Description

Make more out of your holiday by working as a humanitarian tourist. In this project volunteering is combined with tourism, because we understand that your holidays are limited in this period. The project takes place in a village close to Errachidia. The project includes the following combination of activities:

- Living in a village (combination of guest house and family accommodation);
- Painting the school of the village;
- Helping in the divers activities that the local village organization undertakes;
- Meeting the local inhabitants of the villages; participating in daily village life ;
- Travelling through the oases by donkey to explore the farmers life;
- Camel rides and celebrating the new years Eve under Berber tents in the middle of the desert of Merzouga;
- Excursion to the Dades and the Todgha gorges.

Project Code: D-09

Highlights

Day to day program:
Day 1: After arriving in Errachidia you will enjoy a dinner with a Moroccan family.
Day 2: Painting will start (6h work).
Day 3: We will organize an excursion on donkeys through the valley. This gives you a unique chance to discover the life of farmers. You will spend the afternoon on painting the school (3h).
Day 4: You will spend this day on painting the school (6h work). You will have lunch with one of the families living in the village.
Day 5: The morning is reserved for painting the school (4h). In the afternoon you will visit the local organization. This organization organizes activities with children and teaches older men and women how to read and write. Others make carpets and clothes. The people of the organization will tell you everything about their work.
Day 6: You will spend the morning on painting the school (4h). In the afternoon it is time for some adventure. We will be trekking on the Jbel Hamdoon Mountain.
Day 7: This morning you will finish your work on the school (4h). In the afternoon we will visit the ziz gorges, so you can see yourself how beautiful Moroccan nature can be.
Day 8: Today we will head to Merzouga via the Ziz valley and the towns of Erfoud and Rissani. Merzouga is Moroccan nature in its purest form. And how else should this pure nature be explored than on a back of a camel? The camel will bring you to the middle of the desert where you will sleep in Berber tents.
Day 9: After the sunrise you will ride back on a camel to the small village of Merzouga. Afterwards we will drive to Todgha gorges, heading further to Dades gorges. We will spend the night in Dades gorges.
Day 10: We will return to Errachidia (3h ride). Today it is time to say goodbye. But not after having a joyful lunch together. From here on you will take the bus back to Casablanca airport or to Marrakesh.

NB: please allow one more night if you fly back from Casablanca, Marrakesh or Fez.

Travel Types

• BackPacking Abroad
• Eco Tours
• Photography
• Tours
• Trekking
• Volunteering

Cost in US$:

290 euros

Program Fees Include:

- All overnights in a guest house, family house, Berber tent (dessert) and hotel (Dades);
- Excursions mentioned above;
- All meals;
- Materials for painting;
- Pick up from and drop off at the bus station.

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel

Independently

Typically Participants Work

in Groups of 10-20

Application Process Involves

• Phone/Video Interview

Year Founded

2004