Authentic Encounter: Living with Berber Women Live with the Berber women of the Imlil valley (special women’s stay)

Duration

3 days

Max People

32

Min Age

12+

Pickup

Airpot

From the iconic Marrakech, we invite you to escape to the Atlas mountains, in the Imlil valley, one of the most beautiful valleys in the Atlas, rich in culture. The encounters are made, and the warmth of Berber hospitality takes on its full meaning in this valley. We offer you full-board accommodation in our guesthouse, where you’ll stay with an authentic Berber family, who will welcome you with the best hospitality and share their culture and traditions with enthusiasm. For an unforgettable experience, learn more about their way of life. Get to know their culture, traditions, way of thinking, and beliefs. It’s the most important thing you need to know and learn. Beautiful culture that you’ll appreciate, represented in many areas such as arts, language, architecture, clothing, education, cuisine, music, folklore…, and celebrations. All these things, if you know them, you’ll get the Berber culture. Walks and hikes between women from the region will take you to the heart of the villages to explore the area.

Tour Plan

Day 01 Arrival in Marrakech

Welcome upon arrival at Marrakech airport. Transfer and installation at a 3-star hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 02 Imlil Valley

With your driver, leave Marrakech for the Imlil valley. Passing through the Berber village of Asni, we'll take a mountain road with grandiose landscapes until Imlil, the starting point for treks to climb Toubkal. We'll leave our vehicle to walk to the village of Aremd, located at the gates of the Toubkal National Park. Meet a Berber woman who will accompany you to her village, built on an ancient glacial moraine, facing the peaks of Jebel Toubkal. An easy 1.5-hour hike. Lunch at the guesthouse, afternoon walks, and hikes accompanied by a Berber woman will take you to the heart of the villages to explore the area. Return to the guesthouse and preparation of a local couscous with vegetables from the garden. Overnight stay at the Aremd guesthouse.

Day 03 Berber Cuisine

This morning, after breakfast, learn to cook the main Berber dishes, you'll discover all the secrets of Berber cuisine with your chef, make and bake bread... Lunch. In the afternoon, return to the guesthouse for a private Hammam session and 30-minute massage. The glove and black soap will be provided. Dinner and overnight stay at the guesthouse.

Day 04 Daily Life of Berber Women

At dawn, accompany the women as they walk kilometers to find enough wood, which they then carry on their backs using only ropes. Then, you'll learn how to milk a cow to get fresh milk and know how to prepare bread that can be light and fluffy once baked in a wood-fired oven for a delicious breakfast. In the afternoon, meet women who weave carpets by hand, with sheep's wool after cleaning and spinning it to make yarn and weave carpets, and it's another physical task you'll learn. Return to the guesthouse at the end of the day. Preparation of a Berber tagine. Dinner and overnight stay.

Day 05 Traditional Makeup and Dance

Breakfast, hike between women to visit the Imlil waterfalls, and meet other women from the village, who invite you for tea at their place. Lunch near a beautiful small garden. In the afternoon, learn traditional Berber makeup, made with kohl, participate in a henna tattoo session, and then wear Berber clothing and accessories for an unforgettable evening of traditional dances... Dinner. Overnight stay at the guesthouse.

Day 06 Return to Marrakech

Breakfast, we leave the Imlil valley and the Berber world after an extraordinary experience to return to Marrakech. Free afternoon to visit monuments, souks... Free dinner. Overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 07 Departure

Transfer to the airport, return flight. End of the stay.

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2

Adults

$150.00

Children

$100.00

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