7-day desert journey with nomads · Morocco:Let's Get It Together
Living the desert together.
How strangers become a community.
For men and women, singles and couples.
International group. Languages: English, German and Italian.
We travel with the nomads through the vastness of the Sahara in Morocco. We walk with camels, or more precisely dromedaries, help with the loading, get to know the plants of the desert and learn how to prepare the most delicious food in the simplest way.
These days it is so hard to meet each other without fuss. Here it is a joy to load a camel together. And when someone needs help, someone is right there. One holds on, the other lends a hand. And before you know it, you are busy together without thinking much about it.
For a while, you simply share life with one another.
What you will experience
Enjoying the warmth of the fire as night falls, when the nomads create a romantic living room with candles in the sand.
A sky full of stars, as far as the eye can see.
Baking bread in the sand, and while waiting for the food, not being distracted by a show. Instead, conversations that arise, and drums that call you to dance.
Without constantly looking at your phone, and in the silence, you will start listening to yourself again.
Walking with nature, including the unexpected changes in the weather. That makes us flexible. Nature does not adapt to us. We adapt to nature. It leads.
“No plan is the best plan,” say the nomads.
Plans are ideas. Nobody sticks to them, because something always comes up. And often it turns out better than you think.
On the road together
This journey is more than a trekking tour or a hiking trip. While we walk through the desert together, Madou and I are also there for personal conversations. In the desert there are no stupid questions.
We often talk about what makes a happy life. Along the way, we also get to know how the nomads see life.
My bodywork is part of these days. I accompany you in the group with yoga and my own method.
Your guides
Madou
Madou grew up in the desert and carries deep wisdom within him. By the fire he tells of the life of the nomads, how they have lived with nature for generations, and of the way they see things. With his humour and his love for people, he helps them find a compass in life.
Nora
“I first travelled to the desert 30 years ago and have been coming back to Morocco again and again since 2012. There, in difficult times, I found my laughter again. And I carried the calm of the silence home with me. Again and again I see what the desert sets in motion in people.”
Nora brings 35 years of experience as a dancer, teacher and mentor. For many years she has accompanied people in their personal and artistic development. With humour and sensitivity, she connects bodywork with the personal themes that move people.
Madou and Nora have been working together since 2022.
It is this natural joy of the nomads that rubs off on us. And then that glow in our eyes when we sit together and nobody remembers that only a few days ago we were strangers.
A desert journey for men and women, singles and couples, young and old.
What you take home from the desert
The most valuable experience: we need so little to be happy.
You experience how easy it can be to approach other people and to trust one another. Often the best friendships begin here.
When I sit on the ground with the nomads around a tajine, I see again and again how one pushes a piece of meat over to the other. Everyone makes sure the others are well looked after. Madou once told me how much joy it gives him to help other people. And that he trusts that the good he gives will come back to him.
I believe you take this joy of sharing home with you.
Your desert journey in Morocco at a glance
Good to know
How does the journey work?
Getting to know each other. Before you book, we talk for 15 minutes. Just write to me using the form or on WhatsApp.
Booking. After our conversation, you make a binding booking.
Day 1, Friday, 26 March. Departure at 8 am in Marrakech. The drive takes us over the High Atlas down to M'Hamid. First night at the desert camp.
Days 2 to 5. Four nights out in the open desert, on the move with the nomads.
Day 6, Wednesday, 31 March. Last night back at the desert camp.
Day 7, Thursday, 1 April. Return drive to Marrakech.
Arrival and accommodation in Marrakech
Please arrive in Marrakech by Thursday, 25 March, at the latest. You book your night from Thursday to Friday yourself. On Friday at 8 am we pick you up at an agreed meeting point in Marrakech.
On Thursday, 1 April, we are back in Marrakech in the evening. You book this night yourself as well. It is best to plan your return flight for Friday, 2 April.
What is included and what is not?
Included. Pick-up at 8 am in Marrakech, the drive to M'Hamid, the journey with the nomads and the drive back from M'Hamid to Marrakech.
Not included. Your flights and your two nights in Marrakech.
How fit do I need to be?
We walk 3 to 4 hours a day. If you get tired, you can also ride a camel.
How big is the group?
The journey takes place with a minimum of 5 people. The group is international. Languages: English, German and Italian.
Payment and cancellation
We discuss all details about payment and cancellation in our first conversation. Afterwards I send you all the information about the journey as a PDF.
Insurance
Please take out travel health insurance, liability insurance and travel cancellation insurance for the journey.
Ask for a place
Write to me and we will arrange a 15-minute conversation. Afterwards I send you all the information about the journey. If you are in a hurry, feel free to write to me on WhatsApp.