Day hikes in High Atlas from Imlil (no.4) - REDISCOVER THE WORLD


Eastern High Atlas Valley Hiking

ref. - ITCTdsRAK04m
(6 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 - TINERHOURHINE - IKISS - AMSSAKROU - TIZI N'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 Oukaïmeden (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 Oukaïmeden, 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’ Aït 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 last village in the Tamatert Valley of Aït Souka where we turn east for a few last yards to our welcoming return to Jacqueline’s Douar for a shower and our excellent dinner before retiring for the night after a six hour slow ramble.

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.

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

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

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

NB: all our prices are for land arrangements only (starting and finishing in Imlil), please contact us to arrange accommodation in Imlil or Marrakech hotels / riads as well as flights from your preferred airport if required.