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Toddler friendly holiday to Morocco

COUNTRY:
Morocco
DEPARTURES:
2012: 11 Feb, 23 Mar, 30 Mar, 5 Apr, 9 Apr, 2 Jun, 22 Oct, 27 Oct, 20 Dec, 26 Dec
2013: 9 Feb, 22 Mar, 29 Mar, 4 Apr, 7 Apr, 25 May, 21 Oct, 26 Oct, 19 Dec, 23 Dec
PRICE:
From £749 - £869 (8 days ) including UK flights
MORE INFO:
From £439 - £479 excluding flights. From £719 - £859 per child including flights from the UK. From £439 - £479 per child excluding flights.
VOUCHERS:
Gift vouchers can be used with this holiday
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Toddler friendly holiday to Morocco

Toddler friendly holiday to Morocco

This holiday is designed for infants
Due to demand from parents with children younger than five years old who want adventure, these are trips especially for families with children who are at least two years old. The departures are scheduled to operate both in and out of school holidays and as there is no upper age limit, families with both infant and school age kids are welcome. The itineraries have been carefully designed and the accommodation selected bearing in mind the needs of parents and young children.

How this holiday makes a difference

On this trip: We have joined forces with Kasbah du Toubkal and Room to Read to assist in providing educational books for schools in Morocco. If you would like to offer your support to the project, please bring with you any educational books that will appeal to students from ages 5-18.

Books can be in any range of subjects: children's story books, basic literacy and numeracy, geography, history, Tin Tin.... English/French dictionaries or any other educational equipment, pens, pencils, calculators, writing pads etc would also be gladly received. Please bear in mind when making your choice of books that Morocco is an Islamic country. Your group leader will take your contribution from you on arrival and happily tell you more about the project. For further details see www.roomtoread.org.

Our Responsible Travel Code: Clients who travel with us will automatically receive a copy of our Responsible Travel leaflet. This contains details and advice on how you can make a positive difference when you travel. If you would like a copy in advance of travel please contact us.

Charity Partnerships: We work in partnership with Plan International. Plan works with some of the world’s poorest communities where three out of four children die before the age of five. We also support Friends of Conservation – an international charity committed to working with local people to develop a balance between their needs and the wildlife with which they share the natural habitat and ecosystems.

Carbon Balancing: Global warming is a real issue and is a direct result of your travel. We have teamed up with Climate Care to give you the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions from your flight. You’ll be asked upon booking if you want to donate – with set amounts from £5. As a company we offset the carbon emissions from all staff travel in full.

Our Foundation: We’ve highlighted a few of the ways in which we offer our support, financially or otherwise, and now you can, too. We have set up our own foundation, which will administer funds donated by you. A small donation of £1 per person will be taken when booking a holiday and that money will be put to good use by one of our carefully selected projects. If you don’t want to make the donation, just tell us when you book.

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Toddler friendly holiday to Morocco

Reviewed 16 Apr 2007 by Katherine Kenyon4 star rating

We had an absolutely fantastic time & he was a great guide, where nothing was too much trouble. Our tour around Marrakech was really interesting and informative as we had already had 3 days there under our own steam, and thought we had seen it all. Nouradine took us to parts we would never have discovered such as the ironworks, bakers and drug stores.

The most memorable part of the trip was without doubt the mountain trek on the mules -the scenery was fantastic and our 2 boys had a most wonderful time with their donkeys and their guides who resembled Jawa's from star wars which is every boy's fantasy! I would even go so far as to say that you underplay the greatness of this part of the trip!

Essaouria was another fantastic city in Morocco and we had the added bonus of the King being in town! To improve the trip even more I would suggest another night being had in Essaouria as it is a great place to relax after the hectic nature of Marrakech and the trekking - it could make the trip a 9 day instead of an 8 day trip & all our fellow travellers supported this suggestion! I have attached some picture just in case you wanted to see what a great time we had !!! Thanks for a great holiday.

Reviewed 08 Jun 2006 by Jo Humphrey4 star rating

1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?


Essaouria - an intriguing pirate harbour fortress, with local restaurants in the souk, and camel rides on the beach.

2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?


Don't travel Royal Air Maroc! Check ahead to ensure that tour guides, hotels etc really are expecting you to bring young children!

3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, and minimized impacts on the environment?


Local people benefited from our spending, especially Berber villagers who provide donkey treks. On the -ve side, tourist brochures featuring photos of snake charmers (and dancing monkeys) do little for animal welfare! Also no doubt the tourist industry is a major contributor to the demands for water in Morocco, to which the government is responding with massive programme of dam construction in the Atlas.

4. Any other comments?


4 stars for the venue and the experience. 2 stars for the operator, the itinerary was not taxing but apart from that they had made no effort whatsoever to ensure that facilities were infant-friendly.

Read the operator's response here:

We always appreciate feedback. We’ve never before had any comments about the suitability of our Morocco trips for families with young children. Morocco is a fantastic child friendly country and on our ‘Magical Morocco’ trip we stay in a different base in the Atlas Mountains from our other programmes. This base offers easy walks for small children and mule support – which we feel adds a sense of fun to the proceedings. Child and booster seats are not provided, but our transport does have seatbelts to enable you to fix your own seat. There are a couple of longer drives to and from Essaouira but otherwise we have cut down the driving times. At the time of booking travellers must also let us know if they will require a cot to be provided in the hotel rooms and we will make arrangements for this.

Reviewed 05 Mar 2006 by Lorna Goldman4 star rating

Fantastic holiday, met some great people, saw some amazing places. Our guide, Youssef, went out of his way to ensure every one was looked after and that we went to places off the beaten tourist track. Thanks!

On the negative side - the flight was delayed both ways, so we didn't arrive until the middle of the night, and therefore Marrakesh was a lot more than we could handle on the first day. Also, the weather was a lot colder than we were led to expect, so we didn't take enough warm clothing.

My son was the youngest of our party (6yrs old) and started to flag a bit, but things were flexible enough for us to opt out of an excursion and have a rest day in the middle of the week. Both the children have come back full of their Morocco experience. I am being told to attach some of our photos as I write this, so I will!

We will definitely book with you again, maybe Egypt next.

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