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Cooking Class in Atlas Mountains: Authentic Berber Cuisine Workshop with Market Visit

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Immerse yourself in the rich traditions and flavors of Berber cuisine with a private cooking class in the Atlas Mountains. Explore a local market, cook alongside a local grandmother, and enjoy a delicious 3-course lunch in a family home.

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Marrakesh - Escape the heat of Marrakech and drive into the Atlas Mountains. Ride a mule and pass Berber villages and enjoy the stunning views of the countryside. Enjoy a cooking class with a Berber family and learn about there traditional and have lunch in a Berber house

Atlas mountains and imlil day trip is one of the most spectacular day trips from Marrakech if you desire to get out of the city and delve in the authentic and rural side of Morocco. We will start our Imlil day trip at 09am from Marrakech by a 4WD vehicle or minivan for 1h30min drive south up orgthe Asni village very popular for it’s weekly market every Saturday then to Imlil Crossing a vibrant green valley that stays fresh and lush even during the hottest days of the summer. Imlil is the center where you will meet your guides due its unique position and its connection to several berber villages and a very popular,. Ait Souka Village set in the upper level foothills of the Western High Atlas mountains, a main trailhead with streams and paths branching out in all directions to get our lunch which will be served in a Berber house in the village of Aroumd. Afterwards you can take a short walk before we return to Marrakech

What's Included

Local guide
Bottled water
Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Lunch
In-vehicle air conditioning
Cooking class in a Berber family house
Tea and coffee

What's Not Included

Tip (Optional)

Meal Options

To get your appetite… - Chlada with Moroccan flavors (Moroccan tomato salad, broccoli salad, m’chermel carrots, lentils with khlii and pumpkins, peppers, eggplant , mauve)
To follow… - Couscous with seven vegetables - semolina of wheat and chicken

Vegetarien berber tagine

Chicken tagine with preserved lemons

Desserts - Plate of Moroccan pastries

Fruit season

Additional Information

Immerse yourself in Berber culinary customs with a private, day-long cooking class in a High Atlas village, originating from Marrakech. Along with cooking under the guidance of a local matriarch, you’ll adventure through a local market to gather ingredients, interact with women from a cooperative in the Ourika Valley, and enjoy a 3-course lunch in a familial setting.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Yvette_r

Apr 6, 2023

Have a great experience with a wonderful family in the Atlas Mountains - My friend and I had a fantastic day out. Such a lovely family. We were picked up from our hotel by Jamal and taken to his grandmother's home, where she taught us how to make the most delicious chicken tagine. The village was pretty with almond blossom, built on the hillside. Relaxing afterwards on the roof top of their home drinking freshly made mint tea. It was so lovely to see the children from the age of 3 help clear up :) Thank you so much for a great day. Next time we come, we'll do the walk to the waterfall

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Jill_k

Sep 23, 2021

Amazing experience!! - This cooking class was the highlight of our stay in Morocco! My boyfriend and I took this cooking class and we strongly recommend it. Ibrahim is an amazing guide and a great person. He is extremely helpful and provides you with the most authentic experience you can find. You start off by taking a bus ride through the Atlas mountains, the drive takes about 1,5 hours but you see some amazing scenery along the way. After that, Ibrahim picked us up and walked us through the village where he lives. Once we arrived at his really cosy house, we cooked bread, tagine and couscous with a breathtaking view of the Atlas mountains. We also learned how to make tea from scratch the moroccan way. The most amazing thing about the experience is that you feel like you are one of the locals. When we arrived at Ibrahim’s, his whole family was there, the children watched us cook and his mother also helped Ibrahim teach us. If you are looking for a local, authentic experience then this will 100% make your stay more pleasant. We are definitely going to meet up with Ibrahim again next time we visit Morocco.

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Debbietrush

Mar 15, 2024

Terrible experience - Never got picked up until nearly an hour after the time. Had to keep ringing. Nothing like what I as stated and the reviews. Picked up by taxi no air conditioning. Met by the man of the house not introduced to any family member. Presumably his wife came through and he said to peel veg. That was it. Sat up on roof top along with a load of other tourist who had come for dinner. Probably a total of 30 people. No experience of meeting the family or any cooking of the dinner well apart from veg 😢 I do believe this was totally messed up and we probably was not at the house that we were meant to be at . So disappointed.

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