Yoga in The Desert

Join us for a week yoga filled tour to the Sahara Desert of Erg Chigaga perfectly timed to bask in the light of the full moon on the sand dunes where you will be invited to participate in a fire release ceremony to celebrate and let go of all the blessings in its many disguises the full moon has brought to fruition. We offer best Yoga & meditation a complete body refreshment tour in Morocco.

Duration

8 Days

Tour Type

Spiritual

Group Size

30 People

Departure

Marrakech

DESCRIPTION:

Yoga in Sahara Desert is a wonderful way to wake up in paradise of golden sand dunes of Morocco. Enjoy a private or group yoga lesson at your destination, keep in mind that our private tours are completely bespoke. We offer best Yoga & meditation a complete body refreshment tour to the magnificent Sahara dunes of Erg Chigaga.

PROGRAM DETAILS:

Day 1: ARRIVAL TO MARRAKECH

Welcome to Morocco! Upon arrival to Marrakech airport you will meet your tour guide and photography leader. After welcoming formalities, you will drive to the city of Marrakech medina, a calm oasis where we can prepare for the Yoga Retreat with a Hot Hammam & Massage, washing and clearing away the first layer of stresses and tensions, before dinner and time to meet the Yoga teacher to provide some instructions. You will wake up the next day invigorated and ready to travel to the Sahara Desert of Erg Chigaga. Spend the overnight in a nice Riad.

DAY 2: MARRAKECH – AIT BENHADDOU – DRAA VALLEY - ZAGORA

Pick up from Marrakech and travel south venturing through the magnificent Atlas Mountains offering spectacular panoramic views and an impressive landscape to the authentic Kasbah of Ait Benhaddou one of the most spectacular fortresses in the South of Morocco and a UNESCO world heritage site. We arrive to the Hollywood of Africa Ouarzazate for lunch. The scenery is absolutely stunning. You'll experience different sights of palm groves, and fortified villages with various plantations along the Draa valley. You will spend the overnight with dinner at the hotel in Zagora.

DAY 3: ZAGORA – TAMGEROUTE – MHAMID - ERG CHIGAGA DESERT

Today we drive towards Tamgerout to visit the ancient Koran Library (with thousands if collections of ancient manuscripts), pottery artisans and the underground Kasbah to see its current inhabitants. We continue to drive via the oasis of Tagounite towards the gate of Sahara desert Mhamid where you will have lunch. Afterwards, we drive off the beaten track to the immense dunes of Erg Chigaga, where you will start your first YOGA class in the middle of a sublime atmosphere which is the Sahara Desert. Spend the night with dinner in a tented camp with facilities.

DAY 4: YOGA RETREAT

Today you will wake up early to enjoy a picturesque sunrise and attend the second YOGA and MEDITATAION course with your Instructor. The course will take one hour and half. You will be back to the camp to enjoy breakfast and relax at your tent. You will have time at leisure before having lunch. On the afternoon, you will ride camels to enjoy one of the most dramatic sunsets over the color changing sand dunes. Back to the camp to gather for the second part of the YOGA course of the day. You will have dinner under the starlit. Spend the overnight in your tent with facilities.

DAY 5: YOGA RETREAT

We will wake to the stunning sunrise of the Sahara Desert for morning Mediation, followed by Yoga course. You may bring your cameras to shot some photos of the sunrise before heading back to the camp to have breakfast and have time at leisure to relax. You teacher will invite you by the campfire for conscious journey and meditation and spend time reconnecting, rebalancing and sleeping under the amazing vista of the star filled sky. Spend the overnight with dinner at the tented camp with facilities.

DAY 6: ERG CHIGAGA DESERT – FOUM ZGUID – TAZNAKHT - MARRAKECH

Today you wake up early in the morning to photograph one of the top worlds rating sunrise in the Sahara desert and have a half hour meditation course before having breakfast. We pack all luggages into the 4x4 Jeeps and leave with a farewell the stunning Erg Chigaga dunes via the ancient Paris - Dakar race road to Foum Zguid crossing Iriqui Lake with an optional lunch in the Berber villages of Taznakht where you may stop to enjoy a visit to Berber rugs house. We arrive to Marrakech for the overnight with dinner at the hotel.

DAY 7: MARRAKECH SIGHTSEEING

Today you will end up your Yoga and meditation vacation with a sightseeing tour of Marrakech city starting with a visit to Jack Majorelle gardens, a peaceful spot in the Ville Nouvelle, contains botanic and exotic plants brought from all over the world, with dominating indigo blue to paint. You are going to visit the 19th Century Bahia Palace, built by the Grand Visir of Marrakech with its incredible mosaics and stucco and hear some interesting stories about his 4 wives and the 24 concubines!!. Admire the extraordinary architecture and streets of the old medina strolling through the labyrinths. Spend some great time in the famous souks of Marrakech with different smells, colors, items before reaching the square of Jemaa lefna, a bustling place where snake charmers, monkeys, food stalls and musicians, the most animated square in Marrakech. The rest of the day is at leisure. Spend the overnight with breakfast at the hotel. Today you will have a gala dinner with a local show in a local Restaurant.

DAY 8: MARRAKECH – BACK TO THE AIRPORT

Transfer to Marrakech international airport for your return flight with plenty of tales of Arabian and Berber days and nights with a memorable Yoga and meditation Retreat.