Toubkal & Berber Village Trek
Trekking in Morocco, Marrakech to the Atlas Mountains
Spend 5 days trekking in Morocco, in the Berber villages to experience the local lifestyle of the crossed villages. Visit Assif Ait Mizzan, a large and important Berber village, and finally back to the Red City of Marrakech.
It is your perfect High Atlas villages trip to see how the Berbers live and to discover their lifestyle and culture in the Berber villages.
The Toubkal Region, containing all the highest peaks, is by far the most popular region in the Atlas for hikers and backpackers. It is bounded by the Tizi N’test to the West and the Tizi N’tichka to the East. Most of the interest is concentrated in or around the central line of peaks from Ouankrim northeast to Annrhemes.
Price: from 480 Euro
Note: Following your booking, we will provide you with more details and information. Let’s create memorable experiences for you in beautiful Marrakech.
What’s Included
- Transportation
- Guiding Services
- Accommodations
- All Meals
- Mules to Carry Luggage
What’s Extra
- Drinks and Food
- Personal Expenses
- Tips (guide, driver, hotel staff)
Detailed Itinerary
Day 2
Tizziane – Tizi N’taghrhourte – D’knt
After breakfast, we now set off on our hike up along the Assif n’Ait Oussaden valley, passing through walnut groves, up to Tizi n’Taghrhourte (1995m), and through a rare, almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring, where we will stop for our field picnic amidst an awesome silence after some 2 and a half hours of 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 we will have our dinner and spend the night.
Day 4
azib Tamsoult -Tizi Aguelzim - Toubkal Refuge
After breakfast, we now set out eastwards on a moderately difficult hike up winding mule tracks to the Tizi Aguelzim (3550m), then a further 3 hours southeast to the Toubkal Refuge, which marks the spring snowline at 3207m, where we shall have our dinner at the Refuge.
Day 1
Marrakech – imi oughlad – tizi n’tachte – Azzaden Valley
Depart early morning from your riad in Marrakech to our trailhead of Imi Oughlad (1450m) with Jbel Toubkal, at 4167m the highest peak in North Africa, looming before us. Here we alight from our vehicle and meet up with a Berber muleteer crew.We set off in a north-westerly direction for a 2-hour acclimatization hike up switchback mule tracks, passing by cornfields, pine woods, and juniper to the Tizi n’Tachete (2000m), where we shall stop to look back down on the Imlil and Azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to Imi n’Ifri and our field picnic.Then a slow hike for about 2 and a half hours southwest down along a dirt track to Assif Azzaden and the red clay terraced village of Tiziane (1750m) for our accommodation in a gite (guest house)/bivouac.
Day 3
D’knt – Tizi N’tagdalte – Azib N Tamsoult
We set off for our morning’s 3-hour hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn and barley to greet the many sheep and goatherders – and women and children bent over with 20kg loads of dried herbs.We traverse the Tizi n’Tagdalte to descend amongst the juniper trees till we come to a small spring set amongst the trees, where we will stop for our picnic. Once refreshed, we are off down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3 hours to come to a small river at the beginning of the valley of Assif n’Ait Oussaden.From here, we enter the village of Tizi Oussem (1850m) then up to the summer village of Tamsoult for our camp/hut.
Day 5
Toubkal Refuge - Summit Jbel Toubkal- Sidi Chamharouch - Imlil - Marrakech
A very early breakfast to set out around 6 am, to attain, after a three-hour steep climb, the highest peak in North Africa (4167m). The panorama from here is simply stunning. Whenever you are ready, we shall take the Ikkhibi Sud or South Cirque for a straightforward 2 to 3-hour descent back to the Refuge for a picnic.After lunch, we shall now set off towards the north along steeply descending, zigzagging trails of the higher slopes of the Valley of the Assif n’Isougan n’Ouagounss towards the Shrine of Sidi Chamharouch. Set beside a waterfall, there is a pilgrimage ‘marabout’ shrine here, probably the remnant of a pre-Islamic culture, but forbidden to non-Muslims.Another 2 hours downhill will allow us to reach the village of Imlil where the trek will end at Dar Imlil. Then you will drive back to Marrakech, where the end of your trip with us.
Day 1
Marrakech – imi oughlad – tizi n’tachte – Azzaden Valley
Depart early morning from your riad in Marrakech to our trailhead of Imi Oughlad (1450m) with Jbel Toubkal, at 4167m the highest peak in North Africa, looming before us. Here we alight from our vehicle and meet up with a Berber muleteer crew. We set off in a north-westerly direction for a 2-hour acclimatization hike up switchback mule tracks, passing by cornfields, pine woods, and juniper to the Tizi n’Tachete (2000m), where we shall stop to look back down on the Imlil and Azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to Imi n’Ifri and our field picnic. Then a slow hike for about 2 and a half hours southwest down along a dirt track to Assif Azzaden and the red clay terraced village of Tiziane (1750m) for our accommodation in a gite (guest house)/bivouac.
Day 2
Tizziane – Tizi N’taghrhourte – D’knt
After breakfast, we now set off on our hike up along the Assif n’Ait Oussaden valley, passing through walnut groves, up to Tizi n’Taghrhourte (1995m), and through a rare, almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring, where we will stop for our field picnic amidst an awesome silence after some 2 and a half hours of 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 we will have our dinner and spend the night.
Day 3
D’knt – Tizi N’tagdalte – Azib N Tamsoult
We set off for our morning’s 3-hour hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn and barley to greet the many sheep and goatherders – and women and children bent over with 20kg loads of dried herbs. We traverse the Tizi n’Tagdalte to descend amongst the juniper trees till we come to a small spring set amongst the trees, where we will stop for our picnic. Once refreshed, we are off down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3 hours to come to a small river at the beginning of the valley of Assif n’Ait Oussaden. From here, we enter the village of Tizi Oussem (1850m) then up to the summer village of Tamsoult for our camp/hut.
Day 4
Azib Tamsoult -Tizi Aguelzim - Toubkal Refuge
After breakfast, we now set out eastwards on a moderately difficult hike up winding mule tracks to the Tizi Aguelzim (3550m), then a further 3 hours southeast to the Toubkal Refuge, which marks the spring snowline at 3207m, where we shall have our dinner at the Refuge.
Day 5
Toubkal Refuge - Summit Jbel Toubkal- Sidi Chamharouch - Imlil - Marrakech
A very early breakfast to set out around 6 am, to attain, after a three-hour steep climb, the highest peak in North Africa (4167m). The panorama from here is simply stunning. Whenever you are ready, we shall take the Ikkhibi Sud or South Cirque for a straightforward 2 to 3-hour descent back to the Refuge for a picnic. After lunch, we shall now set off towards the north along steeply descending, zigzagging trails of the higher slopes of the Valley of the Assif n’Isougan n’Ouagounss towards the Shrine of Sidi Chamharouch. Set beside a waterfall, there is a pilgrimage ‘marabout’ shrine here, probably the remnant of a pre-Islamic culture, but forbidden to non-Muslims. Another 2 hours downhill will allow us to reach the village of Imlil where the trek will end at Dar Imlil. Then you will drive back to Marrakech, where the end of your trip with us.
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