4 – 10 April 2027 · 7 flying days · €1000 · 8 students
Winter Academy Morocco
A 7-day multi-discipline flying trip based around Mirleft, Morocco. The goal is simple: fly and learn as much as possible. Depending on the conditions each day you’ll be thermalling with a paraglider, soaring with a parakite, or doing fast top-to-bottoms on a parakite. You progress in your main discipline and get to try new disciplines while you’re at it.
While Europe is just awakening from Winter, you’ll be flying almost every day in reliable Atlantic conditions.
The details
Dates & price
- Dates: 4 – 10 April 2027
- Flying days: 7
- Price: €1000
Included
- 7 days of instruction and guidance from 2 experienced instructors
- Accommodation in a shared room
- Local transport with a private driver
- An online meeting before the course discussing your personal goals & how we can work on them during the course.
Not included
- Flights to Morocco ( 200 euros+-)
- Food & drinks
- Equipment rental (optional, contact us)
Who is this for?
Any paragliding, soaring, or speedflying pilot. We’d prefer it if you’re already comfortable with groundhandling. We’ll do some in Morocco too, but solid groundhandling skills mean more airtime for you. Not sure if you qualify? Just get in touch.
Why Morocco?
We’re based in Mirleft, a small town on Morocco’s Atlantic coast. Within an hour’s drive the terrain ranges from enormous sand dunes to inland hills with strong thermals. The sea keeps the weather stable — in April you can expect good flying conditions nearly every day. On the rare bad weather day, there’s no shortage of nearby towns and markets to explore.
Reliable conditions
The Atlantic keeps things consistent. April is one of the most reliable months for flying the entire Moroccan coast.
Diverse terrain
Sand dunes, coastal cliffs, thermal ridges, and scenic arches — all within an hour’s drive of Mirleft.
Multi-discipline
Light wind? Thermalling. Strong wind? Parakite soaring. Calm? Speedflying. Morocco lets you try it all.
Where we fly
Every site around Mirleft has something different to offer. Here’s where we’ll be spending our time:
Nid d’Aigle
On top of a 200-metre ridge with a take-off right next to a restaurant. Outstanding thermalling and soaring, an amazing training ground for versatile flying.
Plage Blanche
A magical place. It’s a bit of a drive and you even have to cross a river, but you’re rewarded with 30+ km of private sand dunes to play on until the sun goes down.
Aglou Mountain & Beach
Aglou beach has everything from sand dunes to a 100-metre cliff. The mountain take-off is similar to Nid d’Aigle and are great for thermalling with the bonus of landing on the beach.
Legzira Mountain & Arch
The highest of the ridges around Mirleft, with some of the best thermals in the area. You land near Legzira, a town literally built into the side of a cliff. It’s also possible to soar above a stunning natural arch. A genuinely scenic place to fly.
A typical day
We start each morning with a weather and site briefing, then head to whichever site fits the conditions best. If the wind is light and thermic, we go paragliding. Strong wind? We fly parakites. Very little wind and no thermals? We do some speedflying/parakite top-to-bottoms(or normal paraglider if you prefer that).
You fly as much as conditions allow, with coaching on the ground and in the air between flights. On the rare day that the weather doesn’t cooperate, we’ll visit the surrounding towns and markets or just relax in Mirleft.
Your instructors
Simon Doornenbal
Simon has been organising courses in Morocco for a couple of years now. He knows the area very well and will help you get the most out of your flying. Whether that’s your first parakite flight or pushing your thermalling further.
Hamza
Hamza was born in a town right behind Nid d’Aigle and flies there pretty much every day. From acro flying to racing down the road with his parakite, he does it all, and teaches it all. Local knowledge doesn’t get better than this.
What you’ll learn
This is a multi-discipline course, so there’s a lot on the menu. You’ll progress in your main discipline and get proper hands-on time with the others.
Paragliding
- Thermalling
- Top landings
- Descent techniques
- Clean take-offs
- Small XC flying
- Dynamic flying
Soaring (parakite)
- Take-off techniques
- Dynamic flying
- How to fly a parakite
- Strong wind handling
- Top landings with a parakite
Speedflying(top to bottoms with a parakite)
- Take-off techniques
- Landing techniques
- How to stay safe
- Energy management
And much more. Besides all these points we’ve written down it’s also up to you.
What do you want to learn?
Because this course is small scale there will be a lot of attention for your personal goals & development.
Ready to escape the European winter?
Spots are limited. Book your place below or reach out first if you have any questions.
Or reach us directly:
- Simon: +31 6 81701085
- Hamza: +212 700-645664
