High Atlas mountains & desert tour 8 days

We run this trip all year around,

Day 1 : Transfer from Airport to your hotel/riad in Marrakech walk around Marrakech

Day 2 : Marrakech – Imlil Valley 1740m -Azib Tamsoult 2250m

Transfer from Marrakech to Imlil where you will meet your team(guide,cook;mules) than start your trek. Firstly you will pass vie Mzik village to go up to Tizi Mzik 2290m to have a nice view around Imlil valley, this is the highest point of the first day. You will have a lunch under the juniper trees, after lunch you will walk to Tamsoult 2100m for overnight where you will enjoy an amazing view around Azzaden valley. Night at refuge of Tamsoult you will have the opportunity to have a hot shower.

Aprox 5 hours walking

Day 3 : Refuge Tamsoult – Aguelzim Pass 3600m – Refuge Toubkal 3207m

After breakfast you will hike up to the gorges of Aghrghiz, cross waterfalls and go up to Tizi Nglzim 3600m where you will enjoy an amazing view around Atlas mountain and Toubkal Massif. After a short break over there and picnic lunch, you go down to the refuge of Toubkal for overnight. Also you have the chance to have a hot shower. At night you will have the chance to see very nice stars.

Aprox 7 hours walking

Day 4 : Refuge du Toubkal3207m – Toubkal Summit 4167m – Imlil 1740m

Early in the morning we make our attempt on the summit of Jebel Toukbal, the highest peak in Northern Africa. Our route takes us up the south cirque, crossing the stream above the refuge. 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 reach the summit you will see that the vistas across the surrounding landscape are quite breathtaking. From here there are unrestricted views in every direction, from the Marrakesh Plain to the High Atlas in the north and as far south as the Anti-Atlas and the Sahara. We will retrace our steps when we return down the mountain and head back to Imlil for overnight,this is one of the longest days in the trip.

Aprox 10 hours walking.

Day 5 : Imlil Valley – Ait Benhhadou-Ourzazate- Gorge Dades

From Imlil to Dads Gorges via Tichka pass. After your breakfast in Imlil our driver will pick you up. From there you drive to Dads Gorges via Tahnouat, Ait Ourir. Tichka pass is the highest pass in Morocco; after 45min driving from this pass you will arrive to Ait Benhaddou to stop for lunch. After that you drive further to Valley of the Roses, with beautiful views of the Dades valley, valley of a thousand kasbahs. Overnight in Dades.

Day 6 : Gorge Dades – Merzouga dunes(night at berber camp)

After breakfast you drive to Todra Gorge and after a short stop there you drive on to “Auberge Palais des dunes” at the dunes of Erg Chebbi. You will arrive there around 4 and after a short break you will ride with the camels into the dunes, where you will spend the night in Berber tents. After seeing a beautiful sunset you will enjoy a fantastic dinner.

Day 7 : Merzouga – Marrakech city

After viewing the most beautiful sunrise and having breakfast at the camp site you will ride the camels back to the auberge. From there it will be a long day driving back to Marrakech, again via Tichka pass.

Day 8 : departure at anytime you like.