Taste of Morocco
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Trip Highlights
· Helping alongside Moroccans with building new classrooms in remote, non-touristic Talamanzou
· Marrakech’s souks (markets), gardens, museums, and of course the Djeema el Fna, with its musicians, storytellers and snake charmers
· Trekking in the High Atlas Mountains
· Charming Essaouira and its beach
Your "Taste of Volunteering" Project
Repairs & Renovations, ad hoc Village Based Projects
You will work alongside the local people constructing new rooms in a school in the remote, non-touristic village of Talamanzou, in Guemassa region, south-west of Marrakech.
Three additional rooms are being constructed: a library, a computer room, and a reading room.
You can help put up the roof alongside the local workers, and also to apply the finishing touches to the walls. There will also be opportunity to interact with the children at the school, who will be thrilled to have you helping them!
Trip Summary
Your enriching adventure begins in the imperial city of Marrakech, with its souks, gardens, museums, and of course the Djeema el Fna. You then take the Tizi-n-Test (a mountain pass) and ascend to the High Atlas mountains for a full day’s walk, mixing with the Berber people.
We then head to non-touristy Talamanzou, for two and a half days helping alongside Moroccans to build new library, IT and reading rooms at the local school - an incredible experience!
You then have a well earned rest at the seaside town of Essaouira, where you can tour the old town, or just relax at Essaouira’s beautiful beach. The trip ends back in Marrakech late on Day 9.
Just a short hop from the UK, this tour can be completed with only a week off work. We begin in the imperial city of Marrakech, with its souks, gardens, museums, and of course the Djeema el Fna, a square that every evening is transformed into an open air market filled with musicians, dancers, storytellers and snake charmers. We then take the Tizi-n-Test (a mountain pass) and ascend to the High Atlas mountains for a full day’s walk, mixing with the Berber people.
We then head to non-touristy Talamanzou, for two and a half days helping alongside Moroccans to build new library, IT and reading rooms at the local school - an incredible experience!
You then have a well earned rest at the seaside town of Essaouira, where you can tour the old town, or just relax at Essaouira’s beautiful beach. The trip ends back in Marrakech late on Day 9.
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