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Four Day Desert Treks

March 23, 2017March 23, 2017 Webmaster Excursions Ait Benhaddou, Dades, Excursion, four day excusrsion, Merzouga, Ourzazate, sahara, Tizi n’Tichka

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.

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Three Day Trek Including Ascent of Jebel Toubkal

March 9, 2017March 23, 2017 Webmaster Excursions Excursion, Imlil, Morocco, refuge, Three Day Excursion, Toubkal, Toubkal ascent, trekking

Itinerary

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

March 9, 2017March 9, 2017 Webmaster Excursions Atlas, Berber, Excursion, four day, Imlil, Tizi Oussem

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

March 8, 2017August 15, 2017 Webmaster Excursions Berber, Excursion, Morocco

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

March 8, 2017March 23, 2017 Webmaster Excursions Atlas, Excursion, guided excursion, Jebel Toubkal, Morocco, mountain, Toubkal, trekking

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.