Trekking in Morocco 6 days
Departing early morning from Marrakech at 8am for 6 days Trek High Passes & Toubkal Summit towards the high Atlas Mountains via Ourika valley (local market on Mondays), the road follows the line of Ourika river/valley with a very lush landscape, red villages, traditional shops & local restaurants, cultivated terraced fields and fruits such as trees, olives, apples, cherries, walnuts, figs, the snake road to Oukaimdene plateau to 2600m. Meet the team guide, muleteers at starting point in Oukaimdene ski station at 2600m, then Tizi ou Addi at 2960m, Ouanskra village at 2100m, Tachdirte village at 2300m, Amgdoul camp at 2400m.
Day 2: Amgdoul- Tizi Lekimt – Laazib Likmet
A 3 hours slow climb to the pass Likmet at 3600m through zigzagging trail, contarasting landscape over Imnane valley and on the other side of Likmet pass, a 2 hours downhill to Azib likmet, lunch and overnight next to river. Laazib Likmet camp 2600m.
Day3: Laazib Lkimt - Amzouzert
An easy and long climb towards Ourai pass at 3100m, stunning landscapes, treeless, overviewing Toubkal ridge with Ifni dome, and the green valley of Amsozarte sort downhill to sart crossing one of the most striking villages in Toubkal massif, overnight at Berber House at 1770m.
Day4: Amsouzerte Villages - Ifni Lake
Before heading to Ifni lake, visiting Amsouzarte villages visiting one of the families on the way to the Lake the only one in the area surrounded with high mountains, overnight next to the lake.
Day5: Ifni lake - Tizi-n-Ouanoumss - Toubkal refuge
Leaving our muleteers to pack up the camp gear camp and climb one of the most difficult passes in Toubkal massif and of the journey, through steep path to a scree slope to cross Ouanoums pass at 3670m, and long zigzag down to refuge Toubkal at 3207m. Overnight in a camp or at the refuge.
Day6: Refuge - Summit - ImlilAn early start to catch sunrise from the summit of Toubkal, passing by the river into the south circle above the refuge and climb through an avalanche of boulders rocks (it’s a challenging walk rather than a climb) then straightforward between giant rocks where the altitude will make steps very difficult in few parts before reaching the plateau from where you can enjoy the first lights of the sunset on the surrounding peaks above 4000m, a short walk to the summit with panoramic views on each side of the mountain before finding ourselves on the top of north Africa after 3 hours walking, a beautiful view in every direction (to the north the plain of Marrakech and the northern valleys, villages, to the south Anti Atlas & Sahara), descending same way to the refuge which takes 2hours, lunch/rest then 3 hours 30mn walking down to Imlil retracing our steps and heading back to Marrakech.
