"The Kasbah du Toubkal", Imlil, High Atlas, Morocco.
(Prices at September 1997 - for the academic year in UK pounds)
What will it Cost? ™ Prices and Trip Options Below you can see the profile of our trips and the
full breakdown between travel and the various locations.
There are two
main possibilities, an eight day trip and a ten day trip. Both options
usually leave from London Heathrow.
8 DAY
TRIP Marrakech and the Berber Villages of the High
Atlas Mountains
Cost: from £293 per paying person, plus air
fare.
TRIP PROFILE - 8 DAY TRIP
The trip usually departs London
Heathrow on a Sunday afternoon by scheduled flight to Casablanca where a
connecting flight is caught for Marrakech arriving late Sunday evening. Our
minibuses meet the flight and ferry passengers to a central hotel. Day two
allows an insight into the colourful traditional city of Marrakech with its
Medina, Kasbah and Mellah and you tour its walls and streets by "caleche",
the traditional horse drawn taxi of the city. You will also see the unique
square - Jemaa El Fna - with its snake charmers, jugglers, musicians and
story tellers.
After a second night in the hotel the minibuses take you
to the mountains for four days to experience life at "The Kasbah du Toubkal" in the
Berber village of Imlil and to follow your selected study units.
On day
seven you again return to Marrakech by Minibus via the Saturday Souk -
Market - at Asni and spend your final night sightseeing before departure by
plane the next morning to Casablanca and London, arriving at Heathrow in the
afternoon.
10 DAY TRIP
Marrakech and the Berber Villages of the High Atlas Mountains, the
ancient Kasbah at Telouet and the preSaharan oasis town of Zagora
Cost:
£375 per paying person, plus air fare.
TRIP PROFILE - 10
DAY TRIP
Departing usually between Friday and Sunday, the 10 day trip follows the eight day trip until the High Atlas when on day 5 the minibuses take you over the stunning pass of the Col Tizi-N-Tichka which winds through the land of the "Lords of the Atlas" mountains to the ancient Kasbah at Telouet and the salt mines of Anmiter, staying that night in a Berber Pension. The next day its on to Ouarzazat and south following the course of the River Draa to stay at the hotel in the Oasis town of Zagora. The next days are spent exploring the surrounding area of date palms, and villages seemingly carved out of mud. The Koranic library at Tamegroute and its pottery factory are visited and the village of Tinfou which is being overrun by sand encroachment. There is also the option of a night under the stars in a Taureg tent on a camel safari.
On day 9 you return by minibus back across the Atlas for a final evening of sightseeing in Marrakech before catching the plane in the morning back to Cassablanca and Heathrow arriving in the afternoon.
ALL TRIPS
The approximate cost of the return air flight from London Heathrow to
Marrakech is between £200 and £270 per person depending on time of
travel. The cost of the Camel trek option on the 10 day trip is
£25.
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