Marrakesh Trip Overview
3 days Berber village trek start from Marrakech to Imlil valley and to ourika valley. this is a private 3 days Berber villages trek to explore the beauty of atlas mountains and Berber life
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* Duration: 3 days
* Starts: Marrakesh, Morocco
* Trip Category: Outdoor Activities >> 4WD, ATV & Off-Road Tours
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3 days Berber village trek start from Marrakech to Imlil valley and to ourika valley. this is a private 3 days Berber villages trek to explore the beauty of atlas mountains and Berber life
Itinerary
Day 1: MARRAKECH -IMLIL, TIZI N TAMATERE (2279M), OUANSKRA, TACHDIRTH
Stop At: High Atlas Mountains, 40000 Morocco
3 days Berber villages trek from Marrakech to Imlil with depart from your hotel in Imlil. We set out a piste for about 2 hours hike towards the Tizi n Tamaterte (at 2279 meters) and on through fields of Barley and orchards of Walnuts , apple and Cherry treees until we reach the village of Tamaterte. Once through the village we shall take a path which leads us up though pine and juniper woods and we stop at the tizi to admire the Imlil and Imnane valleys. The latter has many Berber villages tucked precariously onto the slopes stretching around us . We carry on along the upper valley slopes for another hour or so to the villages of Ouanskra and then Amagdoul set amidst terraced plots of land carved from the hard slopes where we shall stop for our field picnic on the plateau which is used in summer, as a favoured bivouac site . Our afternoon will be spent hiking for some 2 hours up through the valley along the mule trails untill we reach the pretty and the oldest Berber in the Toubkal massif (Tachdirth 2291m). This is set amongst terraced plots clawed from the surrounding craggy slopes, where we will overnight in gite dï etape.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: night in Berber house in a village
Day 2: TACHDIRTH, IAABBASSEN, TIMICHI
Stop At: High Atlas Mountains, 40000 Morocco
After an early breakfast, we start our 6 hours hike south-eastwards to the terraced village of timichi (1850m), at the western offshoot head of ourika valley . For 2and half hours we hike slowly up to the tizi n tachdirth (3200m), which affords us a stunning panoramic view of jbel Aksoual (3842m) and Bouignouane (3882m) on one side and Angour on the other , with the beginning of the luscious nature of beautiful , Verdant valley streching out way below us . We shall traverse the pass and continue on down through the rocks northeastwards for a further 2 hours until we reach the Berber village of Iaabbassen (2030m), where we will stop for our welcome field picnic next to a spring just outside of the village. The afternoon we take a 2 hours hike up futher to the northeast down the valley to the old village of timichi , a charming terraced piste conglomeration of homes set amongst ancient nut trees , where we will have our dinner and overnight in a Berber family home.
Duration: 6 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Dinner
• Lunch
Accommodation included: night in Berber house
Day 3: TIMICHI, TIWERDIWE, TADRARTE, AGADIR NÏ, AIT BOULMANE, SETTI FATMA
Stop At: High Atlas Mountains, 40000 Morocco
After breakfast we set out for a 4 to 5 hours hike eastwards down along the valley full of cornfields and walnuts groves, with many streams flowing down from the upper slopes. We pass through the villages of Anfli and Tadrart to arrive at the end of beautiful Ourika valley proper and the renowned Berber village of Setti Fatma ,with its ancient nut trees and waterfalls. We shall stop for our picnic just outside of the village , before hiking for another half hour to get to the vechicle. Thank you for taking a guided Atlas moutnains 3 days trek with experienced travel company ,at the end of trek we transfer you to your hotel in Imlil , Marrakech or to the airport ,and our 3 day Imlil trek to Setti Fatma finishes.
Duration: 5 hours
Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.
