Enquiry · Morocco · High Atlas · Alnif · Midelt · Fez
Morocco · Mineral Collecting Trip III
8 October 2027 – 17 October 202710 days / 9 nightsEUR 1420 per person
A ten-day mineral-collecting, fossil-hunting and cultural trip from Marrakesh to Fez. Sidi Rahal and Agouim, the small mines of Ikiss, Alnif’s fossils and the mining areas of Mibladen and Ahouli, with local guides and miners. This is an initial enquiry, not a booking. Group size: minimum 5, maximum 10 participants.
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Itinerary, price and additional costs
- Included in the price
- 9 nights of accommodation and full board. Local road transport and airport transfers. Local guides and mining escorts. Local entry, permits and access required for the programme. The workshop visits, hammam and shared activities listed in the itinerary. Tour leadership by Henrik. Every meal throughout the programme, including arrival and departure days.
- Special costs
- International flights, baggage allowance under your chosen ticket, travel insurance and personal purchases.
- Programme and conditions
- Day 1 - October 8 - Marrakesh Arrival to Marrakesh. Airport transfer, accommodation, a shared dinner and talk-through of the field program. Day 2 - October 9 - Sidi Rahal and Agouim Morning in Sidi Rahal’s mining area: agate, quartz geodes, rock crystal, amethyst, smoky quartz and specimens associated with goethite. In the afternoon, we continue into the High Atlas. Around Agouim we collect agate, jasper, quartz varieties and goethite-included specimens. Day 3 - October 10 - Ikiss A full day searching the hilltop around Ikiss, in local small-scale miners’ tunnels and workings. Quartz geodes, amethyst and goethite-associated specimens; learning about manual mining methods. Day 4 - October 11 - Aït Ben Haddou and Dadès The fortified settlement of Aït Ben Haddou, then onward to the Dadès Valley. A canyon walk, dinner with Henrik’s local friend and accommodation in a local hotel. Day 5 - October 12 - Alnif Searching for fossils, particularly trilobites. A local preparation workshop, with opportunities to buy directly from the specialists. Overnight in Alnif. Day 6 - October 13 - Midel Travelling to Midel through mountain and semi-desert regions. Accommodation in Midelt. Day 7 - October 14 - Mibladen and Ahouli A full day around historic French mines and sites still worked today. Mibladen: vanadinite, barite, cerussite, galena and wulfenite. Ahouli: fluorite, galena, barite, azurite and malachite. We choose accessible workings with local guides. Day 8 - October 15 - Cedar Forest and Fez Travel to Fez, with a break in the Middle Atlas cedar forests. Evening street food and an old-town walk. Day 9 — 16 October: Fez Hammam, mosaic workshop, a quarter of the tyranny, a taste for metallurgy and traditional fez foods. Day 10 - October 17 - Travel home Transfer to Fez airport. Planned return to Budapest via Spain; specific flights are still being discussed. Nine nights of accommodation and full board along the route. Accommodation and room allocations are being discussed. Expect rocky, uneven mountain and mining terrain, shorter walks and full days of outdoor searching. Closed footwear, head and eye protection in working areas, and sufficient water are required. Collecting depends on current access and conditions. Flights are being discussed.
- Payment and cancellation
- 7. Payment, cancellation and refund terms a) A deposit of 30% of the participation fee, 426,00 EUR per person, is due when booking. The application becomes final when the deposit is paid. b) Full payment is due no later than three calendar months before departure, by 2027-07-08. The balance after the deposit is 994,00 EUR per person. c) Cancellations must be made in writing; the date received by the organiser applies. Before 2027-08-08, the 30% deposit is non-refundable and any amount paid above it is refunded. From 2027-08-08 until the day before 2027-09-08, 50% of the total participation fee, 710,00 EUR per person, is refunded. From 2027-09-08, during the final calendar month before departure, no part of the participation fee is refunded. The deposit forms part of the participation fee and is not deducted again from the 50% refund. d) The group has a minimum of 5 and maximum of 10 participants. If the minimum 5 is not reached, or the organiser cannot provide the agreed arrangements and cancels the trip, all amounts paid by the participant are refunded. e) A participant may transfer their place to another person if that person meets the participation requirements and suppliers can accommodate the name change. Actual name-change or amendment costs are payable by the participant. f) In force majeure or local circumstances preventing safe completion of the programme, the organiser informs the participant without delay. International flight and individual insurance costs are governed by the airline’s and insurer’s terms respectively. g) Purchase flights only after the organiser confirms in writing that the departure will go ahead.
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