2012 & 2013 Events & Tours
We offer a selection of tours in Morocco at a time of year when the warmth of the sun in the UK is somehow just not warm enough!
For each tour we produce a detailed dossier which, is available on request via our contacts page. Booking is simple, just send us a message or give us a call and we'll chat to you about all that you would like to do. We can also talk to you about group discounts for you or your club.
We are here to help and look forward to introducing you to a country and people that we have fallen in love with.
Loyalty discount: If you have been out to Morocco with us before, you qualify for a discount of 5%.
High Atlas Traverse - (MTB)
An off-road traverse of the High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, with a little help from our four legged friends.
The dramatic High Atlas Mountains are the setting for this six day bike & hike. Mules are used to carry the bikes up some of the unrideable climbs, giving the tour a very different dimension.
Easy tracks or full-on single track, the choice is yours.
We use mules to carry our bikes up and along some unrideable sections - much better than a ski lift!!
6th to 13th October 2012 (Booking Code HAT 2012-2)
Cost: £870 per person (flights excluded)
A pdf dossier is available that sets out the schedule.
Atlas to Sahara - (MTB)
A Challenging off-road journey by bike, from the High Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Desert.
This is a true biking adventure in the south of Morocco, where mud-brick kasbahs appear to rise up out of the desert, sitting in tranquil palm oases and with a backdrop of snow capped mountains.
The riding is on largely non-technical hard-packed trails, covering about 50km per day.
10 days with two nights in Marrakech.
13th to 22nd October 2012
(Booking Code A2S12-1)
Cost: £945 per person (flights excluded)
A pdf dossier is available that sets out the schedule.
Road Tour (Ideal training for 2013 season)
Spring Training Tour. Only 12 riders will get the chance to ride this exclusive tour from Marrakech to Agadir via the Anti-Atlas Mountains. We’ll be fully supported and covering about 120km a day with some dazzling routes over a mountainous landscape on largely traffic free roads.
Interested?
Register your interest via the contacts page.
9th to 16th March 2013 (Booking Code RT 2013-1)
Cost: £tba per person (flights excluded)
A pdf dossier will be available shortly, that sets out the schedule.
Accommodation
In the medinas of Marrakech and Fez nondescript doorways in the warren of mediaeval alleyways give way to dazzling guest houses - oases of calm and sophistication in contrast to the mayhem of the streets. Away from town, romantic guest houses, in the guise of old mud brick kasbahs, rise up out of the desert in palm-filled gardens. Berber guest houses, richly-decorated with local crafts are to be found in Morocco's magnificent mountain ranges.
We specialise in hidden-away places that are not always apparent to the uninitiated, whether converted kasbahs, mountain lodges, "riads" or coastal properties. One thing that unites all these places is 'character'.
Some feedback from our 2011 Tours
“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you so very much for the special trip it was so special for me and the friendship with the group was so warm. Your Velo ventures business has so much to offer to everybody who wants a special experience, for me it worked over and above everything I have ever seen before. All in all the team sorted by Velo ventures was very impressive”.
Mr D from Yorkshire
“I would just to say a big thank you for last week. Your input made it truly memorable”.
Mr A from Yorkshire
“I have just got back after a week mountain biking in Morocco with Velo Ventures. I am shattered to the core, covered in bruises; I smell of fire and am really content for the first time in a while. I have been trying to work out how to convey what I experienced but the whole point is that it has to be experienced, no matter how articulate I am or how many photographs I post it won’t truly do it justice. There are so many moments that I could tell you about, some moments that I will probably forget, but what I won’t forget is the impression that the country, the experiences and the group that I shared it with has left on me”.
Miss M from London, taken from her blog.
“Meeting the people really made the difference to me. It was a real privilege to be greeted with such open arms by the locals and pure joy to see all the smiling happy faces of the local children as they followed us on our way through their villages”.
Mr M of Devon
Some very very kind words about Velo Ventures by MTB TV
“I enjoyed the combination of hiking and biking and thought the guest houses were all fab, especially as they were all so different”. Mrs P of Devon
