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Over ons

Over Ons

Ons verhaal

The founder of yalla.nl started guiding excursions at the age of 15 and a year later organized a trip to an orphanage in Romania for his high school classmates. He already knew that helping others and organizing trips was his passion. In 1998 he set foot in Morocco for the first time and immediately fell in love with the Arab culture.

Who we are

Yalla is one of our favorite Arabic words and it is a common expression for “come”, “let’s go” and especially “hurry up” in the Arabic language. It is an abbreviation of the traditional Arabic word “Ya Allah”, which literally means “Oh God”. You hear it everywhere, with drivers and guides shouting “Yalla yalla!!!” shouting, which means “Let’s go, let’s go!” means.

We’ve been putting together tailor-made trips since 2011, and since then we’re proud to have helped thousands of travelers around the world make their well-deserved vacation a reality.

Our goal is to provide our travelers with an authentic, local and customized experience that benefits both the traveler and the recipient. We achieve this by only staying in local accommodations, working with guides from the community and giving back to society through NGOs.

What makes Yalla special?

Alles is mogelijk

Bij yalla.nl kennen we geen grenzen, want we hebben met succes reizen georganiseerd voor diverse reizigers en accommodaties, en blijven altijd openstaan voor nieuwe speciale verzoeken.

Op maat

Bij yalla.nl bieden we talloze direct boekbare routes, maar 90% van onze reizen wordt op maat gemaakt, zodat reizigers hun eigen unieke route kunnen samenstellen en aanpassen aan hun persoonlijke voorkeuren, met eindeloze mogelijkheden.

Lokaal

Bij yalla.nl vinden we het belangrijk dat je niet alleen de belangrijkste bezienswaardigheden bezoekt, maar ook de echte cultuur en karakter van het land ervaart, met traditionele huizen, lokale activiteiten, gastgezinnen en regionale gerechten, allemaal verzorgd door lokale mensen die hun persoonlijke verhalen graag met je delen.

Duurzaamheid

At yalla.nl we strive to make your travel experience as sustainable as possible. That is why we are in collaboration with Life Terra and trees are being planted worldwide to offset the CO2 emissions of our trips. We also work closely with small-scale, local accommodations and guides who have lived and worked in the area for a lifetime, so that all income remains in the region. In addition, we sponsor a local NGO at each destination to give back for the hospitality we receive. We are proud of our Travelife certificate, a globally recognized certification for tour operators who work in a sustainable manner. For more information about our sustainability initiatives, visit the ‘Sustainability’ section of our website.