Tour to Morocco 2012
MOROCCO ADVENTURE
ROYAL CITIES, ATLAS MOUNTAINS AND THE AIT KHOZEMA PROJECT

We travel in a comfortable air-conditioned coach and modern four wheel drive vehicles. We stay in good quality hotels many of which are old palaces and riads. Two nights are spent in simple auberges and three nights are spent in basic accommodation in the village house belonging to the Ait Khozema Project in Amassine.

The Ait Khozema Project – A special highlight of the tour. In 1997 at a carpet weaving conference in Istanbul we met Austrian Professor Wilfried Stanzer and in talking with him became fascinated by a project he was embarking on to revive the carpet weaving traditions of the Berber people in a remote area of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

As with the nomadic tribes of many countries the Berbers had lost their traditional methods due to modern influences on their culture. Professor Stanzer employed the expertise of Dr Harald Boehmer, founder of the DOBAG Project, to help with the reintroduction of the natural dyes used by the Berbers in former times.

Subsequently, the unique Ait Khozema Project has developed whereby 350 Berber women weavers are now benefiting from their own work producing natural dyed carpets in the traditional ways. Very few people are able to visit the project which is not a tourist destination and through our contact with Professor Stanzer we are the only Australian groups to do so.

We hope you can join us for a great Moroccan adventure.

Fitness level required: This tour is on the adventurous side. Ten days involve travel in four wheel drive vehicles, much of it in the Atlas Mountains up to 2800metres. Three nights we spend in basic accommodation belonging to the Ait Khozema project at Amassine in the Atlas Mountains. Two nights in simple auberges. The rest of the nights are spent in good quality hotels.

Visits include:
 Casablanca, Hassan 11 Mosque, Rabat/Sale, Chellah Gardens, Hassan Tower, Oudaya Kasbah, Meknes, Madersa Bou Inania, Fes, Atlas Mountains, Berber nomadic camps, Jaffar Circuit, Midelt, Dades Canyon, Ait Benhaddou, Berber village of Amassine (Ait Khozema Project), Toubkal National Park, Marrakech, Jemma el Fna.

Overnight Stays:
Casablanca (1 night), Rabat/Sale (2 nights), Fes (3 nights), Midelt (1 nights), Imilchil (1 night) Dades Canyon (1 night), Ait Khozema Project House in Amassine (3 nights), Marrakech (3 nights).
For dates and prices see our Tours Page.

Booking: For more information about the tour or to request a detailed itinerary please call Terry or Pam on 9287 1826 or 0417 957 643 or contact us by email.

To make a booking or inquire about airfares please contact Russell Jahn
at Harvey World Travel Garden City Booragoon.
Harvey World Travel ( Booragoon – Garden City )
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