“SAHARA DESERT RUNNING CAMP”
GUIDED RUNNING & YOGA EXPERIENCE
A week of Running and Yoga focused Training in one of the most fascinating places in the Sahara Desert: Merzouga, Morocco. Hosted at the Resort Dar El Janoub, it’s an experience not to be missed!
This Retreat offers specific training excursions and dedicated guiding through the dunes of the Sahara Desert.
An opportunity to learn methods and techniques for running efficiently in the Desert, with the guidance and advise from one of the greatest representative of the specialty: Michele Graglia, winner of several international extreme competitions such as BADWATER135, YUKON ARCTIC, MOAB240, CRO-TRAIL and many more.
This Retreat is for everyone, from beginners to professional athletes who wish to practice and finalize their trainings at best.
Mornings will be focused on Running, with catered distances based on personal levels of preparation.
Afternoon we will host Fitness Classes, Breath work and Ice Bath while Yoga and Sound Healing classes will be held in the Evening, at the foot of the magnificent dunes in front of the hotel, instructed by Zelmare Viljoen:
internationally renowned teacher that will guide our guests in an amazing experience of stretching, meditation and relaxation.
MERZOUGA 19/10 – 27/10/2024
SATURDAY 19/10
MEET IN ERRACHIDIA AIRPORT AND TRANSFER TO MERZOUGA
CHECK IN at DAR EL JANOUB
SUNDAY 20/10
8:00 BREAKFAST
9:30 GROUP RUN
11:30 SNACK and BRIEFING
12:30 LUNCH
15:30 WALK INTO TOWN, VISITING MERZOUGA
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING
19:30 DINNER
MONDAY 21/10
07:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 FIRST STAGE 20km “SOUTH ERG CHEBBY”
12:30 LUNCH
15:30 / 17:30 GUIDED VISIT AT THE OASIS, DAYET SRIJ LAKE AND the abandoned village of M’FIS
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING
19:30 DINNER
TUESDAY 22/10
7:00 BREAKFAST
08:00 SECOND STAGE 24km – “JEBEL ISK”
12:30 PICNIC AT ISK
14:00 VISIT THE GNAWA VILLAGE
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING
19:30 DINNER
WEDNESDAY 23/10
07:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 THIRD STAGE 20km — “CANYON EL SHARRO”
13:00 LUNCH
15:30 VISIT PREHISTORIC SITE, IGLOO and the PETROGLYPHS of TOUZ
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING
19:30 DINNER
THURSDAY 24/10
07:30 BREAKFAST
08:30 FOURTH STAGE 25km – “JABEL M’DWAR”
12:30 LUNCH
15:30 / 17:30 SOUQ of RISSANI
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING
19:30 DINNER
FRIDAY 25/10
07:00 BREAKFAST
08:30 FIFTH STAGE 20km – “TISSERDIMINE”
12:30 LUNCH
15:30 TRANSFER to the BERBER TENTS VILLAGE
OPTION TO TRASFER BY JEEP or by CAMEL (at extra fee)
18:00 YOGA and SOUD HEALING on the DUNES
19:30 DINNER
SATURDAY 26/10
07:30 BREAKFAST
09:00 SIXTH STAGE – “ACROSS THE ERG EL CHEBBY”
13:00 LUNCH
14:30 TRANSFER TO ERRACHIDIA
16:00 ARRIVAL at the HOTEL LE RIAD
19:30 DINNER
SUNDAY 27/10
05:00 BREAKFAST
05:40 TRANSFER to ERRACHIDIA AIRPORT
REGISTRATION