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Sahara and Imperial Cities Combined Visit (Three Days)

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Sahara and Imperial Cities Combined Visit (Three Days)

Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ourzazate – Gorge De Dades

Start early morning from Marrakech, crossing Tizi n’Tichka through Ait Benhaddou where you will have lunch. You then carry on to Ourzazate, cross the Valley of Roses where you will stay overnight after visiting its marvellous gorges.

Day 2: Gorge De Dades – Merzouga desert

Merzouga photo
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After breakfast you will pass by Tingher and Arfoud until you get to Merzouga at 4 o’clock, have some tea and then ride camels to your camp. During the ride, you will enjoy the sunset and see the stars.

Day 3: Merzouga – Rachidia – Fes

After enjoying the sunrise over the dunes, we will ride camels through the dunes back to the centre of Merzouga. After your transfer from Merzouga, you will go via Rachidia to Middle which is well-known for its apples then to Ifran towards Fes.

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    Three Day Desert Trek

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    Day 1: Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou – Ourzazate – Gorge De Dades

    Ait Benhaddou photo
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    Start early morning from Marrakech, crossing Tizi n’Tichka through Ait Benhaddou where you will have lunch. You then carry on to Ourzazate, cross the Valley of Roses where you will stay overnight after visiting the spectacular gorges.

    Day 2: Gorge De Dades – Merzouga desert

    After breakfast you will pass by Tingher and Arfoud until you get to Merzouga at 4 o’clock, have some tea and then ride camels to your camp. During the ride, you will enjoy the sunset and see the stars.

    Day 3: Merzouga – Ourzazate – Marrakech

    Get up early to see the sunrise and then ride camels back to the centre of Merzouga. Then transfer back to Marrakech through Anef, Agdez and the Anti-Atlas, arriving in Marrakech at 5 o’clock.

    Note: if you want to want to break the journey, we suggest staying in Ourzazate because there are a lot of things to see such as the famous kasbahs.

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      Four Day Desert Treks

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      Four Day Desert Treks

      Day 1: Marrakech – Tizi n’Tichka pass – Ourzazate – Dades

      Transfer from Marrakech crossing Tizi n’Tichka and pass by a number of Berber villages. You then get to Ourzazate. After lunch, you continue driving to the Valley of Roses to spend some time enjoying the stunning views of the valley and Kasbahs. Overnight is spent in Dades.

      Day 2: Dades – Todra – Tingher – Merzouga

      Drive to Todra Gorges till we come to Merzouga. After that you will ride camels to the camp where you will stay overnight. You will enjoy the desert sunset and spend time under the stars.

      Day 3: Merzouga – Ait Benhaddou

      After a beautiful sunrise, you will ride camels through the dunes returning to meet your drive to transfer you to Ait Benhaddou, a beautiful town and where you will find the most visited Kasbahs in Morocco.

      Day 4: Ait Benhaddou – Marrakech

      After breakfast we will drive back to Marrakech crossing the Tizi n’Tichka pass. You will be in Marrakech by the afternoon.

      Ourzazate photo
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        Three Day Trek Including Ascent of Jebel Toubkal – Alternate Route

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        Imlil Valley

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        Day 1: Marrakech – Imlil – Toubkal Refuge.

        After a transfer Imlil, begin your trek. Heading along the Mizane Valley, first pass the village of Aremd and then onto the shrine of Sidi, which attracts tourists and pilgrims. From here the trail continues to climb steadily, snaking and zigzagging its way up to Toukbal Refuge (3206m) where you will stop for the night.

        Day 2: Toubkal Refuge – Toubkal Summit – Toubkal Refuge

        Early in the morning you make your attempt on the summit of Jebel Toukbal. The walking is relatively straightforward, but the scree and the altitude will make the going quite difficult in parts. The views along the way make the journey more than worthwhile.  When you come back from Toubkal, you sleep again in Toubkal Refuge. 3 or 4 hours up and 3 hours down.

        Day 3: Toubkal Refuge – Imlil – Marrakech.

        Get up and have breakfast. Then descend and have lunch in Aremd village( the highest village in Imlil valley). Then go down to Imlil centre, where you will meet your driver to take you to Marrakech. 5 hours.

        Concerning this alternate route, if you come back to the refuge and you still have time, you can go all the way down to Aremd village, where you will sleep in a guest house. Then on the third day there are many other options; you can walk through Berber villages of Imlil valley or go to the Imnan valley or do another mountain before you go to Marrakech at four or five o’clock.

         

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          Three Day Trek Including Ascent of Jebel Toubkal

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          Jebel Toubkal

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          Day 1: Marrakech – Imlil – Azzaden Valley – Tamsoult Refuge

          After your transfer from Marrakech to Imlil (1,780m), you will set off on a 5 hour trek out of the Imlil Valley and into the Azzaden Valley. Along the way you will pass Tizi n’Mzik at 2,490m; when you get to this pass if you still want to climb, you can do to Tasghimout summit about 2800m. You can see from there both the Imlil and Azzaden valleys. Then you will sleep in  the refuge at Azib n’Tansoult at 2250m.

          Day 2: Tamsoult Refuge – Aguelzim Pass (3650) – Toubkal Refuge

          Today involves a fairly stiff climb out of the Azzaden Valley up to the Toubkal refuge over the Aguelzim mountain pass at 3,560m. Lunch will be taken with spectacular views over the Atlas mountain range. Stay overnight in the Toubkal refuge (Neltner Hut) where you will be sharing a bunk room with other trekkers. Toubkal early the next morning.

          Day 3: Toubkal Refuge – Toubkal summit – Imlil – Marrakech

          Up early for the climb up Toubkal (4,167m) from where, clouds allowing, you will have wonderful views over the Atlas range. Then a long way back down past the refuge and the well-worn path back to Imlil. This is a fairly long day with about 10 hours of trekking, involving 900m up then almost 2,500m back down to Imlil.

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            Four Day Excursion to High Atlas Villages and Valleys

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            High Atlas Trekking

            Itinerary

            Day 1: Marrakech – Imlil – Imnane Valley:

            We leave Marrakech after breakfast and dive to Imlil (1740M). Here you will meet up with your Berber muleteer and guide. We now set off on a hike up to the two villages, Ait Souka and Tamatert, passing through pine trees up to Tizi n’Tamatert (2279m) where we will stop to look down to the Imlil and Imnan valleys before carrying on to Ounsekra, a pretty Berber village, where we will spend the night.

            Day 2: Ouneskra – Imsker:

            Start from Ounsekra down the valleys, passing by some Berber villages (Tinghrin,Ikkis and Amsakro). We continue our walk down to the Imsker village where we stay overnight.

            Day 3: Imsker – Tizi Oussem:

            Our walk will start from Imsker heading up to Tizi n’Lbour (1500m) across the Imi-oughlad. Then,we will pass through juniper trees up to the Tizi n’Tacht pass (2000m) where we w stop, looking down and enjoying the stunning views of the Ait Ouzaden and Imlil valleys. After you enjoy your lunch in the forest under juniper trees, we hike for about 1 hour until we reach the Berber village of Tizi Oussem where we spend the night.

            Day 4: Tizi Oussem – Tizi Mzik-Imlil:

            After breakfast, we hike up to the Tamsoult waterfalls and return back through the juniper forest up to the Tizi Mzik pass (2500m) where you will have lunch and enjoy the lovely panorama over the Imlil valley and Toubkal Summit. Then, transfer back to Marrakech.

             

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              Berber Villages and Valleys: Three Day Excursion

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              Early morning Berber village, Atlas mountains

              Itinerary

              Day 1: Marrakech – Imi Oughlad – Tinzert:

              After you arrival to Marrakech, you will be picked up in the early morning from your hotel and we’ll head towards Imi Oughlad, where you will meet your Berber muleteer and guide. Then,you will start your trip to the Ouirgan National Park. You pass through a number of  wonderful forests where you will find copper-green soil and juniper trees. You will stay the night in a gite in Tinzert, a small and beautiful Berber village. Approx 6 hours.

              Day 2: Tinzert – Azzaden Valley (Ait Aissa):

              On this day you will head up and out of the valley to the amazing views of the Azzaden valley. Then you will spend  the night in the local gite Ait Aissa (1800m). Approx 6 hours walking.

              Day 3: Ait Aissa  – Tizi Mzik – Imlil – Marrakech:

              After breakfast, you will trek up the valley towards Tizi Oussem from where you will head up through juniper trees to get to the Tizi Mzik pass (2489m). Then we hike down to Imlil (1740m) where you will have lunch before you are transferred back to Marrakech. Approx 5 hours.

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                Three Day Toubkal Trek | High Atlas Mountains

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                Our guide Hassan in front of the Jebel Toubkal

                Day 1: Marrakech – Imlil:

                After your night in Marrakech, you will be transferred  to Imlil. Here you will be able to discover the area where you will spend the night in a guesthouse.

                Day 2: Imlil – Toubkal Refuge:

                We will start our day from Armed and then arrive at Sidi Chamharouch which is one of the most  famous  shrines in Morocco. We continue East, climbing and zigzagging our way up to our next stop for the night which is the Toubkal Refuge. Approx 4 to 5 hours walking.

                Day 3: Toubkal Refuge – Summit – Imlil:

                We get up early and walk upward to Jebel Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa, 4167m. The way is straightforward and outside winter and spring, usually achieved without mountaineering experience. The views are utterly magnificent. When you reach the summit, there are unlimited fabulous views in all directions. We will return back down the mountain and back to Imlil. Then transfer back to Marrakech. Approx 9 hours.

                Toubkal Guided Tour

                 

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