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What is it?
This is the newest, most
adventurous and unique destination for corporate trainers. We provide you
with an exciting destination, logistical support, staff, equipment, and
safety needed to give your program the edge of professionalism and true
adventure without the associated hazards. Most other destinations available
for corporate team building are known and used by other organizers and
easily accessible to everybody. This is the only corporate team building
program in the challenging Sahara Desert and SaharaTrek is proud to be the
only company making it available to you.
The Location:
Southern Morocco in the Sahara
Desert, well south of Ouarzazate and hours from civilization.
The Group:
Our program is designed to be
conducted with at least 2 sets of 5 person teams. Past experience has shown
that teams of four or five are good for providing the opportunity for
leaders to emerge while all team members will need to be actively involved
to be successful. Dividing the group into teams adds a competitive element
while encouraging and enabling more participation, activity, and creativity,
as well as making the trainer's job easier.
The Equipment:
Each group will be given the same
equipment: a map (in a non-standard language), a Brunton lensatic compass, 6
hours worth of water, 3 camels, and a nomad camel herder (who only speaks
Arabic). In addition the groups will be provided with the general location
of their mid-day lunch-stop and of the next camp where all the teams will
rendezvous for the evening.
The Program*:
Upon the clients’ arrival in
Ouarzazate they'll be transferred to our Sahara base camp where they will
spend the first night in a Nomad style camp. Every morning the group is
randomly broken up into equal teams of 5 members each. Each team will be
given the same equipment and then set out into the Sahara looking for its
own mid-day lunch-stop which contains food, water, and a safety Jeep. After
lunch and re-supply at the lunch-stop, the teams continue their trek,
converging at a Nomad camp where they'll be able to relax, refresh, dine,
and discuss their first day of adventure before sleeping. This is the time
for the trainer to review what was learned, the problems faced, and how they
relate to the business world. The program is repeated for the second day
when the group is again randomly broken up into equal teams and the trek
moves forward to another waiting mid-day lunch-stop and another nomad camp
for the evening. The third and final day is a half day race to a common
end-point, the 300' high dunes of the Erg Zhigaga where you'll meet a
waiting Land Rover with a chilled bottle of champagne for the winning team.
They'll have some time to explore the dunes together before heading back to
Ouarzazate after lunch in the shadows of Erg Zhigaga. Clients spend the
last night of the program at the 4-star Hotel Belere where they'll be
treated to a gala dinner. In the morning a mini-bus will be waiting to
transfer the clients to the Ouarzazate airport.
The Goal:
The perceived goal for the clients is
easy: survival. Only you as the trainer will know the layers of safety built
into the program. Each team will need to use their collective skills in
problem solving, critical thinking, clear communication, collaboration and
teamwork to be successful, teaching themselves many of the lessons they'll
need to learn in a dynamic environment.
The Learning Opportunities:
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Non-standard language maps:
sometimes you have the information you need, but can't make sense of it.
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General locations of way-points: the
directions for any project will get you close, but there is always some
correction needed and a period of searching for the correct solution.
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Arabic speaking guides: even when
involved on the same project, not everyone seems to speak the same
language.
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Changing teams: people are always on
the move within an organization and the speed with which the organization
adapts determines its success.
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Limited water: project deadlines and
goals need to be met within a specific time frame.
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Limited camels: when a project has
limited resources you have to determine the best use for them within your
situation.
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Remote location: you are on your own
and there is no one who can help you outside of your organization. Each
team member is vital to achieving the goal, and the group needs to
collaborate, support, communicate, and learn to use conflict in a positive
rather than a destructive way.
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Orienteering: either through
consensus or leadership, someone has to pick the direction using the
information available and say "it's that way" without wasting time in
discussion or hesitation (time is of the essence).
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Survival: the right choice means
survival and continuance of the group toward your goal, a wrong choice
could be disastrous.
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Chilled Champagne: to the victors go
the spoils.
Additional Travel Options:
*The program presented is only a
suggested syllabus. Our programs are fully customizable to meet your
requirements. |
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