Atlas Trek Adventure
5 day Berber Villages, Green Valleys and High Atlas Mountain Passes trek
Itinerary:
day 1 :Marrakech –imi oughlad –tizi n’tachte –tiziane :
We leave Marrakech and drive south in the early morning. During our day, we will travel through Moulay Ibrahim gorge and valley that lie at the foothills of the High Atlas Mountains and our trailhead of imi oughlad (1450m) with the jbel toubkal , at 4167m the most elevated top in north africa , aglzim 3650m and aksoual 38847m ,approaching before us . here we land from our vehicle and get together with berber muleteer team . We set off up in north-westerly course for a 2hour acclimatization climb up bend donkey tracks , passing by cornfields woods pine and juniper to the tiz n’tachete (2000m),where we shallstop to think down on the imlikl and ait oussaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to imi n’ifri and our field excursion .thus a moderate climb for around 2 and half hours south-west down along an earth track to assif n’ ait oussaden and the red mud terraced town of tiziane ( 1750 m )for our convenience in our bivouac or gite.
day 2 :Tizziane – tizi n’taghrhourte – D’knt :
after having breakfast we set off along the assif n’ait oussaden valley , going through the wallnuts groves , up to tizi n’taghrhourte ar 1995m band through to an uncommon practically level strecth to land at assaka spring, where we have break for our field outing in the midst of and marvelous quietness after somewhere in the range of 2 and half hours generally simple strolling .our evening’s climb brings us down along the edges of the backwoods untill we arrive at the berber town of D’knt (1870m) or agouns n Assoul where we will have our supper and spent the in a bivouac or gite .
day 3 : D’knt – tizi n’tagdalte – tizi oussem :
we set off for our morning’s 3 hours climb up through forests of pecan trees, fields of corn and grain to welcome the numerous sheep and goatherders – and ladies and kids twisted around with 20kg heaps of faggots and dried herbs. We cross the tizi n’tagdalte to the plunge among the juniper trees till we go to a little spring set among the trees , where we will stop for our outing .when invigorated , we are off down twisting tracks of upper inclines for some 3hours to go to a little stream toward the start of the valley of assif n’ait oussaden . from here we enter the town of tizi oussem (1850m) at that point up to the late spring town Of Tamsoult for our camp or gite.
day 4 : Tizi oussem – Tizi M’zzik – Imlil :
Trek to a little cascade at Azib Tamsoulte and come back to cross the Tizi ‘n Mzik pass (2,500m). We join the primary Toubkal valley at Imlil (1,900m), where we eat and go through the night in our Guesthouse Dar Adrar or then again Similar .
day 5 : Imlil – Tizi n Tamatert – Ikkiss – Agersioual – Marrakech
A 6 to 7 hour trek past Berber villages and 2 mountain goes, with Jbel Oukaïmeden in sight. The course is roundabout, taking in as a lot of landscape and common magnificence as is conceivable. Today walk begins by traveling east from Imlil (1,740m) along the Tamatert Valley before turning north through the pass named Tizi n’Tamatert (2,279m) and down by means of the Berber town of Tinerhourhine into the Imenane valley. This valley is then pursued toward the north, along winding donkey trails through almond, pecan and apple forests and terraced Berber villas to the towns of Ikiss and up to Amssakrou. Here an outing lunch is typically taken, offering a radiant perspective on the pinnacle of Jbel Oukaïmeden (3,268m) and the 2 passes, Tizi n’Ou Arg (2,258m) and Tizi n’Tiratene (2,268m). The arrival is a westerly way by means of the pass, Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl, at that point through the Assif n’ Aït Mizane Valley and back to Imlil.
Next, the walk proceeds with donkey trails and past ledges through the Tizi n’Aguerssiouâl Pass (1,767m) and on to the town of Aguerssiouâl in the Assif n’ Aït Mizane Valley (2,664m) and afterward south back up the valley towards the pinnacles of Jbel Toubkal, Aguelzim and Aksouâl to the towns of Taddart and Aït Souka where the walk travels east back in Imlil before drive to Marrakech on the evening.
