Radiantly Alive Yoga & Meditation Retreat
with Emma Leaf
4 - 11 December 2024
4 nights with us & 3 nights in the High Atlas
The Venue Well known for magical meaningful holidays, excellent food and exceptional staff, this award-winning set up relocated in 2020 to a stunning sustainably-run eco-lodge with a pool and permaculture gardens. Located on the south side of the ancient town walls of Taroudant, it enjoys the best winter climate in Morocco due to its southerly setting in the fertile Souss Valley. Also enjoy an exceptional menu of local healthy food.
“La Maison Anglaise is really beautiful, impeccably kept and nurtured by you and your delightful Moroccan team there. All of the staff, without exception were wonderful – helpful, courteous and so very happy all the time. They looked after our every need, and nothing was too much trouble for them. The gardens are a real delight, the pool is gorgeous, and the meals were all delicious. The trips out and other activities that the staff took us on were a treat, and we all felt very safe with your careful drivers and guides”. L Turner, May 2023
Heartful Holistic Holidays which offer a wide choice of authentic activities run by amazingly knowledgeable guides. Explore the fascinating culture and landscapes, use our library, our small spa, swim or simply laze in the sun. Optional activities include cookery, walks, visits to local families and charitable projects, wildlife, massage, shopping and several other choices. Little visited by tourists, the local souks offer an exotic traditional atmosphere.
Located within 30 minutes’ drive of the contrasting mountain landscapes of the majestic High Atlas and the extraordinary Anti-Atlas (beyond which lies the Sahara), we are also only an hour’s drive from the Atlantic coast.
Feel safe and cared for thanks to the care of loving, experienced English-speaking staff, good medical facilities, excellent WiFi, safe drinking water and being on the edge of a small, relaxed and friendly town with few tourists.
The Holidays with Heart UK team provide substantial pre-visit information and support based on decades of experience of Morocco.
Summary
Cost: £490 per person plus 3000 MAD (about £250) payable locally
Includes:
- Transfers from Agadir Airport at one designated time
- Transfers to drop off point in Marrakech on the way back
- 4 nights accommodation in en suite twin or double bedroom at La Maison Anglaise & 3 nights at Ouirgane Ecolodge; single occupancy on request
- Pool on both sites
- Substantial breakfasts and vegetarian evening meals (meat or fish at extra cost)
- Lunches on the first 3 days
- Tutored workshops, total 20 hours
COST for the TOUR includes transport:
1) from Taroudant to Ouirgane at the end of the week
2) to places of interest en route and near Ouirgane3) dropped at agreed point in Marrakech (could be the airport) at the end of the week
4) bed, breakfast & evening meal. NB We have not included lunches but there will be the option of picnics provided by us on the first day at 60 MAD (under £5)
5) our driver/guide accompanying you
Excludes:
- Flights (often under £100 return if booked early)
- Single occupancy supplement £20 per night
- Travel insurance (required)
Payable in Morocco:
- Tips
- Meat or fish supplement
- Tourist Taxes 41 MAD (approx £3.20) per person per night
- Cultural Experiences & Excursions
- Airport taxi transfers at times other than the designated flight.
Trip Advisor
Number 1 in the Taroudant Region 2023.
Best Holistic Ecolodge in Morocco 2023.
Voted Top 10 in the World: Lonely Planet Eco Stays 2014 & VegeNews Vegetarian Holidays 2005
Responsible Tourism Trophy for Community Project Work 2009
Photo: Emma Leaf
Read more about your tutor here.
To Book or Express an Interest: Limited places available. Request a place at www.cecu.co.uk/book We will then send you the payment schedule (split into instalments with £100 initial deposit to secure your place).
Book early to get good flight prices, but please do NOT book flights until we give the go-ahead!
More Information For FAQs go to www.cecu.co.uk/faqs
Contact us: www.cecu.co.uk/contact or visit www.holidays-with-heart.co.uk
We will also send detailed pre-visit information after you book.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
There will be daily tutored sessions and possibly spontaneously at inspiring places.
There will be Yoga each day at pre-arranged times and places. Shining Morning Yoga before breakfast for an hour and 15 mins each day with the birds and warming with the sun. 7.45-9 am
Alternative afternoons there will be Yin Restorative Yoga & Healing sharing circles
Most nights after dinner: Starry Yoga Nidra recharging & restful.
On the last day in the afternoon at a suitable time for all before dinner we will have a healing circle to close the week with gratitude and abundance.
Each day you may choose one of the optional activities on offer below. Anything listed as “optional” means it is payable locally and not included in the price. Please see our price list for costs.
Day 1 Arrival Day – Our drivers meet you at Agadir airport late morning. Lunch, settle in, introductory talk and tour of the site. Optional massages. Optional tour around town walls by horse-drawn taxi.
Day 2 Optional excursion: walking at one of 2 oases and possibly in the Anti Atlas Mountains with Said.
Day 3 Optional cultural experience: cookery lesson; massages; experience our on-site solar powered hammam.
Day 4 Optional excursion: High Atlas Berber Villages – an insight into daily lives of villagers in the mountains with Rachid.
Day 5 – 7 4 hour scenic drive from Taroudant over Tiz N Test Pass via the semi-restored Tinmal mosque to Ouirgane Ecolodge or similar. Stay in the High Atlas mountains (3 nights and 2 days to relax or walk and swim or go on outings by minibus, for example to Imlil at the foot of Mt Toubkal, the highest mountain in N Africa)
Day 8 Depart after breakfast. 1 hour drive to Marrakech. Choose to stay on here or catch a flight home.
