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8 Day Yoga, Desert - and Coast Trekking and Discover Your Vision
Tiger Lounge, Dr. Douira, Chtouka Ait Baha, Morocco
Morocco Yoga Holiday
This activity holiday takes place in the national park of South Morocco where you will enjoy wonderful endless beaches and stay in a small luxury hotel, Tiger Lounge, with all rooms with a sea view, excellent meals, a yoga teacher with 30 years of teaching practice, trekking, sightseeing, surfing, laughing, talking, singing mantras, and playing drums!
The language of instruction will be English and/or German. If all rooms in the Tiger Lounge (5 rooms) are full there is a second private Villa with a sea view where you can stay. Please ask in which location, Yogitrip will have a place!
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Marion
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Highlights
- 3 trekking tours (on the beach, in the dunes of the small sahara, on an river
- Vision walk
- Qigong, Qiwalk and Mandala on the beach
- Walk a long the river with bird-watching tour
- 2 daily yoga sessions, breathing exercises, and meditation sessions
- Daily half-board meals are provided
- 7 nights accommodation
Skill level
- Beginner
- Intermediate
- Advanced
Yoga styles
6 days with instruction in German
The organizer also speaks: English
Group size: Maximum of 18 participants
Airport transfer included:
Agadir–Al Massira Airport
Airport transfer available:
Marrakesh Menara Airport (US$ 136 per person)
Marrakesh Menara Airport (US$ 136 per person)
Accommodation
Check-in Time:
08:00
Check-out Time:
11:00
Facilities
- Gym
- Sauna
- Bar
- Café
- Concierge desk
- Dining area
- Fireplace
- Garden
- Kitchen
- Lounge
- Luggage room / storage
- Meditation garden
- Picnic area
- Restaurant
- Special menu request
- Terrace
- Yoga deck
- Yoga shala
- Yoga studio
- Board rental
- Car rental
- Conference room
- Free parking
- Free Wi-Fi
- Meeting room
- Parking lot
- Wireless internet
- Outdoor shower
Throughout the retreat, you will stay in a very beautiful oriental hotel, the Tiger Lounge with 5 min. walk to the beach and gardens. There is a second hotel if the first one is full where you will enjoy the sea-view. All the programs and the breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided in the first hotel. The rooms are given in order of bookings. All the rooms have sea views. There are 3 terraces, a sauna and many places to relax in the big garden with palms. Also, there is a restaurant and a yoga shala.
Program
You will observe the diverse wildlife of the national park and do a guided tour with bird watching, travel to Agadir for one day, and visit cave houses and traditional villages. Daily yoga practices will take place on the stunning terrace looking over the sea, on the beach, or in the yoga place.
If you are interested, you can learn how to cook traditional Moroccan meals. Surf equipment like overalls and boards are free. On days two to seven, there will be daily yoga practice, meditation, and breathing exercises in the morning and evening.
Day 1: Arrival
- Transfer from the airport to the hotel in the National Park of Souss Massa, then check-in at the hotel
- There will be free time to arrive and get to know the surroundings and each other
- Dinner will be at 19:30
Day 2: Trekking tour - National Park of Souss Massa
- 07:30 Yogaflow and meditation
- 09:00 Breakfast
- After breakfast, you will hike through the national park to the lagoon through eucalyptus forests along a river, and back to the wonderful beach. Here you will be able to observe many different bird species.
- In the afternoon, there will be a henna tattoo workshop or you can enjoy some free time at the beach.
- 18:00 Vinyasa Yoga and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 3: Excursion to Agadir (optional 35,- Euro)
- 07:30 Yoga and meditation
- You will have a wonderful breakfast on the terrace and drive to Agidar to get to know the city, the bazaar, the market for vegetables and spices, the carpet shop, and the marina.
- The excursion to Agadir will be 50 kilometers far from the hotel. It will take about 50 minutes. There you will eat fresh fish in a modern restaurant at the port. You will take a walk at the six-kilometer-long beach. When traveling back in the later afternoon, there is an option to visit pottery.
- 18:00 PowerYoga and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 4: Trekking tour - Moroccan Sahara
- 07:30 Yoga and meditation
- The trekking tour will take about four hours. You can expect a stunning landscape with flocks of sheep, goats, and tents of nomads. You will hike through an impressive dune landscape behind a romantic fishing village.
- At noon, everyone will eat fresh fish at a restaurant directly from the beach. If you want, you can ride a dromedary along the beach or through the dunes.
- 18:00 Yoga and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 5: Excursion to Marrakesh (optional)
- There will be no yoga in the morning for this day. You can either sleep in or join an excursion to Marrakesh, which is optional and is not included in the price. You can also go surfing, body boarding, or relaxing.
- 18:00 Yogaflow and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 6: Trekking tour - Beaches and bays, fishing village
- 07:30 Yoga and meditation
Today, you will hike from bay to bay above the cliffs until you get to a small fishing village. The hike will take about three hours. You can expect secluded bays with shell sand and multifaceted coastlines. You will visit the cave houses of the fishermen, collect shells, and create mandalas.
- You will be able to relax in the afternoon.
- 18:00 Yoga and meditation
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 7: Beach, sun, and ocean
- 07:30 Yoga and meditation
You will have a free day for relaxation, walks at the beach, a Turkish bath, wellness, swimming, and many other options. There will also be no yoga in the evening.
- 19:30 Dinner
Day 8: Departure
- The group will bid goodbye to each other
- There will be free time until you go off to the airport on your own
Included excursions
On this trip, you will have three trekking tours where you can observe the diverse wildlife of the national park, and visit cave houses and traditional villages. Furthermore, the hikes will be along endless beaches and secluded bays, a visit to a fishing village, and the majestic dunes of Tifnite.
Instructors
Marion Bachinger
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Mag.art. Marion Bachinger is a registered, certified yoga teacher E-RYT® 500 Yoga Alliance, Qigong Teacher, enrgetic coach, tour guide, trekking guide and artist. She has been teaching since 1986. Teacher Trainings and Workshops: Power Yoga (Bryan Kest), Prana Flow Yoga (Shiva Rea), Anusara Yoga (Barbara Noh), Jivamukti Yoga (Jordan Bloom), Luna Yoga (Adelheid Ohlig), Hormone Yoga (Dinah Rotriges), Iyengar Yoga and Yoga Therapy (Nikki Knoff), Triyoga, Yin Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Tao Yoga.
Retreat location
This retreat will take place at the National Park of Souss Massa, Morocco. Here, you will enjoy endless beaches. Direct in front of the hotel you can walk in all directions endless on the beaches. In front of the hotel, there are no buildings just a seaview! You will also be able to watch 245 different birds in the National Park and the last population worldwide of ibis.
It is really a unique place in a small fisher village far away from tourimne! Very quiet and in the middle of nature!
Distances
- Agadir, 50 kilometers - 50 minutes drive
Food
For the retreat, breakfast is included and will be served in the respective hotel. You will have lunch in very nice traditional restaurants while on the road. The food in Morocco is very varied and good. There is a strong French influence, remaining from the colonial era. Fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms are available in the local markets.
The dinner will always be served outside of the hotel. It will be in a cave, a private fisherman's house, with nomads, in another hotel, or in a private villa. The traditional dish is tajine, a dish cooked in a clay pot over the fire, vegetarian if desired, with lamb, chicken, fish, or beef, mixed with vegetables, dried fruits, pickled lemons and olives, and wonderful spices.
Patisserie with almonds, lemons, dates, and dessert. The national drink is the "thé à la menthe," a green tea with mint leaves and fresh sugar. Please let Yogitrip know in advance if you are vegetarian or vegan or suffer from food intolerances.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
- Other dietary requirements on request
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
During your free time, you have options to book different types of activities like:
- Bodyboarding
- Pilates
- Surf
- Camel trekking
- Day trip to Marrakech
Treatments
- Massage
- Sauna
Spa treatments
- Massage
What's included
- Daily yoga sessions in the morning and evening
- Qigong and Qi walk®
- Silent walk
- Daily meditation sessions
- Daily breathing exercises
- Sand mandala
- naturcoaching
- Cooking classes
- 3 trekking tours
- 7 nights accommodation
- Daily half-board meals
- Pick-up from Agadir Airport (AGA)
What's not included
- Airfare
- Airport transfer back to Agadir Airport (AGA)
- Daytrip to Marrakesh (6 people per Person 70,-)
- Surf course, stand-up paddling
- Travel insurance covering medical expenses and repatriation
- Yoga mat 15,- Euro
- Excursion to Agadir 35,- Euro
- Excursion to Massa 20,- Euro
How to get there
Recommended Airports
AGA
Agadir–Al Massira Airport
31 km
Transfer included
RAK
Marrakesh Menara Airport
224 km
Transfer available for additional US$ 136 per person
Yogitrip also organizes collective transfers from Marrakech because there are much more cheap flights available. They also organizes some more nights before and after the trip.
Airport: Agadir–Al Massira Airport
Airport transfer included: Agadir–Al Massira Airport
No additional charges. You can request this in the next step.
Airport: Marrakesh Menara Airport
Airport transfer available:
Marrakesh Menara Airport (US$ 136 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 30% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid 30 days before arrival.
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