High Atlas Country Hiking
ref. - ITCTdsRAK01m
(4 hours hike)
LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: GRADE ONE - WALKING MOSTLY ON PATHS AT LOWER LEVELS, SOMETIMES ROCKY, SELDOM FLAT, FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS EACH DAY. GOOD TRAINERS WOULD DO, BUT TAKE BOOTS IF YOU ARE USED TO THEM. FOR ANYONE WHO LEADS A REASONABLY ACTIVE LIFE. HIKING ALWAYS INVOLVES SOME EFFORT.

IMLIL - TIZI n'TAMATERT - AMGHEDOUL - TACHEDDIRT - TIGHOURINE - IMLIL.

We set out today along a piste for a hike towards the east up to the Tizi n’Tamatert ( 2272m) on through fields of wheat and orchards of walnut, apple and cherry trees until we reach the village of Tamatert ( 1810m). Once through the village we shall take a path which then leads us up though pine and juniper woods we stop at the Tizi to admire the Imlil and Imenane Valleys, this latter with its many terraced Berber villages tucked precariously onto the slopes stretching around us, with Adrar n’Oukaïmeden (3268m) - in the area known locally as “Ouka” - and almost as high as the Rockies, on the southern horizon, with the high peaks of the Tizi n’Eddi (2928m) and the Jbel Angour (3616m) looming down on us.

We hike along the Tamatert Valley slopes until we reach our field picnic spot at Amghedou l, surrounded now on all sides by the Toubkal Massif range. Once refreshed we shall now set off back to the Douar Samra, first towards the oldest Berber village in this once-remote area, Tacheddirt, to return now via Ouaneskra and the other side of the Valley, passing through the villages of Tamegguist and Tinghourine with the stark Jbel Bou Iguenouane (3882m), Tizi n’Likemt (3615m), Aksouâl (3842m) and the Azrou n’Tamadôt (3664m) until we receive our welcoming return to Jacqueline’s Douar, a shower and our Berber dinner before retiring for the night.

Cost for this tour:

- please call or email for a full quote - all our holidays are tailor-made and the cost of each trek is based upon the following:

* the number of people in your group (some hikes available for single travellers, one person FREE for groups of 10 or more);

* where you are starting from and to where you wish to travel at the end the hike;

* whether you are including any additional accommodation (e.g. in Imlil or Marrakech)

* extras such as WC tent or refuge accommodation, etc.

Our price includes:

Experienced, licensed, bi-lingual mountain guide throughout, Picnic lunch.

Picnic lunch - fresh Moroccan salad, cheese, tinned tuna fish*, bread, fruit. * If vegetarian or vegan, please pre-advise.

Our prices do not include:

Personal medical or accident insurance. Any expenditure of a personal nature. Bottled or gaseous water, nor anything not specifically mentioned in the itinerary.

It is recommended that you bring:

Walking boots or stout shoes suitable for walking, rambler pole (optional), Hat, sunscreen, nibbles, hygienic wipes, filled water bottle(s).

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