Umnya

Dates & Seasons

Explore our
retreats.

Every retreat has its own dates: Sahara, Atlas, Atlantic, Kitesurf, and beyond. Each one is private and built for small groups of 8 to 20 guests, depending on the format. Pick a retreat, then pick the date that suits you.

33

retreat experiences

49

departures scheduled

8–20

guests per retreat

33 retreats, 49 departures. Each card is one retreat with all of its dates inside.

Short escapes

Four nights, five days.
Four nights.

New shorter escapes — the Umnya experience in less time, for less. Shared room, all-inclusive on the ground, flights excluded.

Essaouira Ocean Escape4 nights · 5 days

Essaouira, Atlantic

Essaouira Ocean Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

21 – 25 May 2027Reserve →
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Trek & Somatic Massages · Atlas4 nights · 5 days

High Atlas, Imlil

Trek & Somatic Massages · Atlas

From

per person · shared room

Dates

12 – 16 February 2027Reserve →
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Marrakech Longevity Escape4 nights · 5 days

Marrakech & Atlas

Marrakech Longevity Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

4 – 8 March 2027Reserve →
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Atlas Escape4 nights · 5 days

High Atlas, Imlil

Atlas Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

15 – 19 April 2027Reserve →
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Sahara Escape4 nights · 5 days

Merzouga, Drâa Valley

Sahara Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

15 – 19 October 2027Reserve →
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Taghazout Surf Escape4 nights · 5 days

Taghazout, Atlantic Coast

Taghazout Surf Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

12 – 16 November 2027Reserve →
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Yoga & Pilates in the Dunes4 nights · 5 days

Erg Chigaga, Sahara

Yoga & Pilates in the Dunes

From

per person · shared room

Dates

8 – 12 April 2027Reserve →
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Sahara Stargazing Escape4 nights · 5 days

Erg Chigaga, Sahara

Sahara Stargazing Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

3 – 7 November 2027Reserve →
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Vallée des Roses Escape4 nights · 5 days

Kelaat M'Gouna & Erg Chigaga, Morocco

Vallée des Roses Escape

From

per person · shared room

Dates

7 – 11 May 2027Reserve →
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Buggy Raid · Ouarzazate to Erg Chigaga · March 20274 nights · 5 days

Ouarzazate · Erg Chigaga

Buggy Raid · Ouarzazate to Erg Chigaga · March 2027

From

per person · shared room

Dates

12 – 16 March 2027Reserve →16 – 20 April 2027Reserve →15 – 19 October 2027Reserve →12 – 16 November 2027Reserve →
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The Short Way In · March 20274 nights · 5 days

Marrakech · Erg Chigaga · High Atlas

The Short Way In · March 2027

From

per person · shared room

Dates

11 – 13 March 2027Reserve →21 – 23 October 2027Reserve →
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On request

Further concepts.
Dates on request.

These retreats are not in the published programme. They are built privately, on request, for groups who already know what they're looking for. Tell us below.

Photography
On request

Chefchaouen · Essaouira · Sahara

Photography

8 days · Camera only · No phone

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Phone-Free
On request

Sahara · Atlas · Chefchaouen

Phone-Free

8 days · Total digital disconnection

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Silence
On request

Sahara · Atlas

Silence

8 days · Complete silence from day one

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Walking with Nomads
On request

Drâa Valley · Sahara

Walking with Nomads

8 days · Drâa Valley · Erg Chigaga

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Walking with Berbers
On request

High Atlas Mountains

Walking with Berbers

8 days · High Atlas · Berber villages

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Women's Retreats
On request

Atlas · Sahara · Côte Atlantique

Women's Retreats

8 days · Women's retreat · Empowering

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Tell us what you're imagining ↓

Retreat leader with your own community? Host your retreat in Morocco →

Bespoke

Your retreat,
configured.

None of the retreats above is exactly what you are looking for? Pick your themes, your season, your group. We will match you with the closest programme, or build something entirely on request.

Included in every week

What the price covers, listed flatly.

Everything below is in the price of every Umnya week, on every terrain. Nothing here is an upgrade, a supplement, or something a guide will mention on the third day.

Every transfer on the ground

From the airport to the last piste and back, in our own vehicles with our own drivers. Not a shuttle shared with a hotel.

Places visited before they were offered

Riads, kasbahs, guesthouses and our own camp. If one of our team has not slept there, it does not go into a programme.

Every meal

Breakfast, lunch and dinner, seasonal and bought from the cooperatives themselves, bread baked each morning. Dietary requirements are asked about before you arrive, not at the table.

Twice-daily movement

Led sessions built for the terrain: yoga on a rooftop, mobility on sand, water, walking, altitude. The landscape is the equipment.

Recovery, built in

Cold water, hammam, bodywork and sleep are part of the programme rather than an extra sold to you once you are there.

Guides from the ground itself

Mountain guides, nomad hosts, surf coaches and drivers from the regions they work in, paid a proper day rate.

One group at a time

The camp, the riad or the house is yours for the week. No other guests, no shared table with strangers, no schedule built around anybody else.

Permits, insurance, paperwork

Desert access, protected areas, vehicle and operator cover. All of it ours, arranged before you land, and never your problem.

Someone with you throughout

An Umnya lead travels with the group from the first transfer to the last, and not a representative who meets you at a hotel desk.

A programme that moves

Written before you come and changed during the week, because a group that is tired on Wednesday needs a different Thursday.

Not included: international flights, travel insurance and visas, which stay yours; personal extras; and the optional activities named on each retreat page, such as quad, buggy or a private 4x4. Everything else on the ground in Morocco is in the price.

Where you stay

Superior accommodation, chosen on the ground by our own experts.

Nothing on this site was booked from a catalogue. Every riad, camp, kasbah and guesthouse was found, visited and slept in by one of our experts before it was ever offered to a guest. The standard is superior throughout, and the reason is practical: after a day of walking, surfing or altitude, comfort is not a luxury, it is what makes the next day possible.

Visited before it is offered

Our team travels the country year-round. If one of us has not slept there, it does not go into a programme.

Original, never generic

Private riads, our own exclusive-use camp in the dunes, restored family kasbahs, guesthouses in Berber villages. Places you cannot book from a screen.

Comfort as a working tool

Real beds, hot water, quiet rooms, proper food. Recovery is part of the programme, not an afterthought.

Groups & circles

Coming as a group?

Six of you or more, and the whole retreat can be arranged around your circle. Tell us the size and the dates, and we prepare a proposal for you.

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A departure for your circle alone

A private date set aside for your group, at the pace and in the season that suit you.

One group at a time, never mixed

You are never placed among strangers. The camp, the table and the guides are yours.

Group rate and privatisation on request

For six guests or more we prepare a tailored proposal. Simply ask.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Morocco retreat?
A Morocco retreat is a private, immersive experience combining movement, mindfulness, local culture and natural landscapes. Umnya retreats take place across Morocco's most extraordinary landscapes: the Sahara, Atlas Mountains, Atlantic coast, Marrakech, Essaouira, Chefchaouen and Dakhla. Retreats run 7 to 9 days with 8 to 20 guests depending on the format.
When are the Morocco retreats in 2027 and 2028?
Umnya runs retreats year round across eight Moroccan landscapes, from the Sahara to the Atlantic coast, including kitesurf seasons in Essaouira and Dakhla. Each retreat has its own dates, listed on the retreat calendar, and spots can be reserved directly online.
How many people attend a Morocco retreat?
Umnya retreats accommodate between 8 and 20 guests depending on the retreat format. Groups are deliberately small to ensure a private, high-quality experience with meaningful connections.
What does a Morocco retreat include?
An 8-day private retreat is all-inclusive on the ground: accommodation, all meals, transport within Morocco and every activity of the week. International flights are not included. We do not publish rates, because a number on a public page becomes a ceiling in every conversation that follows: we give the figure in the first exchange.
What types of Morocco retreat does Umnya offer?
Umnya offers retreat concepts across Morocco: yoga and Pilates, kitesurf, surf, hiking, breathwork and cold plunge, astrophotography, movement and mobility, silence, phone-free, photography, walking with Berbers, walking with nomads, and women's retreats (Women's Retreats). All are private, co-branded, and set in Morocco's most extraordinary natural landscapes.

Prefer a private commission on your own dates? Private commissions

Four ways in

The question is not whether we take small groups. It is which week is yours.

We build weeks around eight guests because at four an empty seat costs more than a third of what the week earns, and a group that size stops carrying itself. That is a reason, not a door policy. Below eight there is still a way in, and it is the first one here.

From one guest

Join a published departure

Dates already set, a programme already built, and other people at the table. Come alone, as a couple, or as a family of five. This is how we take everyone under eight, and it is what most guests would choose anyway.

You are here

Small groups, on application

Take a route that already exists

Six built journeys with no fixed date: Atlas bikes, a nomad trek, the roses, the Atlantic. You choose the route, we put your own people on it and build the dates around them.

See the six routes→

Eight to twenty

Privatise a retreat, or start from a blank page

An existing Umnya week with nobody else on it, or a week that does not exist yet: your terrain, your rhythm, your reason for going. Written proposal within a week.

Commission a week→

You already have the group

Bring the people who follow you

Studios, clinics, coaches, clubs and companies arrive with a community already formed. You bring the people and the teaching. We carry the ground: vehicles, permits, camps, food, guides, and the week itself.

How hosting works→

If you are not sure which of the four you are, say so in one line and we will tell you. It costs us an email and saves you a proposal built for the wrong week.