Walk through mountain country and valley.
Where to start ?
Marrakech
Departure dates
Dates are flexible for private departures.
With who ?
With Family | With Friends | Couple | Honeymoon
Pickup time
08.30 Am
Experience(s)
Adventure | sightseeing | special Interest | Trekking
Activity level
Easy
Meal
Lunch
Places to visit
MARRAKECH | OURIKA VALLEY | OUKAIMEDEN | TAHANAOUTE | ASNI | IMLIL | AREMD
Trip Highlights
- Explore the majestic Atlas Mountains, on a full-day hiking tour.
- Tour various scenes with panoramic illustrations.
- Travel through traditional Berber hamlets
- learn more about the local culture
- soak up the atmosphere from one valley to the next.
Description
Departure from Marrakech around 08.30 Am, for a 35km drive south Marrakech throughout one of the most charming, delightful valleys in Morocco. The Ourika Valley is overflowing with green vegetation, palmeraies, gorges, ancient terraced irrigated plots, and Berber settlements. This valley starts at a small Berber village of Dar Caïd Ouriki, with its ruined, caïdal kasbah and mosque.
We drive up through hills of changing colors from red to grey to blue between the olive groves. We see the ochre-red villages set amongst terraced fields seeming to hang from the slopes. The majority of these villages are pisé, dug from the surrounding slopes to take a turn at Aghbalou. This path will take us alongside the Jbel Oukaïmeden range. Then, we will drive northward the majestic peaks of the Western High Atlas as we circle down to the Berber village of Tahanaoute.
We turn south Moulay Brahim Gorges and Upper valleys before making our way through the Asni Hills via Asni village, which accommodates the ideal place to try out your bartering skills, Saturday souk. Upon arrival to the little Marrakech – Imlil – we set way up in the foothills of the Western High Atlas Mountains.
Leave your vehicle for a delicious lunch and get to know your guide before your hike, where you will join the group with mules for our hiking tour. We set off on our private guided walk for some 4km as we pass the hamlets of Taourirt, Targa, and Imoulato to the Berber village of Aremd.
Rest for a while in this village built from joint houses facing the ancient irrigated fields. We regroup to return through spectacular scenery to rejoin our vehicle at Imlil to return to Marrakech.
What’s included :
- Mountain Guide .
- Private round trip transportation in a 4×4 vehicle from/to Marrakech
- Local Lunch
What’s not included :
- Medical or accident insurance outside of the vehicle.
- Mule Hire
- Tips
- Gratuities, Admissions and all extras feesnot mentioned in the program
- Personal expenses
- Drinks
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