Hiking in Toubkal – Full Experience 5D/4N

Early morning starting from marrakech for a satisfying drive south winding our way up through the moulay brahim gorge and upper valleys to arrive at the higher foothills of the western high atlas mountains and our trailhead of imi oughlad (1450m) with the jbel toubkal , at 4167m the highest peak in Morocco and north africa , aglzim 3650m and aksoual 3847m ,appearing ahead . here we alight from our vehicle and meet up with berber muleteer crew . We set off up in north-westerly direction for a 2hour acclimatisation 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 imlil and ait oussaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to imi n’ifri and our field picnic .Take a slow hike for about 2 and half hours along a dirt track to assif n’ ait oussaden and the red clay terraced village of tiziane ( 1750 m )for our accommodation in our bivouac / gite

after breakfast we will begin our hike up along the assif n’ait oussaden valley , going through the wallnuts groves , up to tizi n’taghrhourte (1995m )and through to it to arrive at assaka , where we will stop for our field picnic , awesome feeling after some 2 and half hours relatively easy walking .our afternoon’s hike takes us down along the edges of the forest untill we reach the berber village of D’knt (1870m) or agouns n Assoul where we will have our dinner and spent the night.

we start our morning’s 3 hours hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn . Through the tizi n’tagdalte to the descent till we come to a small spring , where we will stop for our picnic .once refreshed , we are off down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3hours 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 village Of Tamsoult for our camp

After breakfast, we now go for a moderately difficult hike up winding mule tracks to the Tizi Aguelzim (3550m) , from there a further 3 hours south-east to the Toubkal Refuge which marks the spring snowline at 3207m, where we shall have our dinner, in bivouac around the Refuge.

A very early breakfast to set out around 6am., to attain, after a three hours climb, the highest peak in north Africa (4167m). The view from here is simply stunning. Whenever you are ready, we shall take the Ikkhibi Sud or South Cirque for a straightforward – with your guide – 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’Isouhouanem 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 to get to the village of Imlil from where most of the treks start prior to go back to Marrakech.