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Trekking in Morocco Mohamed Aztat www.guidedtrek.com www.atlastrekshop.com E.mail:aztat.trek@gmail.com Tel : 00212 6 68 76 01 65 Morocco is a great destination with wonderful trails, wild mountains, fascinating people and a dozen summits over 4000 metres high - they're not called the High Atlas for nothing! Lower elevation treks are available too. English speaking guide(s) cook your meals, and mules carry all the essentials so you can enjoy travelling light and spend your day exploring ancient villages, pastoral valleys and hidden passes that lead to panoramic ridges. Far above dramatic stark crags and rocky trails contrast with terraced village gardens and ruined kasbahs. You can wander at will and perhaps bag a few peaks. Private treks of the High Atlas & Desert for all abilities can be arranged for any duration at a fixed daily rate depending on number of people travelling. Transfers to the starting points and from the final destination are available from Marrakech or from elswhere. My trekking itineraries are designed to be integrated into a tailor-made holiday and are, therefore, independent and private to each client rather than fixed date departures of large groups and because of this freedom they have become very popular with those who really wish to get away from it all. With our trekking you can enjoy the incredible beauty of the Atlas Mountain region at your chosen pace and for the duration and route of your preference. |
Mgoun Region MGOUN SUMMIT 4068m 8DAYS/7NIGHTS Located in the Central High Atlas, the Aďt Bouguemez and M’Goun valleys, right in the middle of the highest ranges of the massif, are undoubtedly the most beautiful and spectacular ones of the High Atlas. This trek leads from the Aďt Bouguemez valley down to the M’Goun valley and gorges through an endless variety of sites. This is for sure one of the most beautiful treks offered by the Moroccan mountains ! |
Desert Circuits We are often asked about camel treks in the Erg Chebbi dunes from the village of Mersouga. One night in the desert is enough for some, while others dream of being part of a caravan and going on a journey. Whatever your dream, we can arrange it. Treks include all meals, desert bivouac with mattresses and bedding, camels!, and guide. **3Days trip : Day 01: Transfer to World Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou backdrop for more than 20 films, crossing the spectacular Tizi n’Tichka Pass of the High Atlas mountains. You will pass through many Berber villages, and once in the desert, riverside oasis and barren hillsides are clustered with Kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house many families and their livestock). Transport to Valley of the Roses, Moroccan dinner and evening at a typical small hotel with beautiful views of the Dades valley, valley of a thousand kasbahs. Overnight in Dades. Day 02: Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the Dades Valley to Todra Gorge: a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains, rising to 300 m in a narrow valley with palmeries and Berber villages. After lunch you will transport further into the desert to the tiny village of Mersouga, where you will overnight camel trek into the beautiful Erg Chebbi dunes - the highest in Morocco. One and a half hour camel ride at sunset to a Berber dinner and sleep under the stars or in tents at a desert camp. Day 03: Views of sunrise in the desert by camel and return to Merzouga. Depart for evening arrival in Marrakech over the High Atlas Mountains. This trip can be extended by one day to include a visit to Zagora, the gateway city to Sahara, overnight camel bivouac, and 4x4 through the Saghro mountains to Mersouga. |
Sking in Morocco Ski touring and cross country trekking programme Day1: arrive to the airoport then transfer to the hotel in the medina ( marrakech ) Day2: Marrakech—ourika valley—oukaimeden. At 8 in the morning we set out from your hotel in marrakech for a pleasant drive south through the beautiful ourika valley untill we reach the winter ski resort of oukaimeden. Pack our skis on our back to take a ride on the ski lift up to the summit 3258m to practice our downhill piste slalom to get to our field picnic on the plateau of oukaimeden. After lunch we set off towards the south to ski cross-country up the assif n'ait iren until we reach the col of tizi n'addi 29991m from where the view is stunning ; the panorama of adrar n'inghmar and jbel Bouignouane3882m, aksoual3773m, and mighty toubkal 4167m after some 1h30. from the col we can pack our skis onto the mules and put on our hiking boots to hike down to theberber village of wanskra where we stay for 2 nights in a gite d'etape. Day3: Ounskra—Bouignouane—ounskra.afte r breakfast with our rucksacks and skis on the backs of our sturdy mules, we set off on a 1hour hike to the foot of the jbel Bouignouane. Here we put on our ski and skins to reach the summit (3882m) where we shall picnic, camerasat ready, amidst apanorama of the high atlas valleys. From here we ski back down to the valley, place our skis on mule back and change our hiking boots to return to our gite d'etape.
Day4: ounskra—tizi n'likemet—tizi n'tamatert—imlil.after breakfast , again with rucksaks and skis on our mules, we hike south across the valley to the foot of tizi n'likemet 3615m. putting on our skis and skins, we go to the summit of this col, long ski down to where ourmules await us , take a picnic then we change into our hiking boots to trek westwards along the upper valley, passing through the tizi n'tamatert and its berber village until we reach the village of imlil , known as Morocco's " little chamonix", to our accommodation in a gite d'etape and a very welcome dinner.
Day5: imlil—armed—sidi chamharouch—toubkal refuge. ater breakfast we shall be hiking for some 4kms. Towardsthe south along the assif n'ait misane valley and the atart mountain slopes to the berber village of armed, whose pisé terraced housing perches on moraine spur, through tourirt, targa imoula , tagadirt to the equally-quaint sacred village of sidi chamharouch, set beside a waterfall and small stream. Here after some 8 kms, we shall stop for our picnic by this waterfall. Now, with our skis and skins, we set off out up for 3 hours to the toubkal hut 3207m., which, incidentally sets the spring snow level .
Day6: toubkal refuge—summit toubkal—toubkal refuge. After breakfast , skis and skins fixed, backpacks stripped down, its up some 900m to the summit of this the highest peak in north africa. Our picnic lunch will be taken up here, with plenty of time for photographs. Telemark ski descent back to the toubkal refuge is of between 20 to 25 minutes, but, doubtless, you will find other areas to visit on ski, subject to your fitness level. Overnight accommodation in the refuge and berber dinner.
Day7: toubkal refuge—bouginnoussen—sidi chamharouch—imlil. Breakfast , then it's skis and skins up to the summit of nearby bouginnoussen 3800m, which present another photo-op- whilst we have some light refreshment- before making a spectacular and exhilarating telemark descent back down to the toubkal refuge. Here, around midday, we shall take our picnic, load our baggage and skidown to sidi chamharouch. From here a gentle hike back to imlil, night in a gite
Day8: back to marrakech via asni and tahannaoute |
day trip from Marrakech Day 1 : Drive from Marrakech to the little village of Imlil (1h30mn) : IMLIL - AROUMD - SIDI CHAMHAROUCH - IMLIL. We set off today towards the southwest skirting the Berber town of Imlil (1740m), known as Morocco ’s ‘Little Chamonix’, set, as we are, in the upper level foothills of the Western High Atlas mountains of the Toubkal National Park. With streams and paths branching out in all directions, we traverse the Tamatert Valley until we reach the hamlet of Achelm to strike out for some 4km towards the south towards the Berber village of Aroumd (Aremd) (1843m), passing the hamlets of Taourirt, Targa, and Imoula, up and down the stark slopes, the jagged Western High Atlas peaks of the Jbel Toubkal Massif - at 4167m the highest peak in North Africa - before us, with her awe-inspiring sister peaks the Jbels Aguelzim (3547m), Aksouâl (3847m) and the Adrar Adj (3122m) watching us all the way. We shall stop at Aroumd to visit this rather singular village in the Assif Aďt Mizane Valley , built seemingly house upon house on a large moraine spur overlooking ancient irrigated terraced fields of barley, corn and vegetables and always surrounded by almond and walnut trees. We thence carry on for another 8km.to the equally-quaint village of Sidi Chamharouch, a Berber village set beside a waterfall and small stream, again with its pisé homes seemingly built somewhat chaotically one into another. This village is a place of pilgrimage for devout Moslems and it is where there is a marabout shrine – forbidden to non-Moslems - said to be a relic of a pre-Islamic religious and naturalist cult. We take a break for a picnic, within full view of Jbel Toubkal, prior to setting off back down the other side of the valley at a gentle pace back to the delightful Douar ACHAYN . IMLIL - TIZI n'TAMATERT - TINERHOURHINE - IKISS - AMSSAKROU - TIZI N'AGUERSSIOUAL - AGUERSSIOUAL - TADDART - AIT SOUKA - IMLIL. With the mighty Jbel Toubkal - at 4167m the highest peak in the Maghreb - and her sisters Aguelzim (3547m) and Aksouâl (3847m) almost within touching distance, we set off on our private, guided hike towards the east along the Tamatert Valley to turn north after some 50 minutes up into and through the Tizi n’Tamatert (229m) of the Aourirt N’Ouassif (2274m) and down via the Berber village of Tinerhourhine into the Valley of the Oued Imenane. We follow this Valley north, with the Jbel Oukaďmeden (3268m) to our right, along winding mule trails through almond, walnut and apple groves and terraced Berber hamlets, all seeming to cling precariously to the mountain slopes. The majority of the villages we shall see on our hike are built of pisé, dug from the earth of the surrounding slopes. Our piste takes us on to the village of Ikiss and up to the village of Amssakrou where, after some 3 hours hiking, we’ll stop for our field picnic surrounded by the mountains of the Jbel Oukaďmeden, Tizi n’Ou Arg (2258m) and the Tizi n’Tiratene (2268m). Once refreshed, we turn towards the west along mule trails and alongside some naked escarpments up into and through the Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl (1767m) and through a couloir of grey and ochre rocks until we reach the main village of Aguerssiouâl in the Assif n’ Aďt Mizane Valley (2664m). From here we set off south back up the valley towards the impressive peaks of Jbel Toubkal, Aguelzim and Aksouâl until we walk through the village of Taddart on to the village of Imlil then up to the gite situated in Achayn Village |
Cheap Accommodation In Imlil " atlas mountain" Dar Adrar : Guesthouse in Imlil www.daradrar.com Tel : 00212 6 68 76 01 65 " Dar Adrar ; A lovely place at the top of Imlil, Dar adrar is run by one of the star guides of the atlas, Mohamed Aztat, and has great views, peaceful rooms, hot shower and an in-house hammam " From the lonelyPlanet guidebook |
Toubkal trekking & imlil guide www.atlastrekshop.co.uk TOUBKAL SUMMIT CLIMB : 2 DAYS/ 1 NIGHT Day1 : imlil -sidi chamharouch - toubkal refuge. :departure of the hike from little Berber touwn , know as Morocco’s litte chamonix set in the upper level foothills of the western high atlas mountains, a main trailhead with mule paths branching out in all directions .towards the south up the berber villges of around , taourirt , achaynup and down the stark slopes, the magnifificent western high atlas peaks of the toubkal massif immediately before us. We shall stop at around to visit this rather singular village in the imlil valley, built seemingly house upon house on large moraine spur , overlooking ancient irrigated terraced fields of fruit trees and vegetables.we thence carry on for a further 8 km .to the equally-quaint village (shrine ) of sidi chamharouch, a berber village set beside a waterfall and small stream, again with the its pisé homes seemingly built somewhat chaotically one into another. This village is a place of pilgrimage for the devout Moslems and it is where there is a marabout shrine-forbidden to non moslems and said to be a relic of pre-islamic religious cult. We take a break for a picnic, within full view of jbel toubkal , at 4165m the highest peakin north africa , prior to setting off up to the toubkal refuge for our dinner , bivouac or overnight accommodation in the refuge(3207m). (5 hours ). Day2 : toubkal refuge- summit – all way back to imlil: out at around 5 /6in the morning to attain, after 3 hour steep climb, the highest peak in the maghreb.the panorama from the summit is simply stunning.this remarkable climb and view is really worth the effort . whenever you are ready , we shall descent via the ihibi sud- or south circuit- for a straightforward 2to 3 hours descent back to the refuge and our picnic . this afternoon we shall take the way down hill back to imlil ( allow 3 and half hours ) 8 hours in total. |
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