Morocco Adventure Tours

The High Valley Trek

toubkal hikers

DAY 1: MARRAKECH - IMLIL - IMENANE VALLEY - TACHEDDIRT.

After Breakfast, our driver will come to take you to Imlil where your trekking crew will be waiting fro you to greet you and load your belongings and all you need for the journey on mules. Imlil (7400 ft), known also as Morocco's 'Little Chamonix is way up into the foothills of the Western High Atlas ranges where our trailhead for your journey starts. You will set out along a trail of supreme natural beauty with streams and paths branching out all around you through fields of wheat and orchards of walnut, apple and cherry trees. Hike eastward for almost two hours to reach the Tizi n'Tamatert (2272m). Here we will take a pause to admire the village life and the view on the Imlil and Imenane Valley and its cliff hanging villages all the way to Mount Oukaimden(9700 ft) at the horizon. Our afternoon will carry on along the upper valley slopes for another hour or so to the villages of first Ouaneskra and then Amghedoul (6100 ft) set amidst terraced plots of land carved from the hard slopes. We will hike to reach the pretty - and the oldest - Berber village in the Toubkal Massif - Tacheddirt (6400 ft), set amongst terraced plots clawed from the surrounding craggy slopes, where we'll stay overnight in a Gite (Bereber House with hot shower).

DAY 2: TACHEDDIRT - IAABASSENE - TIMICHI.

Today we will wake up with the villagers to enjoy their early activities and have a full Berber breakfast fresh from the oven. After breakfast we start our day hike south-eastwards to the terraced village of Timichi (5200 ft), at the western side of the Ourika Valley. Our hike will be around 3 hours in the morning up the Tizi n'Tacheddirt (9600 ft), hiking in this valley offers us a stunning panoramic view of the Jebel Aksouâl (11400 ft) on one side and of Bou Iguenouane (12600 ft) and Angour (12200 ft) on the other. This by far an excellent introduction to the lash valley of Ourika and its terraces. After a picnic lunch next to a natural spring , we shall cross the pass and continue on down through the rocks north-east for a further three hours until we reach the Berber village of Laabassene (6400ft). Later we will proceed down the valley to the old village of Timichi, set amongst ancient nut trees, where we'll have our dinner and stay overnight in a Berber family home.

DAY 3: TIMICHI - ISGHOUARNE - AGADIR N'AÏT BOULMANE - SETTI FADMA.

We will enjoy breakfast with a Berber family then start our hike for a couple hours in the morning to reach the lower slopes of this lush valley full of all sorts of vegetables and fruits groves. Here is where the Eurika valley takes its flow from so many springs scattered all over the foot hills of these mountains. We will hike down to Isghouarne and Agadir n'Aït Boulmane to arrive at the venerated Berber village of Setti Fadma. Lunch will be under thousand years old walnut trees, with waterfalls in the backdrop and hissing streams flowing all around. This is just as close as you can get to heaven on earth, an ethereal setting hard ot find even in mythical books. Relax and reflect on a journey in nature at its best befor we leave our mule caravanf and Cease our vehicle in late afternoon that would lead us back to Marrakech.

What is Included:

Land transportation from Marrakech to Imlil
Porters of goods on horses and mules
State of the arts camping equipment
Lodging in Berber homes,
Full board 3 meals a day
Music and dance with the Berbers in the gites local ambiance
Well trained mountain Guides

Cost per person: $360.00

What to bring:

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY - GRADE ONE -

GRADE ONE - WALKING MOSTLY ON PATHS AT LOWER LEVELS, SOMETIMES ROCKY, SELDOM FLAT, FOR ABOUT 5 TODAY. GOOD TRAINERS WOULD DO, BUT TAKE BOOTS IF YOU ARE USED TO THEM. FOR ANYONE WHO LEADS A REASONABLY ACTIVE LIFE. HIKING ALWAYS INVOLVES SOME EFFORT.

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