Photo trip IFWP
IFWP PHOTO TRIP
"Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou - Desert"
23rd - 29th October 2019
PRICE: 485 €
23rd October. Marrakech - Ait Ben Haddou
Group meeting at Marrakech airport 13:30h.
Trip by bus to Ait Ben Haddou Kashbah, crossing the High Atlas mountains and the Tzi n Tichka 2.260m. port, where we will stop to admire the spectacular view. We arrive on afternoon, after accommodation short walk around the views of the old town at the entry of the "Route of the slaves", where the caravans used to stop before entering the desert.
Dinner at the hotel.
24th October. Ait Ben Haddou
Breakfast at the hotel.
Spare day to enjoy the place. The fortress can be visited. Some films were recorded here as “Lawrence from Arabia”, “Gladiator” and “The jewel of the Nile”. The town is made of mud and is located at a oasis close to a river bed.
Lunch and dinner at the hotel.
25th October. Ait Ben Haddou - Merzouga
(Erg Chebbi dunes)
We reccommend you to wake up early and enjoy the sunrise with the palm trees and the old town World Heritage site Ait Ben Haddou. After breakfast we go by bus to the Todra river gorgues (Tinerghir). We will see huge palm tree forests. We will arrive to Merzouga (Erg Chebbi dunes) for the afternoon and sunset. We will spend the night in the desert in luxury tents (Haima).
Dinner in a big tent and night fire.
26th October. Merzouga
(dunes and ancient market Rissani)
Breaksfast in a big tent.
Most of us will wake up early to walk around the sand dunes and the solitude of the desert. Four wheel drive route to go inside Erg Chebbi, approach to the Grat Dune, more than 250 m high. We move to a hotel in a different part of the desert.
Lunch by the hotel.
Afternoon in Rissani market (optional). Visit to the ancient Rissani market (zoco). Is a very ancient and busy market plenty of animals, handcrafts, food... Rissani is one of the oldest markets in the world, where caravans used to stop to trade. Is really worth and safe to walk through the market and get some photos.
Dinner at the hotel.
27th October. Merzouga (Erg Chebbi dunes)
Hotel free day.
Breakfast at the hotel.
Sunrise by the sand dunes. You can choose between a dromedary tour in the desert or just walk for the landscape, caravans, palm trees...
Dinner at the hotel.
28th October. Merzouga - Ouarzazate
After breakfast we go by bus to Ouarzazate, a magnificent town. We will have lunch on the way, we stop at a restaurant by the road. Afternoon at Ouarzazate.
Dinner at the hotel.
29th October. Ouarzazate - Marrakech
Breakfast at the hotel.
After lunch we depart by bus to Marrakech. Arrival about 20h.
Dinner and transport to airport or hotel.
END OF THE TRIP.
Price by person: 485€
(in double/triple rooms)
INCLUDING:
Bus to transport between locations (7 días)
• 6 night hotels 3 - 4 stars
• Breaksfasts and dinners at hotel.
• 6 lunches (sometimes at hotels, sometimes on the way in restaurants).
• Please note that in many cases lunches and dinners can be at different times of the day, sometimes late for north european standars, please have always something to
eat/drink in the bus.
• 4 Wheel drive vehicles, route in the desert.
• Guide.
• Assitance car for logistic.
• Touristic Assitance Insurance.
NOT INCLUDED:
*Beverages in meals.
*Entry to monuments.
*Extras not specified in the “Included List".
PERSONAL DOCUMENTS:
Valid Passport.
MONEY, BANKS, TIPS...
The official money is Dirham, you can get them in your bank or just change euro or pounds at the airport in a bank or currency change office. 1 euro is 10 Dirhams. Although you can pay in many places with euro, you can rebate in markets and get better offers in Dirhams. Change to some small money for tips and drinks or fruit by the markets. In most hotels, museums and restaurants you can pay with credit card.
BOOKING:
The cost of the trip is 485 euro per person.
This trip is only for IFWP end members. The association has to be in current payment of our fee.
Transfer to: Asociación Fotográfica Miradas. ES6130580961562720018288. CCRIES2AXXX
Please indicate: -IFWP trip to Merzouga. -Complete name/s. -Association member.
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Trip to Sahara
It is a pleasure to announce our: IFWP Congress on trip to Sahara desert. 23-28 October 2019.
JUSTIFICATION
Welcome to a stunning trip to Sahara desert where We will have presentations, IFWP news and projects but... in different places with good photo opportunities.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust Photographic Group (CWTPG) are planning to host the IFWP 2020 congress at Perranporth on the North Cornwall coast 18th to 22nd, May 2020.
But for 2019 we are offering an unprecedent experience, a guided trip to photograph and experience the magical sand dunes of Sahara desert. We are preparing a detailed PDF from our association host Miradas from Ceuta and the photo travel agency that will give us coverage. The trip is totally designed to take photos.
-23rd October. Marrakech. Meeting at 13,00 h. You can start checking flight combinations to Marrakech airport. We leave on a private bus from Marrakech to Ait Ben Haddou World Heritage site at 13,30 h.
We´ll have the chance to photograph magnificent sand dunes, palm trees, camel caravans, cities, people, natural landscapes...
José B. Ruiz will be assisting the trip and taking care as a volunteer as he has been before on the locations. Guaranteed that we will see the best places at the best moments of the day. Also enough time on each locations to experience on our own. We will have a local guide.
This trip has been organized before with great successes. It is the best price for the best quality available in lodging and meals. We will reach the locations on a short walk from our rooms. Miradas association has organized this trip for CEF (the Spanish Confederation of Photography) for 80 participants. No trouble with photos and participants, the Sahara is the biggest warm desert in our planet. The weather won´t be so hot at that time of the year and you´ll have a unique experience.
-Watch the flight combinations to be at Marrakech on 23rd October before 12,30 h, so that you can meet the group at the point we will agree.
-Check if you need Visa or special documents from your country. For many european countries you don´t need.
IFWP Board Meeting
Dear IFWP delegates, some of our board members are meeting 11th to 16th June in Sweden. We have a wide range of subjects to discuss as the increase in participation in our still open Photo Competition, our long term conservation project which pretends to be a referent, our next congress, the last arrangements for our new bank account, and the proposal for a board renewal.
We´ll keep you posted in our website an media:
