{"id":265782,"date":"2025-06-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/?p=265782"},"modified":"2025-06-05T16:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T14:26:10","slug":"aventyr-i-atlasbergen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/","title":{"rendered":"An adventure in the Atlas Mountains - Ait Chribou eco-village in Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-skribent-bjorn-erik-gustavsson\">Writer: Bj\u00f6rn Erik Gustavsson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a morning walk through a cool but spring-green Gothenburg, eight hours later I am in a minibus heading east from Marrakech ... The heat is pouring over the parched plain, here and there you can see shepherds, flocks of sheep, heavily loaded donkeys ... <\/p><div class=\"sharethis-buttons\"><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"twitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/twitter.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Tweet<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"facebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/facebook.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"linkedin\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/linkedin.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"pinterest\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/pinterest.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Pin<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"reddit\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/reddit.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><div class=\"st-custom-button\" data-network=\"digg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform-cdn.sharethis.com\/img\/digg.svg\"><span class=\"label\">Share<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac776e7f2a7c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6ac776e7f2a7c\" checked aria-label=\"toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/#Pa_plats_i_Marocko\" >On the ground in Morocco<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/#Ait_Chribou_%E2%80%93_en_nyuppford_ekoby\" >Ait Chribou - a newly built eco-village<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/#Ett_besok_i_ekobyn_%E2%80%93_som_turist\" >A visit to the eco-village - as a tourist<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/#Bjorn_Erik_Gustavsson\" >Mr Bj\u00f6rn Erik Gustavsson<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/en\/2025\/06\/aventyr-i-atlasbergen\/#Prenumerera_pa_vart_nyhetsbrev\" >Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pa-plats-i-marocko\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pa_plats_i_Marocko\"><\/span>On the ground in Morocco<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the evening, I drink mint tea on the terrace of the vaulted mud house I will now live in - high up in the Atlas Mountains and with a nature that makes me remember the western series High Chaparral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At dusk, beautifully modulated calls to prayer are heard from the neighbouring minaret. \"Allah ekbar\"... Then darkness falls, in just a few minutes - and in the magnificent silence, the starry sky now arches ever more powerfully over the mountain massifs. To the west: a golden yellow crescent moon, resting on its back.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-774634647\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88752\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-2422556297 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-247569384\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ullbadden.se\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ullbadden_588x158_feb_2026-1-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-371612338\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/se.sun-living.com\/vans\/v-serien\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"New Sunlife\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Nya-Sunliv.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider2422556297 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-2422556297\" );$freedslider2422556297.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider2422556297.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider2422556297.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider2422556297.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider2422556297.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-224x139.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-433x268.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_210209.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will be staying in this newly built eco-village for a week - together with eleven other Swedes. We were picked up yesterday in Marrakech by our Swedish hosts, Micke and Marlene. Now a series of adventures await us in this mountainous area, inhabited by Berbers, North Africa's indigenous people, with their own language and culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-173x224.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-251x325.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823-600x777.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183823.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority still live in primitive conditions, many without roads, running water or electricity. The region is one of the poorest in Morocco. Half are illiterate, unemployment is widespread. Private cars are almost non-existent. <\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3027585024\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-slider-88753\" class=\"custom-slider freed-slider-3538012863 freed-slider\"><ul><li><div id=\"freed-3752540458\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elmia.se\/husvagn\/for-besokare\/biljetter\/?utm_source=freedomtravel&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=elmiahusvagn_kop_biljett_mars-sep\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ElmiaHusvagnHusbil_2026_FREEDOMtravel_vi_ses_2027_588x158-433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-484870760\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/husbilslandet.com\/i-lager?amount=-1&#038;vehicle_type=camper&#038;price=219000%2C8874149&#038;y=2005%2C2027&#038;weight=1000%2C18000&#038;rea=true\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Demo sale (588 x 158 px)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px-.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--224x60.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Demoutforsaljning-588-x-158-px--433x116.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li><div id=\"freed-1255540629\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/store.alko-tech.com\/anhaengerkupplungen-fuer-reisemobile\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"AL-KO towbar 2026\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026-.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026-.png 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026--300x81.png 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026--224x60.png 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026--18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AL-KO-dragkrok-2026--433x116.png 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"158\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><script>( window.advanced_ads_ready || jQuery( document ).ready ).call( null, function() {var $freedslider3538012863 = jQuery( \".freed-slider-3538012863\" );$freedslider3538012863.on( \"unslider.ready\", function() { jQuery( \"div.custom-slider ul li\" ).css( \"display\", \"block\" ); });$freedslider3538012863.unslider({ delay:4000, autoplay:true, nav:false, arrows:false, infinite:true });$freedslider3538012863.on(\"mouseover\", function() {$freedslider3538012863.unslider(\"stop\");}).on(\"mouseout\", function() {$freedslider3538012863.unslider(\"start\");});});<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can ride donkeys - still the most common means of transport - or hike along centuries-old trails that branch out everywhere in the high-altitude, semi-desert landscape, filled with breathtaking multi-mile vistas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183510.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-1024x743.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-1024x743.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-224x163.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-433x314.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751-600x436.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250330_141751.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mass tourism is long gone, life goes on as usual. It's like being thrown far, far back in time. I meet a shepherd who, with staff in hand, guards his sheep and sleeps out in the open at night ... <\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banner freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-2004000981\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-3571728508\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcamp.se\/bra-att-veta\/incheckning-efter-stangning?utm_source=display&#038;utm_medium=Freedom-Travel&#038;utm_campaign=Freedom-Travel-sommar-2026\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-224x107.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-18x9.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Dropin_freedom_travel_588x280_SE_final-433x206.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" width=\"588\" height=\"280\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two men with donkeys - laden with meadow grass and mint sprigs - meet and stand talking ... At the stream below the eco-village, women gather to wash their hands using rattletraps, and in the nearby thickets, monkeys hop around ... On the rocks of the small rapids, turtles glare at the blazing sun ... In the evenings, fires are lit to cook, and everywhere children are playing ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"634\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-1024x634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-224x139.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-433x268.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_164943.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ait-chribou-en-nyuppford-ekoby\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ait_Chribou_%E2%80%93_en_nyuppford_ekoby\"><\/span>Ait Chribou - a newly built eco-village<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The place is called Ait Chribou, a newly built eco-village owned by a couple from V\u00e4rmland, who live there themselves in winter and then receive weekly tourist groups of up to twelve people. Here is a unique opportunity to meet the ancient Berber culture. The aim of the eco-village is to allow guests to experience the genuine Berber culture and, via an interpreter, to gain an in-depth insight into living conditions here in the mountain villages, many of which are located without roads.<\/p><div class=\"freed-grupp-stora-banners-i-blogginlagg-2 freed-entity-placement\" id=\"freed-3191287098\"><div class=\"freed-adlabel\">Advertisement<\/div><div id=\"freed-2566188115\" class=\"method-missing not-front type-post not-theme-page\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/wifi.se\/produkt\/hybrid-traveller-portabel-5g-router-med-backup-batteri-i-over-6-timmar-usb\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"freedom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/freedom.gif\" alt=\"\"  width=\"588\" height=\"288\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190818.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very few Westerners visit this part of Morocco. Villagers in Ait Chribou have long believed that the tourist groups were in fact relatives and friends of the Swedish couple. For most, tourism is an unfamiliar concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-\"What pleases me most is that the locals have started to open up and are really curious about the guests and about us,\" says Marlene. \"They want to talk, they want to invite us home for tea, they wave and they want to work for us. 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Marlene explains: \"Their pulse slows down, they live in the present, they get a lot of thoughts about what's important in life and they think it's quite unique to come to a place that is completely unexploited in terms of tourism.\" <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I leaf through the resort's guest book - and find many reviews in high tones: \"Genuineness and love have a face in Ait Chribou. Marlene's and Micke's hospitality is so good that you don't want to leave them. The locals are so good and happy that you feel the love.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-224x149.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC02234.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marlene and Micke in Ait Chribou<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The eco-village consists of a charming cluster of peaked little mud houses (\u00e0 la Elsa Beskow's Hattstugan), built by local craftsmen and with lots of trees and flowers between the buildings. 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At the heart of this fairytale Arabian Nights world is the colourful Dheja el-Fna square, a marketplace surrounded by French colonial-style caf\u00e9s and an exotic crowd that includes snake charmers, beautifully dressed monkeys, storytellers, musicians of all kinds...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seven-day programme in the eco-village follows a basic schedule that has become fairly well established by now, but which can be slightly modified according to the wishes of the group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250329_190757.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 1<\/strong> we get to know the local area. Then lunch with a Berber family. Sitting on the floor around low tables, we are offered couscous and steaming hot vegetables. To round off, mint tea, cakes and fresh nuts. At dusk: a barbecue in the eco-village and a visit from two musicians who sing endearing Berber love songs while the stars are lit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"807\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-807x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-807x1024.jpg 807w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-768x975.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-176x224.jpg 176w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-256x325.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423-600x762.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184423.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 2: <\/strong>Hiking along winding paths up into the mountains - first through olive groves and small farms but higher up in the terrain desert-like - until we finally reach a plateau with flowery meadows and sound of music-like opulence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-224x161.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-433x312.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103-600x433.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_184103.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-224x157.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-433x304.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165022.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a nearby village, with white stone houses and pets of all kinds, we are invited to join a family. Sitting on hand-woven red carpets, we are offered a traditional 'Taijne' dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hiking back through gorges with huge caves and meeting a shepherd who herds his sheep for miles and tells us that the other day a wolf took a lamb. In the evening, we sit outside the restaurant - which is also a bar - and enjoy the tranquillity and tropical heat, even though April has barely begun. (Climate change is also noticeable here.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183436.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 3: <\/strong>After several hours of jeep travel on increasingly miserable roads, we park at an altitude of 1300 metres and continue, along narrow paths in dramatic scenery, to the 500-metre-high mountain peak of Katedral. All around, snow-capped 4,000-metre mountains glow in the blazing sunshine, although the air here is cooler. Some of the group continue on foot to the valley floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-224x149.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC04760.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deep in the forest, we see a woman chopping small trees and loading a donkey. Down by the river, many Berbers have gathered - camping and having picnics. This weekend they are celebrating the end of Ramadan (the long fasting period).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250401_230515.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 4:<\/strong> The hosts gather us for a basic lesson in Berber - and then we are given the task of shopping for the evening's dinner at the market in the nearest town; a large market held every Wednesday. The otherwise quiet streets are filled with vendors of all kinds and people from the surrounding area come here to do their weekly shopping. Everything from food to crafts and animals, both live and freshly slaughtered, are sold here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-224x178.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-15x12.jpg 15w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-410x325.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638-600x476.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085638.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the city limits, we pass a donkey car park - where many have left their donkeys under shady trees. Ancient market square - and everywhere sights I hardly thought were possible now in the 21st century ... To rest in the middle of this in a caf\u00e9 (cappuccino: 7 crowns) and watch the colourful bustle: a meditative highlight ...<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_183933.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-1024x899.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-1024x899.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-768x675.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-224x197.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-14x12.jpg 14w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-370x325.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245-600x527.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250403_085245.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 5: <\/strong>Half the day is spent down by the stream, where Berber women, dressed in colourful costumes, build a fire and start preparing lunch (in clay pots placed on beds of embers) while the rest of us can choose between peeling potatoes, washing vegetables or simply lying on our backs under shady olive trees and enjoying this rare lunch outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the afternoon I visit the neighbouring school, where children in the lower classes are taught together. The use of a stylus and chalkboards is reminiscent of Swedish rural schools from at least 60 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-224x149.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-433x289.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_DSC03604.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 6: <\/strong>By jeep along a winding dirt road up to an altitude of 1,300 metres, then hike to Mount Kashla (1,650 metres above sea level), where our guide builds a fire and prepares delicious mint tea after we have eaten our lunch. A pack donkey follows us all the way. Donkeys are indeed common in the area; they are even called \"Berber mopeds\"! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-1024x1002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-224x219.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-332x325.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403-600x587.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165403.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Passing the remains of a fort built by the French in colonial times. There was a large garrison here (we find rusty barbed wire between fallen building stones). Further east, in the Atlas Mountains, the French encountered stiff resistance from the Berbers and were forced to halt. The easternmost part of present-day Morocco was never part of the colony of French Morocco (it only became independent in 1956, and French is still often used here).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-224x168.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-433x325.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250331_112445.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Day 7:<\/strong> Four hours return journey - and we're lucky enough to get some bonus hours in Marrakech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arriving at the airport, I can summarise a unique travel experience - and with a host couple who, with generosity, flexibility and responsiveness, introduced us to a piece of Morocco they have come to know thoroughly in recent years. Starting points: small-scale ecotourism (\"small group, big experience\") and great openness to individual wishes. The concept should be unique. The question is whether any other Swedish group tour operator can offer such exclusive simplicity as this week offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-265827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-1024x753.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-224x165.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-433x319.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915-600x442.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freedomtravel.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/batch_20250404_165915.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Footnote: Read more at <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlas-together.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>www.atlas-together.com<\/em><\/a><em>. Also: SVT Husdr\u00f6mmar will broadcast a documentary about the Swedish couple's house building in June 2025. 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