The drive will last a few hours to the community partner, a women’s textile co-op where you’ll learn about crafting traditions that these groups work so hard to preserve while boosting the livelihoods of women throughout the area. After lunch there, the group will make the way back to Marrakech where Angelena will guide us in an evening grounding meditation after dinner.

• Meals - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner

Day 6 - Souks and art in Marrakech

After an energizing morning flow and breakfast, you’ll start your explorations of Marrakech’s vibrant souks (markets) and see some of the city’s landmark sites including the Moorish Medersa ben Youssef, the opulent Bahia Palace and the picturesque Jewish Quarter. You’ll see the infamous Jemaa el Fna and have time in the afternoon for your own explorations before evening yoga. Dinner is on your own tonight to choose from the many options Marrakech has to offer!

• Meals - Breakfast

Day 7 - Marrakech Hamman and shopping

You’ll follow yoga and breakfast today with a special visit to a hammam, or spa, where you’ll soak in the baths and receive a scrub treatment and have options for massage. The rest of the day is yours for shopping and exploring before evening yoga and the farewell dinner.

• Meals - Breakfast and dinner

Day 8 - Departure or optional add-on

Angelina will offer extra early yoga this morning before departures to the airport.

• Meals - Breakfast

• Explore the landmark sites of city of Marrakech
• Visit to Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou
• Visit and stay in a Berber camp across the Atlas Mountains in the Sahara Desert
• Learn traditional crafting at a Berber women's textile co-operative
• Special visit to a hammam in Marrakech

This camp is based in Marrakech, Sahara Desert, and Taghazout in Morocco.

This camp includes daily breakfast, two lunches, and six dinners. Traditional, healthful meals with accommodations for vegan and vegetarian needs.

One traditional hamman spa experience is included in this package.

• 7 total nights’ accommodations in boutique riad style guesthouses (2 nights desert camping permanent structure tents with real beds)
• Transfers to/from airport
• Private ground transit between Marrakech, Ait Ben Haddou and the Sahara
• 2 daily yoga classes with Angelena and meditation
• Excursion and overnight in Ait Ben Haddon Kasbah (fortress village)
• Sahara desert excursion with 2 nights all-inclusive camping complete with camel ride, stargazing, traditional music & food and an oasis outing
• Marrakech souk tour and hamman spa day
• Daily breakfast, 6 dinners, and 2 lunches
• Visit to a traditional Berber textile women’s co-op and donation to their organization
• 1 Traverse guide and 1 local guide 24/7 and dedicated drivers
• Small group trip, maximum 12 people

• Airfare
• 5 lunches
• 1 dinner
• Travel insurance

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 14% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.