ABOUT US
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NomadicMorocco is a
trading name of Wilderplaces
Adventure Tours NI Ltd (a company registered in Northern
Ireland) but our office is based in southern Morocco where we
live.
We strive to offer high
quality (mountain) adventure trips and give our clients
something different from the bigger, international travel
companies. Sensitivity to the local environment and Berber
culture is of the utmost importance to all of us. Compared
to the larger travel companies we have a small committed client
base - the result of this is that we know most of our clients on
an individual level and so can offer a highly personalised service
before, during and after a trip. We are a small independent
provider and have years of combined experience in leading
groups and individuals to some of the most remote and unspoilt
areas in this fabulous mountain range.
We try and avoid paperwork as
much as possible (a common aspiration we're sure!), and so we are
entirely "internet based" in terms of marketing, trip
information and so on.
Often we're not just "paperless" but
"office-less" as well(!) as we spend a good deal of
time out of "civilisation" and up in the mountains
working on trips and also developing
some health and educational projects in remote Berber mountain
villages. So please bear with us as we whilst we do
reply to all our emails, it isn't always by return - no matter
what satellite telephone or internet communications technology is
at our disposal!
No glossy brochures but heaps of information both here on our
site, on
our blog and for the asking
by email! Hopefully you're getting the picture!........
 The principal "NomadicMoroccan's" - Des & Nathalie Clark live
year-round in southern Morocco with their 3 children. They know & love this country
well and are passionate about the High Atlas Mountains!
Des
is an (Irish) professional International Mountain Leader
and founding director of Wilderplaces.
Outside of the Moroccan High Atlas, he has climbed and guided
extensively in the Alps, Pyrenees, Iceland, Bolivia, Chile and
Argentina. As he has recently seen a whole flock of the very rare
and endangered Bald Ibis just north of Agadir, he can now get back
to guiding!
Nathalie is a widely travelled & multi-lingual
mother of 3. An experienced French & E.F.L. teacher, she
especially enjoys the combination of wilderness travel &
diverse ethnic cultures. Nathalie leads a number of our cultural
village and family adventure trips when not home-schooling! Trying
to learn the unwritten Berber language Tashelhayt is just one of
her current projects.
All our friends & colleagues who work with us
and our partners in Kasbah-Tifawt,
High
Country and Red
Rock International either live here in Morocco or may as well
do with the amount of time that they spend over here!
On many of our trips, you will meet Omar, Hassan, Ali and Hussein who guide, cook
and run the show pretty much during your time in the mountains.
These are great guys and our friends. You can rest assured you
will be in more than just a safe pair of hands when you come over
here!
Some of the many comments from past
trips!.....
"We had a great trip and a large part of it was because of your knowledge,
patience and passion for the sport and the region. We
really felt it and it drove us to push harder and harder."
HS
"Dear Des, a happy team have returned. Thank you very much for hosting this expedition.
It's good to
know that a team will be well looked after. The feedback is excellent, thanks"
AP
"If
we hadn't had a guide with us who spoke their language and was so
well liked and known to the villagers it wouldn't have happened.
Omar was great- he went out of his way to make sure everything
went smoothly for us. A true professional! Thanks"
M, F,
E & K
"
I just wanted to send a note to say what an amazing trip we both had.
Having wanted to go to Morocco for quite a while now - it didn't
disappoint and we met some great people along the way. Once again, a fantastic trip.
"
CN
"the
trip was excellent - your planning, organisation and
professionalism were all first class. I hope we may continue this
link with you for the forseeable future"
RJB
"it
was the best holiday of my life - the variety in the scenery was
also incredible...."
CP
"Dear
Des & Nathalie, Many thanks to you both and to all your staff
for making my trip to Morocco such a memorable experience. Special
thanks to Jacob who was a most entertaining and informative guide
to Taroudant and to Omar who introduced me to Moroccan cuisine in
his home and who allowed me to share meals and fun with his
wonderful team. Another trip to Morocco is certainly on my future
walking agenda. I will also spread the word among likeminded
friends."
PJH
"the
itinerary was excellent - having a guide who actually lived in the
country made all the difference!"
AWA
"I
really enjoyed it -- not just the climbing but also the scenery
and seeing how local people live. Camping on snow and sleeping in
an azib were new experiences for me, as was eating Berber-style
without knives and forks. It was all really memorable"
AB
"Thank
you also for your patient responses to my endless emails etc !
"
KC
"....
it was then and still remains a mighty experience"
CC
"The
trip went very very well - a fantastic trek"
JT
"Couldn't
have been better! Nothing could be improved on. But you probably
hear this all the time!"
P&AL
"The
trek was absolutely great, Omar and his "crew" were
fantastic hosts and the trek was more than we could have dreamt,
we really did escape the "tourists" and we all had great
fun"
JOELT
"The
scenery just blew my mind!"
TG
"We
all voted our time in the mountains to be the best part of the
trip giving us an insight we would never have got travelling by
ourselves."
KC
"We
felt privileged to experience life in the mountain villages and
were impressed by the courtesy extended to us."
WC
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