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Trekking Azzaden Valley - 6 days Berber villages / 4 days trekking:
A trekking within reach of all, thanks to the multitude of plane connections from Home to Marrakech we can make a trek in a few days knowing other cultures. With this trekking we made a journey through the Berber villages of the Azzaden Valley, getting to know the Berber community, its original architecture, its irrigation systems and terraced crops, while we progressively acclimatized to the altitude march before the ascent to the top of Mount Toubkal (4,167 mts.), the highest peak in North Africa! The ascent does not present great difficulties in spring, summer and autumn, while it runs along trails and quarries, while in winter it is necessary to use basic ice ax and crampons from a certain altitude. |
Itinerary:
Summary of trekking in Morocco:
• Day 1, Origin - Marrakech - Imlil
• Day 2, Imlil - Aguerssioual - Matate - Aït Aisa - Tizi Oussem
• Day 4, Tizi Oussem - Refuge Azib Tamsoult - Collado Aguelzim - Refuge Neltner
• Day 4, Refugio Neltner - Cumbre de Toubkal - Refugio Neltner - Imlil
• Day 5, Imlil - Tizi n'Tamatert - Tinerhourhine - Ikkiss - Collado Tizi n'Aguersioual - Imlil
• Day 6, Imlil - Marrakech – Home
ITINERARY VALLEY OF AZZADEN AND TOUBKAL ASCENT:
Day 1, Airport - Imlil
Arrival at the airport of Marrakech, welcome by our local guide who speaks English, transfer to the hotel in Imlil once all the participants of the group have arrived. Possibility to stop at the Asni Souk (only on market days). In Imlil we will be staying in the impressive Riad Jnane Imlil where we will have traditional Berber food. After dinner, free time for a walk through this charming Berber village and mountaineers, to enjoy a traditional tea and begin to discover its people and culture.
Day 2, Imlil (1,775 m.) - Aguerssioual (1,650 m) - Tizi Oussem (1,850 m.)
After the impressive traditional breakfast at Riad Jnane Imlil, at nine o'clock in the morning, we deliver the backpacks with our belongings to be loaded onto the mules that are left in charge of the support staff: (muleteers and cook). We, with our guide, go towards Aguerssioual, along a higher road that takes us first to Taddert to start our trekking through the Azzadene Valley. From Aguerssioual, after a small stretch of track, we take a path that takes us to Matate until we overcome the Collado de Tizi Oudidte at an altitude of 2,219 meters, with impressive views of the mountains and Berber villages. We travel through a spectacular forest dotted with conifers (genevrier thurifiere and oxycedre) that contrasts its greenery with granite rocks and reddish lands. Before the Collado we will meet our team that waits for us with a tea and we will have prepared a traditional Berber food. Overcoming the Collado we have a nice descent towards the village of Aït Aissa, admiring the multicolored beauty of the valley, to continue for a small stretch of ascending track towards Tizi Ousem (1,850 mts.) a beautiful Berber village where we will spend the night in a Gîte (traditional house). After the dinner prepared by our team we can walk the steep streets and enjoy the local architecture and its people.
(6 - 7 hours of walking)
Day 3, Tizi Oussem – Pass of Aguelzim (3,560 m.) - Refugio Neltner (3,207 m.)
We have to get up early to have breakfast and leave at 5:00 in the morning in this fundamental technical day for acclimatization in height and undertake the ascent to Toubkal in perfect conditions. On this second day we expect a strong climb from the stunning Azzaden valley to the refuge. Once we leave Tizi Oussem, we quickly gain altitude and after passing through Azib Imnouatts a nice path between conifers takes us to the Refuge Azib Tamsoult to continue ascending to the Ighoulidene Falls, and once overcome the waterfalls by the narrow gorge, the road turns and it ascends to our left until arriving at the Canchal de Tiguinuria, with its ascent in zetas that takes us directly to the Pass of Aguelzim to 3,650 meters of altitude and highest point of this day of acclimatization and learning. We will have a picnic in the Pass and we will have impressive views over the Atlas mountain range. From this point, the descent takes us directly to the refuge located at 3,207 meters, where we share a room with other companions in bunk beds. Our team will prepare a tea on our arrival, and then dinner to regain strength. We should go to bed early because the next day we will finish the roof of North Africa.
(9 - 10 hours of walking)
Day 4, Refuge (3,207 m.) – Toubkal summit (4,167 m.) - Refugio (3,207 m.)
We have to get up very early at four in the morning to begin the ascent. We will climb first to the hole of Akhbi n'Tizi to the left of the refuge at 3,700 meters, from here gently through a wide channel, we reach the Pass of Toubkal at 3,950 meters with luck we will be surprised by a spectacular sunrise, from the Pass we continue the ascent by the Toubkal Ridge that takes us to the summit of the peak at 4,167 meters, where we will have a stop to rest after three and a half hours of walking, picnic, take pictures of exceptional views of the Atlas mountain system, the green valleys and Berber villages, and enjoy the panoramic views over the Djbel Siroura at 3,500 meters, known as the desert gate. Descent from less than two hours to the refuge, rest and descent to the Marabou Sidi Chamharouch at 2,350 meters, a saint very frequented and revered by pilgrims with spiritual evils, also known as the Sultan of the Devil, where our team will be waiting for us a tea and he will have prepared the regenerating food. Once rested we will go down to Imlil.
Depending on the weather and if on day 4 it was not possible to climb to Toubkal, on the 5th day you can climb and return to Imlil in the afternoon.
(5 - 6 hours of walking, ascension and 3 - 4 hours descent to Imlil)
Day 5, Imlil (1,775 m.) - Tizi n'Tamatert - Tizi n'Aguersioual (2,100 m.) - Imlil
If we have been able to satisfactorily make the ascent in the first attempt, on this day we will make a smooth tour to know the Imenane Valley. We do not need to get up early and after having breakfast, we will go by car to the Pass of Tizi n'Tamatert at 2,280 meters above sea level, crossing the green valley with the same name. From the hill, a winding path leads us to Tinerhourhine to continue later to Ikkiss, from this point, we climb the Pass of Tizi n'Aguersioual where before reaching it, our team waits for us as always with a welcome tea and lunch Berber. Once rested we go down a path straight to Imlil. Free afternoon that we can use to take an Arab bath in the Hamman of Imlil, make purchases or rest in one of its bars.
(4 - 5 hours of walking)
Day 6, Imlil - Marrakech - Airport
The best option is not to be lazy and make the most of our time in Morocco. We suggest you get up early to leave at 8 o'clock in the morning in the direction of Marrakech and depending on your flight schedule (we advise you to buy it for the afternoon), enjoy the Medina, eat and in the afternoon we will take you to the airport.
OUR TREKKING AT THE TOUBKAL, INCLUDE:
OUR TREKKING IN THE TOUBKAL, DO NOT INCLUDE:
• Day 1, Origin - Marrakech - Imlil
• Day 2, Imlil - Aguerssioual - Matate - Aït Aisa - Tizi Oussem
• Day 4, Tizi Oussem - Refuge Azib Tamsoult - Collado Aguelzim - Refuge Neltner
• Day 4, Refugio Neltner - Cumbre de Toubkal - Refugio Neltner - Imlil
• Day 5, Imlil - Tizi n'Tamatert - Tinerhourhine - Ikkiss - Collado Tizi n'Aguersioual - Imlil
• Day 6, Imlil - Marrakech – Home
ITINERARY VALLEY OF AZZADEN AND TOUBKAL ASCENT:
Day 1, Airport - Imlil
Arrival at the airport of Marrakech, welcome by our local guide who speaks English, transfer to the hotel in Imlil once all the participants of the group have arrived. Possibility to stop at the Asni Souk (only on market days). In Imlil we will be staying in the impressive Riad Jnane Imlil where we will have traditional Berber food. After dinner, free time for a walk through this charming Berber village and mountaineers, to enjoy a traditional tea and begin to discover its people and culture.
Day 2, Imlil (1,775 m.) - Aguerssioual (1,650 m) - Tizi Oussem (1,850 m.)
After the impressive traditional breakfast at Riad Jnane Imlil, at nine o'clock in the morning, we deliver the backpacks with our belongings to be loaded onto the mules that are left in charge of the support staff: (muleteers and cook). We, with our guide, go towards Aguerssioual, along a higher road that takes us first to Taddert to start our trekking through the Azzadene Valley. From Aguerssioual, after a small stretch of track, we take a path that takes us to Matate until we overcome the Collado de Tizi Oudidte at an altitude of 2,219 meters, with impressive views of the mountains and Berber villages. We travel through a spectacular forest dotted with conifers (genevrier thurifiere and oxycedre) that contrasts its greenery with granite rocks and reddish lands. Before the Collado we will meet our team that waits for us with a tea and we will have prepared a traditional Berber food. Overcoming the Collado we have a nice descent towards the village of Aït Aissa, admiring the multicolored beauty of the valley, to continue for a small stretch of ascending track towards Tizi Ousem (1,850 mts.) a beautiful Berber village where we will spend the night in a Gîte (traditional house). After the dinner prepared by our team we can walk the steep streets and enjoy the local architecture and its people.
(6 - 7 hours of walking)
Day 3, Tizi Oussem – Pass of Aguelzim (3,560 m.) - Refugio Neltner (3,207 m.)
We have to get up early to have breakfast and leave at 5:00 in the morning in this fundamental technical day for acclimatization in height and undertake the ascent to Toubkal in perfect conditions. On this second day we expect a strong climb from the stunning Azzaden valley to the refuge. Once we leave Tizi Oussem, we quickly gain altitude and after passing through Azib Imnouatts a nice path between conifers takes us to the Refuge Azib Tamsoult to continue ascending to the Ighoulidene Falls, and once overcome the waterfalls by the narrow gorge, the road turns and it ascends to our left until arriving at the Canchal de Tiguinuria, with its ascent in zetas that takes us directly to the Pass of Aguelzim to 3,650 meters of altitude and highest point of this day of acclimatization and learning. We will have a picnic in the Pass and we will have impressive views over the Atlas mountain range. From this point, the descent takes us directly to the refuge located at 3,207 meters, where we share a room with other companions in bunk beds. Our team will prepare a tea on our arrival, and then dinner to regain strength. We should go to bed early because the next day we will finish the roof of North Africa.
(9 - 10 hours of walking)
Day 4, Refuge (3,207 m.) – Toubkal summit (4,167 m.) - Refugio (3,207 m.)
We have to get up very early at four in the morning to begin the ascent. We will climb first to the hole of Akhbi n'Tizi to the left of the refuge at 3,700 meters, from here gently through a wide channel, we reach the Pass of Toubkal at 3,950 meters with luck we will be surprised by a spectacular sunrise, from the Pass we continue the ascent by the Toubkal Ridge that takes us to the summit of the peak at 4,167 meters, where we will have a stop to rest after three and a half hours of walking, picnic, take pictures of exceptional views of the Atlas mountain system, the green valleys and Berber villages, and enjoy the panoramic views over the Djbel Siroura at 3,500 meters, known as the desert gate. Descent from less than two hours to the refuge, rest and descent to the Marabou Sidi Chamharouch at 2,350 meters, a saint very frequented and revered by pilgrims with spiritual evils, also known as the Sultan of the Devil, where our team will be waiting for us a tea and he will have prepared the regenerating food. Once rested we will go down to Imlil.
Depending on the weather and if on day 4 it was not possible to climb to Toubkal, on the 5th day you can climb and return to Imlil in the afternoon.
(5 - 6 hours of walking, ascension and 3 - 4 hours descent to Imlil)
Day 5, Imlil (1,775 m.) - Tizi n'Tamatert - Tizi n'Aguersioual (2,100 m.) - Imlil
If we have been able to satisfactorily make the ascent in the first attempt, on this day we will make a smooth tour to know the Imenane Valley. We do not need to get up early and after having breakfast, we will go by car to the Pass of Tizi n'Tamatert at 2,280 meters above sea level, crossing the green valley with the same name. From the hill, a winding path leads us to Tinerhourhine to continue later to Ikkiss, from this point, we climb the Pass of Tizi n'Aguersioual where before reaching it, our team waits for us as always with a welcome tea and lunch Berber. Once rested we go down a path straight to Imlil. Free afternoon that we can use to take an Arab bath in the Hamman of Imlil, make purchases or rest in one of its bars.
(4 - 5 hours of walking)
Day 6, Imlil - Marrakech - Airport
The best option is not to be lazy and make the most of our time in Morocco. We suggest you get up early to leave at 8 o'clock in the morning in the direction of Marrakech and depending on your flight schedule (we advise you to buy it for the afternoon), enjoy the Medina, eat and in the afternoon we will take you to the airport.
OUR TREKKING AT THE TOUBKAL, INCLUDE:
- • Mountain guide speaking English.
- • Cook and complete kitchen infrastructure.
- • All meals and mineral water during the trekking. (Typical Moroccan dishes: Tagine, Couscous, fresh products and complemented with preserves, meat acquired in the mountains, at noon meals will be picnic or salads, and hot cooked dinners)
- • Mules and muleteers to transport luggage.
- • Nights in gite, (traditional house) and / or tents of two places with mattresses depending on the trekking.
- • Night / s in refuge depending on the trekking.
- • Night / s of 5* hotel or Riad, with half board in Marrakech the days established according to the trekking.
- • Transfer back and forth to trekking.
- • Transfer airport - hotel first day and hotel - airport on the day of return.
OUR TREKKING IN THE TOUBKAL, DO NOT INCLUDE:
- • Air tickets, airport taxes (consult information)
- • Travel insurance (recommendable to hire one)
- • Winter material: crampons, ice ax in case of winter activity. (Can be rented in Imlil)
- • Tips, tourist visits, entrance fees to monuments, etc.
- • Meals and dinners in the days in Marrakech.
- • Other foods and drinks not specified.
- • Personal expenses.
- • Uncontrolled unforeseen expenses caused by: cancellations, flight delays, atmospheric, natural disasters...
- • Anything not specified in INCLUDE.
