Sustainability principals and rules

Morocco Sahara Desert Travel Sustainability principals and rules.

Morocco Sahara Desert Travel’s vision is to become a major player in the evolution of sustainable tourism throughout all Morocco.

Our mission is to work with local partners to develop sustainable and commercially attractive tours, trips and other travel products to provide, fairly paid work and employment, whilst respecting the environment and encouraging eco-responsible behavior from both our suppliers and our customers.

Our aim is to respect and support local conservation projects and policies for the continued evolution and protection of the environment and its inhabitants. We choose to work with guides, companies and accommodation who share the same values.

We are attempting to be a Travelife partner for our sustainable tourism in 2024

We have written a summary of our sustainability policy that you can see on our website where you can read the full policy. It includes our accommodation policy and excursion policy which applies to our activity providers.

All our guides and accommodation providers are local to the area. We prioritize small independent accommodation providers especially those who themselves promote and use local products and / or homegrown food. We don’t use international hotel or accommodation chains unless they are fully committed to supporting the local economy. For activities we don’t import foreign guides or instructors, preferring to use local guides and instructors who have obtained the relevant qualifications and who are dedicated to their chosen activity.

Our client liaison representatives who meet and greet clients whilst on holiday are all local to the area. We believe that using local people who are passionate about the area they live in and the activities available ensures a high quality of service and a real insight into Moroccan life, which we believe is a valuable experience for our clients.

We pay all our suppliers the going rate to ensure they are fairly paid.

Our principals are to list activities which only have a minimum impact on the environment, such as walking, guiding, etc. And to respect and support local conservation.

We ensure our clients are made aware of any specific guidelines that may affect them. Eg carrying rubbish down from natural landscapes.

Activities such as visiting Rural Berber Villages, which have questionable environmental impact, still appear on our list as they still form an important part of the local economy in the mountains.

All our guides are fully trained in environmental sustainability as a part of their diplomas and they educate our clients about the mountain habitat during the activities.

We don’t print brochures and keep paper use to a minimum in the office preferring electronic distribution as our main means of communication with clients.

We intend to introduced a responsible environmentally ethical commitment to all our supplier contracts asking accommodation providers to reduce single plastic use in food and toiletries.