Responsible Tourism · Commitments

Traveling
Responsibly

Tourism is a positive force – when it’s shaped by respect, awareness, and commitment to people and places.

International Certification

Full certification in progress

Local Guides

Eco-accommodations

Local Communities

Our Values

Respect for Cultures

Authentic, balanced encounters that honor local traditions without staging them for tourism.

Ethics

Fair Work

Fair pay for our guides and partners. Zero tolerance for forced labor, child labor, and any form of exploitation.

Commitment

Local Empowerment

Training young Moroccans, gender equality in our partnerships, direct economic impact for local communities.

Local Impact

Transparency

Sustainability is a living process. We measure, adjust, and improve based on feedback from our travelers, teams, and partners.

Transparency

Our Commitments

Governance & Continuous Improvement

A Sustainable Development Coordinator leads this work, with oversight from management. We track our commitments regularly through feedback from travelers, staff, and partners.

Led by management

Training Our Teams

Every team member is part of this effort, with at least 20 hours of training a year on responsible tourism — so they can guide our travelers well.

20 hrs of training / year

Evolving Our Ecosystem

We favor accommodations genuinely committed to sustainability, share a code of good practice with our partners, and push for continuous improvement — with zero tolerance for forced labor, child labor, discrimination, harassment, or sexual exploitation in tourism.

Partner charter

Supporting Local Communities

We design trips that put money back into the places we visit — local guides, cooperatives, and independent accommodations first.

For every confirmed booking

100 MAD

is donated to a partner association to support social or environmental impact projects in Morocco.

For every confirmed booking, 100 MAD is donated to a partner association to support social or environmental impact projects in Morocco.

Respecting Our Destinations

Our itineraries are built to preserve natural and cultural heritage. We never offer activities involving captive wild animals, we favor local guides, and we choose more responsible transport — like the train — whenever we can.

Ethical itineraries

Supporting Our Travelers

Every traveler can make a difference. Before departure, we share a Traveler's Road Book with practical tips for respecting local cultures, protecting natural resources, and cutting down on waste.

Traveler's Road Book

Measuring & Improving

Sustainability means constant improvement. We track our commitments through regular feedback from travelers, staff, and partners, so we can keep refining our practices and deepening the impact of every trip.

Impact tracking & measurement

International Certification

Travelife Commitment

International sustainable tourism certification program for travel agencies and tour operators.

Step 1 — Travelife Committed
Completed
Step 2 — Travelife Partner
Current
Step 3 — Travelife Certified
In progress

Our Travelife Commitment

Our company has achieved Travelife Partner recognition.

Travelife Partner is the entry recognition level within the international Travelife sustainability programme for tour operators and travel agents. This recognition confirms our commitment to further improving the sustainability of our business operations through a structured sustainability management system and the implementation of recognised sustainability practices.

Travelife Partner recognition is awarded following an independent assessment based on the Travelife Partner criteria. During this assessment, our sustainability policy, objectives, management system, implementation of key sustainability practices and supporting documentation are evaluated against 60 mandatory sustainability criteria.

To maintain this recognition, our company is independently reassessed every two years to verify that we continue to comply with the Travelife Partner criteria.

Travelife Partner also provides the basis for progressing to the highest recognition level: Travelife Certified. This recognition is awarded following a comprehensive independent on-site audit based on the Travelife Certified criteria. This standard comprises more than 200 mandatory sustainability criteria and verifies the implementation of sustainability management and sustainability practices throughout the entire organisation.

More information about the Travelife programme, the different recognition levels, the validity of our current Travelife Partner recognition and the Travelife criteria can be found on the Travelife information website for travelers: 

En savoir plus sur le programme Travelife

Official Travelife Statement

Travelife is a three-step certification program for travel agencies and tour operators :

  1. Travelife Committed
  2. Travelife Partner
  3. Travelife Certified

We’re currently at Step 2 – Travelife Partner, and actively working toward Step 3 – Travelife Certified.

Questions about our commitments

Yasmine Ben Essalah — Sustainable Development Coordinator

Questions about our commitments

Yasmine Ben Essalah — Sustainable Development Coordinator

Our mission

Rif Planète is a team of passionate travelers driven by one conviction: to help you experience Morocco through its landscapes, its people, and its traditions — from north to south, at your own pace.

We put real emphasis on empowering local communities, working with partners who guarantee fair working conditions and equal opportunity.

Tourisme responsable au Maroc | Rif Planète — Certifié Travelife

A responsible trip
is also a better trip.

Genuine encounters, local accommodations, and guides who know the land – that’s what makes a trip unforgettable.