Tangier · Chefchaouen · Fès · Marrakech · Erg Chigaga
The Long Crossing
From the strait to the last dune, the whole country in ten days.
Most people see one Morocco. This is all of them.
A week in Marrakech is a city. A week in the desert is a desert. Neither tells you that this country runs from a strait you can see Spain across to an erg where the nearest town is sixty kilometres of piste away, and that everything in between changes every two hours: Rif, Roman ruins, the oldest working medina on earth, cedar forest, a pass at 2,260 metres, a valley of palms, and then sand.
About 1,300 kilometres of road, and the last sixty are not a road at all. We drive it in our own vehicles with our own drivers, and the itinerary is built around where you sleep rather than how far you get, which is why there is a day in the middle with nothing in it.
It ends at our own camp in Erg Chigaga. Not a camp we book: one we own, sixty kilometres past the last tarmac at M'Hamid, with no other group on it. That is the difference between arriving somewhere and being taken somewhere.
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The programme
Tangier, two seas
Arrival and private transfer. Cap Spartel in the late afternoon, where the Atlantic and the Mediterranean meet and you can see both at once. The Kasbah, then dinner above the strait with Spain on the other side of it.
Into the Rif
One hundred and twelve kilometres south to Chefchaouen. The blue medina in the afternoon, when the tour buses have gone, and a walk up to the Spanish Mosque for the light on the way down.
Rome, then Fès
South through the Rif to Volubilis, the Roman city that was the western edge of an empire, and Moulay Idriss on its hill above it. Into Fès by evening.
The oldest medina in the world
A full day in Fès with the people who work there: a tannery, a brass beater, a weaver, a bakery where the neighbourhood brings its own dough. Nine thousand alleys and no cars in any of them.
Cedars, and the long road down
Out through Ifrane and the Middle Atlas cedar forest, where the Barbary macaques are, and then the long transfer south to Marrakech. The one day of the ten that is genuinely a driving day, and we say so rather than hide it.
Marrakech, and nothing asked of anyone
A slow day on purpose, halfway through. Hammam in the morning, the medina at your own pace, an afternoon with nothing in it. The week works because this day exists.
Over the High Atlas
The Tizi n'Tichka pass at 2,260 metres, then down the far side to Aït Ben Haddou, the ksar every film crew in the world has used, and on to Ouarzazate.
The Draa, and the end of the tarmac
Down the Draa valley through Agdz and Zagora, palm groves and ksour the whole way, to M'Hamid where the paved road stops. Sixty kilometres of piste after that, and our camp.
Erg Chigaga
The largest erg in Morocco, and no other group on it. Dunes at sunrise, walking with a nomad guide, the long lunch, hammam and fire, and a sky with no town in it for sixty kilometres in any direction.
Out
Breakfast on the sand, then 4x4 to Ouarzazate for the flight, or on to Marrakech. Helicopter from the camp's own helipad on request.
The retreat
Estas semanas se construyen con un socio
Este retiro no está a la venta libre. Lo construimos con un estudio, un club o una clínica que trae su propio grupo, y abrimos una fecha en torno a su temporada y no a la nuestra. Díganos a quién traería y cuándo, y volveremos con una semana.
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Reciba las fechas y precios 2027-2028
Deje su correo y le enviamos el calendario completo, los precios y una primera idea del retiro que encaja con usted. Sin presión, un solo correo.
Sin spam. Cancele cuando quiera.
Dónde duerme
Alojamientos de calidad superior, elegidos sobre el terreno por nuestros expertos.
Nada de lo que ve aquí se reservó de un catálogo. Cada riad, campamento, kasbah y casa de huéspedes fue encontrado, visitado y probado por uno de nuestros expertos antes de ofrecerlo a nadie. El estándar es superior en todos, y la razón es práctica: después de un día de caminata, surf o altura, el confort no es un lujo, es lo que hace posible el día siguiente.
Visitado antes de ofrecerse
Nuestro equipo recorre el país todo el año. Si ninguno de nosotros ha dormido allí, no entra en un programa.
Original, nunca genérico
Riads privados, nuestro campamento de uso exclusivo en las dunas, kasbahs familiares restauradas, casas de huéspedes en pueblos bereberes. Lugares que no se reservan desde una pantalla.
El confort como herramienta
Camas de verdad, agua caliente, habitaciones silenciosas, buena comida. La recuperación forma parte del programa, no del decorado.
Grupos y círculos
¿Vienen en grupo?
A partir de seis personas, todo el retiro puede organizarse en torno a su círculo. Díganos el tamaño del grupo y las fechas, y preparamos una propuesta para ustedes.
Solicitar una propuesta de grupo→Una salida solo para su círculo
Una fecha privada reservada para su grupo, al ritmo y en la temporada que les convengan.
Un solo grupo cada vez, nunca mezclado
Nunca estarán entre desconocidos. El campamento, la mesa y los guías son suyos.
Tarifa de grupo y privatización a petición
A partir de seis personas, preparamos una propuesta a medida. Solo tienen que pedirla.
Reserve this retreat
Ten days, 8 to 14 guests, north to south. Dates are built around your group, and the two published departures are a starting point rather than the only option.