Team Building Activities / Events

1- Treasure hunt on camelback: Our team dresses up in TOUAREG costumes and gives out the first clue in a treasure hunt, lead by a camel driver all around the palm-grove and the village.

2- Donkey Polo: Two teams equipped with brooms and ball, they will compete on a sandy pitch –non-stop fun.

3- Wall climbing: Each team gets into pairs and takes it in turns to scale the climbing wall, complete with safety harness and the help of his/ her team mate on the ground - Timed ascent.

4- Sack race: The participants step into sacks that reach to their waists and then jump along the sandy track.

5- Tower of Babel: Fill a donkey cart with bales of straw, take the straw to your position and build a tower with it as high as possible.

6- Water carrier’s race: The sportiest member of the team dresses as a water carrier and has to collect as much water as possible in a pail and pour it into a measuring jug; not so easy when you have a leaking basket and wearing a tight costume and giant Babouches (Traditional Moroccan Slippers) in your feet.

7- French Bowles: The aim is to throw the ball as close as possible to reach the (Cochonnet “Jack”). The first to reach 13 wins.

8- Shooting: One by one, members of each team must aim at series of balls hung up at 15 meters.

9-Archery: After an initial training session each team must aim for bull’s-eye on targets, set at different distances from the archers. We have bows for both right-handed and left-handed participants.

10- Berber Tent: The aim is to pitch and take down the tent in record time, with a readily erected tent on display to provide clues.

BBQ lunch after the activities inclusive of 1/2 water 1/2 wine per person

The group is divided into teams, every team has one special colour to mark the difference between each team, with the hosts plus a leader handling all activities and helping participants.

EXCURSIONS AROUND MARRAKECH

1. Excursion to the Atlas Mountains: (Minimum 2 cars, Maximum 25)

A full day tour in the countryside, at the foothill of the Atlas Mountains, South East of Marrakech. On the way to the village of Moulay Brahim, you can see old water mills and cross the village of Tahnaout. After crossing the bridge on the Gheghaia River and a few kilometres before Asni you will take a small winding mountain road on your right to reach the Holy village of Moulay Brahim. Then, crossing the Kick plateau with a beautiful panorama on the Atlas Mountains range, you will go through small Berber villages and down to the reservoir lake of Lalla Takerkoust Dam, where a Berber or BBQ lunch will be served.

In the afternoon return to Marrakech. (Approx. 3 hours to the Dam, one hour drive back).

SCHEDULE: Departure from Marrakech around 09.30 AM, return around 4.00 PM - 40 km of tracks in the mountains, the rest on regular road. By Chauffeured A/C Mitsubishi or similar (max. 4 persons per car), Inclusive of 1 English speaking guide for assistance, Based on 04 people by car

2. Asni and Ouirgane - 135 km return trip

(By a/c motor coach, with English speaking guide, entry fees included)

Days of the local Berber market (Tuesday & Saturday)

Can be scheduled for Half day, with departure at 9.00 and return around 13.00

Located at the foot of Djebel Toubkal, the highest peak of North Africa, the Berber village of Asni can be reached after crossing the village of Tahnaout and the steep gorges of the Gheghaia River. Its weekly Tuesday and Saturday country markets are the meeting point of all the small farmers around. It is a very typical scene and an interesting place in which to browse. This excursion will finish with a typical country style lunch. Duration: approximately 6 hours)

3. The Ourika Valley - 120km return trip

Days of the local country market (Monday, Tuesday & Friday)

Can be scheduled for Half day, with departure at 9.00 and return around 13.00

Return to Marrakech around 4.00pm. Approximate duration: 6 hours

Just 30kms away from Marrakech begins the green valley of the Ourika River. From its small beginning in the Berber country, it streams down the slopes of Atlas Mountains, between the Tlemcen peak and the Timeskar plateau. The green landscapes of this valley, the lazy meandering torrent of the river, combined with the small, red adobe Berber villages hanging on the slopes, will enchant you.

You can visit the local country market, held every Monday and Friday; Barbers, vegetables, cereals and olive oil sellers, blacksmiths and medicine-men gather under canvass and reeds shelters, along with a number of small restaurants scattered around in the open-air. Then, as you round the bend in the road, appears the potters’ village where you can be tempted by colourful plates, salad-bowls, flower vases or lamps in either traditional or modern style. Also for sales are collections of precious minerals - quartz, amethyst, and many other rocks that are found in this area. With the full day option, this excursion includes a savoury lunch.

4. Full day tour to ESSAOUIRA, charming fishing harbour at 170 Km

The nearest seaside resort to Marrakech is Essaouira. Renowned for generations for its production of “Murex” - a small shellfish used to make the purple dye for Roman togas, Essaouira is now a very active fishing harbour, still showing traces of having been occupied by the Portuguese in the XVIth century. Later on Sultan Mohamed Ben Abdellah used it as a base for its corsairs! Today, protected from the sea and the wind behind its commanding fortified walls, Essaouira shelters a flourishing craftsmanship, working citron-and-lime wood with ebony, mother of pearl and silver thread to make tables, chess-boards, caskets and bracelets. After the visit, a seafood lunch may be taken in the harbour area. Approximate duration: 08.30