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Why travelling with Randocheval ?
MOROCCO : HORSE RIDING TRAIL ON BARB HORSES IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS...
Itinerary - Extensions - Horses and required riding level
Guiding - Accommodation - Dates and rates - More infos / booking
You will discover another Morocco to the rythm of Barb horses, in the Atlas Mountains close to Agadir. And you want to discover sandy beaches from Agadir to Essaouira, we suggest you our Berber ride (departure from june to september) |
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ITINERARY
Day 1
Pick up at Agadir airport. Meeting with the guides and the tour leader of your trip. Night at the hotel.
Day 2
After breakfast, we will start our week ride by a first contact with our horses while riding along the Atlantic coast to reach Immiwadar. Our first break lunch will be carried out in edge of sea, before the track goes uphill through a thuja bush to the bivouac of Tourarine.
Day 3
Riding on the "RidgeTrack", you will enjoy great panoramas and breathtaking overlooking views on the valley and its typical villages. At the end of the day, we go down towards the Tichkjit valley. Then we will set up the camp for the night in Timkti under the palm trees by a wadi.
Day 4
Today, we will take the direction of Immouzzer, the administrative centre of the Ida or Tanane area. Then we will arrive in a magic place, called the "Voile de la Mariée" (Bride's veil), a waterfall with its amazing natural swimming pool. Meal and night at the Waterfall Hotel or in an ancient legion's fortress near Immouzzer.
Day 5
After breakfast, we will saddle up and leave in direction of Tougrou and Aksri. We will progress through traditional almonds trees terrace orchards, before going down towards "Paradise valley". You will appreciate the beautiful landscapes of these steep-sides gullies created by the wadi. An asphalted road (10 km) will lead us into Tamzergout oasis at the wadi edge, where we will stop for the night.
Day 6
Today, we ride toward Aouarga. For lunch, we will eat in a typical Moroccan house. Let's enjoy a handmade meal and taste the Moroccan dishes. In the afternoon, the track goes down to Tamarout, and later reaches the ranch, with an amazing view on the Ocean. We will set up the camp near Tamarout for dinner and night.
Day 7
For this last day with our horses, we ride on through the mountain and its Argan tree forests, along the coast, to the "Devil's Rock". After the last but unforgettable canter on the long sandy beach of Taghazout, we will go back to the riding centre for the lunch. Please note that today's program is indicvative, and may be affected by the ocean tide. Afternoon at leisure. This evening, after a fantastic farewell dinner, we will go to bed keeping in mind plenty of very good memories... Night at the hotel.
Day 8
Transfer by taxi or minibus to Agadir airport, according to your flight schedule. (Breakfast not included)
Important
All programmes above are indicative. They can be modified or rearranged
for technical, safety or weather reasons.
EXTEND YOUR TRIP
Contact us for any a-la-carte travel extension.
HORSES AND REQUIRED RIDING LEVEL
Horses and tack
In the most difficult ascents or slopes, on the rocky tracks, we will
ask you to dismount in order to let your companion get its breath back.
All our horses are barb horses, admirably suited to the mountain tracks.
They have English or trail riding saddles.
We will ask you to contribute to the cohesion and the harmony of the group,
that will assure the success of your trip, thanks to a positive and active
participation to the inevitable tasks: grooming, harnessing and feeding
the horses, taking down the camp in the morning.
Required riding experience
Our trail rides are dedicated to riders with good equestrian mastery.
It is necessary to be confident at all paces. In the most difficult ascents
or slopes, on the rocky tracks, we will ask you to dismount in order to
let your companion get its breath back.
Sample day organization : after breakfast and collection of luggage and
equipment, every day is usually structured as follows : 2h30-3h on horseback
in the morning, picnic and 2h30-3h on horseback again. Children over 12
are accepted if accompanied by a riding adult.
YOUR GUIDES
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Guide Our guides in Morocco are really experienced, with a real passion for their job and horses, conscious of their responsibilities. The whole staff speaks french and some of them english. Above 8 people a second Moroccan guide supervise the group. Logistics The following logistic car allows to carry your personal effects, the supplies and the equipment you will find each evening at the bivouac and from time to time at midday. Saddlebags are provided to put some of your personal effects in it (sun cream, gourd, camera, picnic lunch...) A cooker will serve you a copious and varied food in accordance with the Moroccan tradition. A driver, for who the tracks have no secrets, dispatches the equipment for the camp. |
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation
Most of the nights are spent in bivouac with basic comfort. In Agadir,
you will sleep in the riding centre. Depending on dates, you may also
spend some nights in guest houses.
For the Berber trail, you will be accommodated in hotel for two nights
spent in Essaouira. Riders booking alone will share a twin room with another
person of the group. Accommodation in single room is possible at the hotel
at additional cost to be paid directly on the spot (option to be asked
at booking).
Provided gear
Tents and rubber mattress, plates and place settings, saddlebags (holsters),
these are fragile equipment of which we ask you to take great care. Please
note, the sleeping bags are not provided.
A detailled list will be provided prior departure.
Meals
A copious breakfast in the morning, picnic for the lunch (grills, mixed
salads, omelettes…). On the evening, you will eat, most of the time,
typically Moroccan meals.
According to your arrival flight, you may be served a light meal at the
ranch on first day.
We will ask you to contribute to the cohesion and the harmony
of the group, that will assure the success of your trip, thanks to a positive
and active participation to the inevitable tasks: grooming, harnessing
and feeding the horses, taking down the camp in the morning.
DATES AND RATES
| Atlas riders (8 days) | ||
| september 30 to october 7, 2008 |
810 € |
available |
Flights to Morocco
Please contact us to check the best available rate from your country.
RATE INCLUDING
- transfers between hotel and Agadir airport
- the financial guarantee of deposits sent to Randocheval
RATE NOT INCLUDING
- Single supplement at the hotels (to be paid directly)
- drinks
- tips
- insurrance : repatriation aid or multiple-risk (cancellation, luggage, repatriation). You can subscribe to these insurrances only if you are an european resident. If you live outside European Union, please check with your local insurrance company. More information.
BOOKING - INFORMATION
Contact us !
PRATICAL INFORMATIONS
COUNTRY
Morocco
LENGTH
8 days / 7 nights / 6 days on horseback.
LANGUAGE
French. One of the guides also speaks English.
GROUP SIZE
Minimum 4 - maximum 12 riders.If group size exceeds 8 riders, a second guide will join the trail.
ACCESS
Agadir airport.
CLIMATE
During daytime, the weather is warmer, especially in june, july and august. Despite the ocean wind, you will meet temperatures over 30°C.
Formalities
Check with your local Embassy according to your nationality.
Vaccines-Health
None vaccine is mandatory, however the tetanus and the typhoid vaccines
are recommended. A collective first-aid kit is provided, but each participant
will have to allow an individual little first-aid kit according to his
habits and tolerance concerning certain medicines.
It is necessary to be up to date concerning your usual vaccinations, in
particular for the tetanus vaccine. Remember that a repatriation travel
insurrance is compulsory.
These informations are given for French citizens for information purpose
only. For citizens of other countires, please ask your embassy. You must
hold identity and sanitary elements necessary for the entrance in the
visited country.
REFERENCE :CH60-morocco
