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4 Day Trekking to Toubkal Massif in the Atlas Mountains

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Available in English Hotel Pick up included

Activity Schedule

  • When does it run?

    Daily

  • Duration

    4 Days / 3 Nights

  • Start time

    Start time: 0900h (09:00 am)
    Duration: 4 Days / 3 Nights

  • Meeting Point
    Pick up from your hotel. (Please mention your hotel name and address at the time of booking. If you do not have this information now, our customer service executives will get in touch and confirm the details)
  • Ending Point

    Your hotel in Marrakech

Key Highlights

  • This tour offers a great range of rewarding hikes including Jbel Toubkal the highest peak in the Atlas Mountains
  • 3 nights accommodation is included in traditional Berber Accommodation
  • The tour is led by an expert mountain guide

Overview

On this trekking tour in the High Atlas Mountains, explore the natural beauty from as close as it gets. After an exhilarating drive across beautiful gorges, you begin your trek from Tizi n’Tacht on mules. The mule trails take you through beautiful valleys and peaks.

Visit the Berber villages and interact with the natives to get a first-hand account of the life and traditions of these nomadic people. See the fertile valleys of Atlas Mountains with terraced, irrigated plots and fields of maize, onions and fruit trees.

As you take a steep uphill climb to the summit of Jbel Toubkal, one of the highest peaks in North Africa, enjoy wonderful views of cascades, valleys and peaks.

Itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech - Imi Ourghlad - Tizi n'Tacht - Tizziane

You will be picked up from your hotel in Marrakech at 0900h (09:00 am). You will travel in a private car accompanied by an English-speaking guide.

You will take an exhilarating drive through the winding road and Moulay Brahim Gorges of the Upper Valley. Here we alight from our vehicle and meet up with our Berber muleteer crew. We set off from 1740m up in a south-westerly direction for a 2 hour acclimatisation hike along mule tracks to the Tizi n'Tacht (2000m), where we shall stop for a field picnic and to admire the surrounding valleys and peaks.

In the afternoon take a slow hike for about 3 hours southwest down along mule tracks to the red clay village of Tizziane (1700m). Here we will enjoy dinner and find our campsite for the night.

Day 2: Tizziane - N'Ouissedene Valley - Tizi n'Oussem - Âazib Tamsoult

After breakfast we now set off on an interesting 3 hour hike up along the Assif n'Ouissedene Valley. We will pass through almond groves and several Berber villages, to the hamlet of Tissi Oussem (1800m) and the Âazib Tamsoult (2250m), where we'll stop for our field picnic.

In the afternoon we hike for a further 2 hours to the Tamsoult Cascade (2204m), then back down for another hour to the Âazib for dinner and overnight at a campsite 2700m above the Assif n'Ouarzane Valley.

Day 3: Âazib Tamsoult - Tizi Aguelzim - Toubkal Refuge

After breakfast, we set out eastwards on a moderately difficult hike up winding mule tracks to the Tizi Aguelzim (3104m) with our field picnic taken en route. In the afternoon a further 3 hours south-east to the Toubkal (ex Neltner) Refuge which marks the spring snowline at 3207m, where we shall have our dinner and camp for night.

Day 4: Toubkal Refuge - Summit Jbel Toubkal - Sidi Chamharouch - Aroumd - Imlil - Marrakech

A very early breakfast to set out around 5am., to the lure of a spectacular sunrise and attain, after a three hour steep climb, the highest peak in the Maghreb (4167m). The panorama from here is simply stunning. This remarkable climb and view is what you have come so far for. The first recorded climb of this peak, in 1923, was made by the French mountaineers V. Berger, M. Doubleau and the Marquis de Segonzae; many serious trekkers since then have made the highly rewardable effort. Whenever you are ready, we shall take the Ikkhibi Sud or South Cirque for a straightforward – with your guide - 2 to 3 hour descent back to the Refuge for a picnic. Should there be intrepid hikers who prefer to “do” this peak in winter, morning fog and snow levels might preclude reaching the summit. In this event, we shall advise you, prior to setting out from Marrakech, of an alternative peak climb nearby.

We shall now set off towards the north along steeply descending, zigzagging trails of the higher slopes of the Valley of the Assif n’Isouhouanem n’Ouagounss towards the Berber village of Sidi Chamharouch (3106m). Set beside a waterfall, with its homes surprisingly built one into the other, it is yet another sight to be enjoyed. There is a pilgrimage ‘marabout’ shrine here, probably the remnant of a pre-Islamic culture, but forbidden to non-Muslims and, on leaving the village, we shall notice a tree, sacred to the local Berbers, where they hang strips of coloured cloth and pile up stones as we descend high above the valley of the Assif Mizane, down zigzagging trails around granite and basalt grey rocks for about 8km.to the remarkable village of Aroumd (Aremd) (1840m), built on a spur of rock commanding one of the more fertile valleys of the High Atlas mountains with terraced, irrigated plots and fields of maize, onions and fruit trees on all sides. Here we shall stop for our field picnic prior to continuing on along the floor of the valley, thence up a well-defined mule track zigzagging above the river for some 4km. to arrive, finally, in the late afternoon at around 5., after a long day’s activity, at the Berber village of Imlil (1740m), with its paths and streams branching off in all directions, to enjoy a glass of mint tea - or three - at the gîte d’étape of our senior guide before rejoining our vehicle at around 4.30 to take us back to Marrakech.

Inclusions & Exclusions

Inclusions

  • Breakfast
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Cook
  • All transfers
  • Tents and undermats
  • Accommodation
  • An experienced licensed bi-lingual mountain guide

Exclusions

  • Bottled or gaseous water
  • Gratuities to guide/muleteer
  • Any expenditure of personal nature
  • Medical or accident insurance outside of the vehicle

Please note

Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to start of the tour for reconfirming the departure details.

You need to be reasonably confident of your fitness and endurance levels, preferably having had previous experience of trekking at altitude and variations of climate.

On all hikes over 24 hours hire of portaloo chemical toilet per day 275 Moroccan Dirham

Those vegetarians or vegans amongst us need to pre-advise at time of reservation.

Please ensure, at time of reservation, you advise us of your choice between bivouac or Refuge accommodation in those areas where you are given a choice. The Refuge can be booked solid at certain times of the year.

In the event of bivouacking vice overnighting in the Refuge, the price should be reduced by £8 per person per night.

Additional info

The confirmation voucher includes the local activity operator’s contact details and local telephone numbers at the destination. They will happily answer any logistical questions you may have.Meals are normally:-Breakfast - tea, coffee, milk, bread, butter, jam, cheese, cereal.Picnic lunch - fresh Moroccan salad, cheese, tinned tuna fish , bread, fruit, mint tea.Dinner - Tajine (chicken or mutton ), couscous or spaghetti rotated according to the duration of the trek; bread, coffee, mint tea, cake, fruit.

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