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Marhaba

It is the first word you will hear here.

In Morocco you are not received as a customer, but as someone. People will ask where you come from before they ask what you want. You will be served mint tea, poured from a height into a small glass, and then poured again — accepting is already saying yes.

This is a country where someone gives you directions by walking you there. Where a craftsman puts down his tool to show you how he works. Where you are invited to lunch on a Friday, because Friday is couscous day.

Kasbahs, dunes and medinas — everyone has those. What no itinerary can contain is the way you will be received. That is why, since 2000, we have worked with people from here: our guides, our drivers, our riad and desert-camp hosts.

Marhaba bikom. You are most welcome.

What that changes for you

Hospitality is not a promise. It is something you organise.

Someone is waiting at the airport

Not a random sign: our representative, with your name, and the car already there. Every transfer of the trip is arranged the same way.

Official guides, from here

A genuine Moroccan guide carries an official badge. Ours do, they speak English and French, and they open the workshops and rooftops you would never find on your own.

Hosts rather than suppliers

Medina riads, mountain guesthouses, desert camps: we have worked with the same families for years. They know who you are before you arrive.

A voice at the end of the line

An agency in Marrakech since 2000, and support you can reach throughout your stay. If anything unexpected happens, you call us and we sort it out.

A few words to say hello

Nobody expects you to speak Arabic. But one word changes a conversation.

MarhabaMAR-ha-baWelcome. The word this page is named after.
Salam alaykoumsa-LAM a-lay-KOUMHello — literally “peace be upon you”. The reply is wa alaykoum salam.
Labas?la-BASSHow are you? The reply is labas, hamdoullah.
ChoukranCHOO-kranThank you. The most useful word of the trip.
Bslamab-sla-MAGoodbye — literally “go in peace”.
Azula-ZOOLHello in Amazigh, the Kingdom's second official language.
Ataya-TAYMint tea. You will be offered it more than once a day.
Inchallahin-sha-LLAHGod willing. It slips into every sentence about tomorrow.

Where to next?

You know how you will be received. Now choose where to go.

Tell us who you are — we take care of the rest.Your dates, what you feel like, how many of you: we draw the itinerary, you decide.
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