7 Days Trek from Toubkal to Erg Chebbi

After your transfer from Marrakech to Imlil (1,780m), you will prompt an a 6 hour trek out of the Imlil valley and into the azzadene valley. alongside the manner you will skip Tizi n’mzik at 2,450m, the shelter at azib n’tansoult and the ighouliden waterfalls. overnight inside the lipeney mountain refuge at three,000m

These days entails a reasonably stiff climb out of the azzadene valley to the toubkal safe haven over the aguelzim mountain bypass at three,560m. lunch will be eager about superb perspectives over the atlas mountain range. in a single day inside the toubkal shelter (niltner hut) wherein you’ll probably be sharing a bunk room with other trekkers tackling toubkal early the next morning

Up early for the climb up toubkal (four,167m) from wherein, clouds allowing, you’ll have amazing perspectives over the atlas variety and the sahara barren region then a protracted way go into reverse past the shelter and the properly-worn route back to imlil. that is a reasonably lengthy day with eight-9 hours of hiking, involving 900m up then nearly 2,500m go into reverse to imlil for the night time.

You will be picked up from your lodging in imlil at 9.00am and head out over the atlas mountains, using over the beautiful tizi-n-tichka mountain skip. you’ll pass thru lots of berber villages, and when you’re within the barren region, you’ll see riverside oases and barren hillsides dotted with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house families and their farm animals). alongside the way, you may have the choice both to take a break and visit the ouarzazate film studios or forestall for a hike. when you attain dades gorge, you’ve got the choice of going for a hike, or enjoyable at your motel. in a single day in dades. (overall riding time 6 hours)

Breakfast on the hotel. transfer from the dades valley to todra gorge – a large fault dividing the excessive atlas mountains, growing up 300 metres in a narrow valley with palmeries and berber villages. here, you can pass for a hike to explore the palmery, a green oasis complete of large date fingers. after lunch you’ll head similarly into the wilderness to the gateway town of merzouga to choose up supplies on your desert ride. you may then force on to a kasbah to choose up your camel. at sunset, you’ll trek for an hour-and-a-1/2 by way of camel to a berber camp where you’ll enjoy a traditional moroccan dinner, and sleep under the stars or in tents at a wasteland camp. (overall riding time 5hours )

Wake to a wasteland sunrise and then return to the kasbah by camel. you’ll then have a threat to freshen up and revel in a breakfast. once you are refreshed, you will head out of the desert for a power to ait benhaddou. that is an historic fortified town containing endless kasbahs and has been the atmospheric challenge of severa hollywood movies (the mother, gladiator, alexander, lawrence of arabia…) you’ll have the risk to walk across the buildings and discover along with your manual. yo will overnight in a hotel close to ait benhaddou. (general driving time 5 – 6 hours)

Travel alongside the ounilla valley to the telouet kasbah, a crumbling kasbah that turned into as soon as an essential forestall for investors. explore the kasbah and then after lunch, you’ll head again over the tizi-n-tichka bypass to marrakech (overall using time 4 hours).