Cultural Visit
High Atlas Mountains - full day
From €132 euros per person (transport and lunch incl.)
Get off the beaten track and come with us into the very heart of the High Atlas Mountains. We will take you up a remote valley with spectacular scenery and join a community of mountain village women from the Amazigh (Berber) tribe. This day trip will offer a behind-the-scenes access to where and how the Siroua wool we use to weave our rugs is hand washed and spun using ancestral techniques.
Our many years of working with this tribal community opens the door to an intimate and unique insight into their local culture and way of life, normally inaccessible to outsiders.
We begin the day by travelling in a private vehicle up into the High Atlas Mountains, a range of towering peaks and villages perched precariously on mountainsides. We will be met by our community of village women at the banks of the river who will have tea prepared for us before joining them in the process of washing our raw Siroua wool by hand. Applying age-old techniques of batting the fibre to excrete the rich, soapy lanolin within its fibers, this process avoids entirely the use of chemical detergents leaving the fleece beautifully clean.
We then head further up the valley to the women’s village where a delicious Moroccan lunch will be served in a traditional Amazigh mountain home.
In the afternoon we will take a short walk to another home where the local women will teach you how to card and spin the fleece using a drop spindle. The day is wrapped up with another warm Moroccan tea before heading back home.
Booking
Thank you for your interested in joining us on one of our workshops/experiences.
Please fill out the reservation form below and we will email you within 24 hours with details.
Information
Day trip runs daily (except Sundays) departing at 9am and finishing around 7pm
We suggest you wear comfortable clothing, non-slippery shoes, a hat and sunscreen
Prices
Price per person:
2 pax = €165, 3-6 pax = €148, 7+ pax = €132
Minimum booking of 2 people
A 30% non-refundable deposit required to book (a payment invoice will be emailed to you)
Price includes:
Refreshments, a delicious lunch and all materials
Private transport
