Atlas mountains trip

Your tour begins with a pick up from you hotel in Marrakech at 9am

Departure by private car from Marrakech for an exhilarating 1h:30 min drive south up the Moulay Brahim Gorges, Asni weekly market every Saturday where we will make a short visit then to the high valleys of the Berber town of Targa Imoula (1750m), set in the upper level foothills of the Western High Atlas mountains, a main trailhead with streams and paths branching out in all directions.

Here we shall leave our vehicle and to take a welcome glass of mint tea in the village prior to setting out for some 3 to 5km excursion. towards the south to the Berber village of Aroumd (1900m), passing the pin forest, up and down the stark slopes, the jagged Western High Atlas peaks of the Toubkal Massif before us - Jbels Aguelzim (3547m), Aksouâl (3847m) and the Adrar Adj (3122m) watching us all the way. We shall stop for our picnic lunch at a pure and magnificent place where silence is only «disturbed " by goats, water streams and wagtails.

After a good lunch we go ahead to visit this rather singular village in the Assif Aït Mizane Valley, built seemingly house upon house on a large moraine spur, overlooking ancient irrigated terraced fields of barley, corn and vegetables and always surrounded by apples and walnut trees. We thence carry on for another Hour down via the other side of the valley to where our private car will be ready to transfert us back to Marrakech.