5-Day Berber Villages Trek
Overview
Trekking and hiking in Morocco can involve all types of mountain sports lovers from all levels, and a whole lot in between. And yet, it’s safe to say that hiking is not what Morocco is best known for. But think about walking through stunning views of the High Atlas and gorgeous, beautiful Berber villages that give you a chance to learn about one of the ancient cultures in the world.
What’s Included
- Expert Mountain guide
- Transportation
- Accomodations
- All meals are included
- Mules
- Sleeping bags
What’s Extra
- Drinks
- Tipping
- Personal Expenses
Itinerary
Day 2
TIZZIANE – TIZI N'TAGHRHOURTE – D'KNT
After breakfast you set off on your hike up along the Assif n'Ait oussaden Valley , passing through the walnuts groves , up to Tizi n'taghrhourte (1995m )and through to a rare almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring, where you will stop for lunch amidst and awesome silence after some 2 and half hours relatively easy walking .our afternoon's hike takes us down along the edges of the forest until we reach the Berber village of D'knt (1870m) or Agouns n Assoul where you will have our dinner and spent the night in a gite or guesthouse / bivouac.
Day 4
TIZI OUSSEM - TIZI M'ZZIK -- IMLIL
Trek to a the small waterfall at Azib Tamsoulte and return to cross the Tizi 'n Mzik pass (2,500m). We join the main Toubkal Valley at Imlil (1,800m), where we have lunch and spend the night in our Guesthouse Riad Atlas Prestige / Atlas toubkal.
Day 1
MARRAKECH –IMI OUGHLAD –TIZI N'TACHTE – TIZIANE
Your Marrakech 5 days Atlas trek to visit Berber villages depart from your hotel to Imi Oughlad village .
Where you meet up with Berber muleteer crew . We set off up in north-westerly direction for a 2 hour acclimatization hike up switchback mule tracks , passing by cornfields woods pine and juniper to the tiz n'tachete (2000m),where we shall stop to look back down on the Ait mizzan and Azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to imi n'ifri for Your lunch .then a slow hike for about 2 hours south-west down along a dirt track to Assif n' Ouzaden and the red clay terraced village of Tiziane ( 1750 m )for our accommodation in gite or guest house / confort Lodge stay
Day 3
D'KNT – TIZI N'TAGDALTE – TIZI OUSSEM
You start your morning with a 3-hour hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn and barley, greeting the many sheep and goat herders, as well as women and children bent over with 20kg loads of faggots and dried herbs. You traverse the Tizi n'Tagdalte and descend among the juniper trees until we come to a small spring set among the trees, where we will stop for our picnic. Once refreshed, you continue down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3 hours until you reach a small river at the beginning of the Valley of Assif n'Ait Oussaden. From here, you enter the village of Tizi Oussem (1850m) and then proceed up to the summer village of Tamsoult for your camp or mountain hut.
Day 5
IMLIL – TIZI N TAMATERT – IKKISS – AGERSIOUAL - MARRAKECH
A 6 to 7 hour trek past Berber hamlets and 2 mountain passes,. The route is circular, taking in as much scenery and natural beauty as is possible. Today walk begins by heading east from Imlil (1,740m) along the Tamatert Valley before turning north through the pass Tizi n’Tamatert (2,300m) and down via the Berber village of Tinerhourhine into the Imenane Valley. This Valley is then followed to the north, along winding mule trails through almond, walnut and apple groves and terraced Berber hamlets to the villages of Ikiss and up to Amssakrou. Here a picnic lunch is normally taken, offering a superb view of the peak of Jbel Oukaïmeden (3,268m) and the 2 passes, Tizi n’Ou Arg (2,258m) andTizi n’Tiratene (2,268m). The return is in a westerly direction via the pass, Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl, then through the Assif n’ Ait Mizane Valley and back to Imlil. Next the walk continues along mule trails and past escarpments through the Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl Pass (1,767m) and on to the village of Aguerssiouâl in the Assif n’ Ait Mizane Valley (2,664m) and then south back up the Valley towards the peaks of Jbel Toubkal, Aguelzim and Aksouâl to the villages of Taddart and Ait Souka where the walk heads east back in Imlil prior
Day 1
MARRAKECH –IMI OUGHLAD –TIZI N'TACHTE – TIZIANE
Your Marrakech 5 days Atlas trek to visit Berber villages depart from your hotel to Imi Oughlad village .
Where you meet up with Berber muleteer crew . We set off up in north-westerly direction for a 2 hour acclimatization hike up switchback mule tracks , passing by cornfields woods pine and juniper to the tiz n'tachete (2000m),where we shall stop to look back down on the Ait mizzan and Azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to imi n'ifri for Your lunch .then a slow hike for about 2 hours south-west down along a dirt track to Assif n' Ouzaden and the red clay terraced village of Tiziane ( 1750 m )for our accommodation in gite or guest house / confort Lodge stay
Day 2
TIZZIANE – TIZI N'TAGHRHOURTE – D'KNT
After breakfast you set off on your hike up along the Assif n'Ait oussaden Valley , passing through the walnuts groves , up to Tizi n'taghrhourte (1995m )and through to a rare almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring, where you will stop for lunch amidst and awesome silence after some 2 and half hours relatively easy walking .our afternoon's hike takes us down along the edges of the forest until we reach the Berber village of D'knt (1870m) or Agouns n Assoul where you will have our dinner and spent the night in a gite or guesthouse / bivouac.
Day 3
D'KNT – TIZI N'TAGDALTE – TIZI OUSSEM
You start your morning with a 3-hour hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn and barley, greeting the many sheep and goat herders, as well as women and children bent over with 20kg loads of faggots and dried herbs. You traverse the Tizi n'Tagdalte and descend among the juniper trees until we come to a small spring set among the trees, where we will stop for our picnic. Once refreshed, you continue down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3 hours until you reach a small river at the beginning of the Valley of Assif n'Ait Oussaden. From here, you enter the village of Tizi Oussem (1850m) and then proceed up to the summer village of Tamsoult for your camp or mountain hut.
Day 4
TIZI OUSSEM - TIZI M'ZZIK -- IMLIL
Trek to a the small waterfall at Azib Tamsoulte and return to cross the Tizi 'n Mzik pass (2,500m). We join the main Toubkal Valley at Imlil (1,800m), where we have lunch and spend the night in our Guesthouse Riad Atlas Prestige / Atlas toubkal.
Day 5
IMLIL – TIZI N TAMATERT – IKKISS – AGERSIOUAL - MARRAKECH
A 6 to 7 hour trek past Berber hamlets and 2 mountain passes,. The route is circular, taking in as much scenery and natural beauty as is possible. Today walk begins by heading east from Imlil (1,740m) along the Tamatert Valley before turning north through the pass Tizi n’Tamatert (2,300m) and down via the Berber village of Tinerhourhine into the Imenane Valley. This Valley is then followed to the north, along winding mule trails through almond, walnut and apple groves and terraced Berber hamlets to the villages of Ikiss and up to Amssakrou. Here a picnic lunch is normally taken, offering a superb view of the peak of Jbel Oukaïmeden (3,268m) and the 2 passes, Tizi n’Ou Arg (2,258m) andTizi n’Tiratene (2,268m). The return is in a westerly direction via the pass, Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl, then through the Assif n’ Ait Mizane Valley and back to Imlil. Next the walk continues along mule trails and past escarpments through the Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl Pass (1,767m) and on to the village of Aguerssiouâl in the Assif n’ Ait Mizane Valley (2,664m) and then south back up the Valley towards the peaks of Jbel Toubkal, Aguelzim and Aksouâl to the villages of Taddart and Ait Souka where the walk heads east back in Imlil prior
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