Women’s Walking & Yoga Weekend in Morocco

9-13 October 2025 / 16-20 October 2025 / 23-27 October 2025

Come join us for four-nights and three full days of walking and yoga in Morocco This tailor-made experience will give you three full days of walking in the High Atlas Mountains and a night in Marrakech. If your flight is not too early on Monday, you will have time to explore the wonderful sights and sounds of the Medina before heading home.

The proposed agenda is for Les Joly Dames to arrive on Thursday morning in time to take a minibus up to the village of Imlil in the High Atlas Mountains. We will stop en route for lunch in a charming local restaurant along the way and will arrive at our cute and quirky little riad with its beautiful gardens and fabulous views in time for a cup of freshly brewed mint tea. Once we have been shown to our rooms, we will have time to unpack our bags before a yoga session on the terrace overlooking the valley below. We will be joined at dinner by Hafida, our wonderful Moroccan guide.

The next morning, after a delicious breakfast of yogurt, fruit, eggs, coffee or mint tea and pancakes, we will set off with Hafida. Our routes each day will take us up dusty mountain passes to high cols and breath-taking views before we drop down to lush river banks, irrigated terraces and walnut orchards. We will walk through Berber villages where the farming traditions and hospitality have not changed for centuries. If time, we will stop to drink a cup of tea and chat with the local women to hear about their lives and life in the mountains. Setting off again, we will pass by shepherds watching their sheep, women tending the fields and men tilling the land with mules and donkeys as they have done since time began.

Each hike will be tailored to the fitness of the group but will average 6hrs with a climb/descent of about 600-800m.

On our return to our riad each afternoon, and after a much-needed cup of tea, there will be a yoga session in the garden for Les Joly Dames with our yogi. A delicious three course dinner will be served in the main house. Wine will be available for those who wish it.

On our last day in Imlil, after a full day of hiking, we will take the minibus back to Marrakech to our charming and elegant riad deep in the Kasbah. If there is time, we may do yoga on the rooftop terrace before we head for dinner in a restaurant in the centre of the Medina.

The next morning, if time allows, we will have the chance to do a tour of this vibrant and exciting city with a qualified guide who will lead us through the cobblestoned maze of the souks in the Medina, show us the Kasbah where the King has his residency, take us through the Saadian tombs, a royal necropolis dating back to the 16th century and rediscovered during the first world war, and escort us through the Bahia Palace with its stunning mosaics, gardens and courtyards. Or do a spot of shopping and explore the souks and stalls of the Medina. Or visit the fabulous botanical gardens, the Secret Garden or the famous Jardin Majorelle.

Price : £990 per person to share. £1290 for single occupancy. Maximum ten Dames, minimum eight. We have a limited number of single rooms available.

The price includes: Four nights’ accommodation and full board in Imlil and bed and breakfast in Marrakech. a two-hour guided tour in Marrakech at a set time; three days’ walks accompanied by fully licensed Moroccan Mountain Guide; a minimum of three yoga sessions; 2hr guided tour of Marrakech; airport transfers to/from Marrakech Menara Airport at set times; transfers to/from Marrakech to Imlil at set times.

The price does not include: Flights to and from Morocco; wine at dinner; lunches and dinners in Marrakech; hammams or massages.

Women are welcome to come on their own or with friends. The weekend will only run if we have a minimum of eight people.