Sahara Desert and Anti Atlas mountain tour

Planet

CARBON REDUCTION

We include accommodations that use solar panels to make the water hot like Riad Fez Mahal and Riad Dar Nadwa and Riad Zahra.
We encourage our customers to avoid internal flights and help them understand that Morocco is small and there is no need to use internal flights.
We usually utilize private transportation to go to and from the remote parts of this tour. But we also include lots of walking tours with local guides in places like: Fes, Marrakech and Ait Ben Hadou.
During the trip we try to use our new eco-friendly transport first which uses AdBlue; AdBlue is a diesel exhaust fluid used in vehicles with Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology to reduce harmful gases being released into the atmosphere. AdBlue is a 32,5 % solution of high-purity, synthetically manufactured urea in de-mineralized water.
We inform our customers to pack as light as possible because heavier luggage, uses more fuel.
We inform our customers to turn down/off the AC and heat an other electronics before they leave the room.

ENVIRONMENT AND WILDLIFE:

During our trip we include accommodations that help restore nature in and around the property. These accommodations, fpr example, have roof top plants for pollinators.
During the trip we stop at local villages to interact with locals and taking in breathtaking views of villages and landscapes and you may support neighborhood organizations. We believe it is our obligation to uphold regional traditions, assist neighborhood organizations, show consideration for the environment, and save wildlife. We work hard to arrange trips that benefit the destination as well as our guests by introducing them to new cultures and unique experiences. This is accomplished by helping locals and their communities and contributing to provincial initiatives wherever we can.
We take environmental issues seriously and are aware of the catastrophic harm and global effects that plastics cause to the ecosystem. That’s why we gather all the used plastic bottles during the trip and we stop at the nomad areas to give them those bottles to reuse them on their needs. And this is the big opportunity to support real local nomads.

People

LOCAL ECONOMY
During the trip we intend to support local producers especially Moroccan hand mades by encouraging customers to buy Moroccan hand made products like pottery, jewelry and crafts.
Additionally, we intend to host our customers in Moroccan local guest houses and Riads like Auberge Atlas Dades, Riad Dar Nadwa and Riad Fez Mahal.
They are all locally owned and operated, sometimes in somewhat isolated locations, and provide essential jobs to the local population.

EMPLOYMENT, INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY
By hiring locals, we intend to involve as many local people as we can during the trip. The customers will interact with local tour leader, local representative, local tour guide, porter, driver, and other local staff in case of equal ability. One of the most important things that we are proud about is that we have integrated women to work with us during the trip as tour guides. Also, we stop to visit women cooperatives but if the customers would like that for example Women cooperative (tapis (carpets) aicha et zahra) in Todra and Argan oil women cooperative on the way of Essaouira (Cooperative D'Argan Marjana).
The tour leader, local representative and guide inform our clients on relevant sustainability matters in the destination that we need to protect cultural heritage, social norms and values.