JBEL TOUBKAL

Classic 2-Week Trek in the High Atlas Mountains

Many people rush up Toubkal in a couple of days, but in the good ol’ days when there was less rush and more time, this was the standard ‘Tour de Mont Toubkal.’ It offers you an eclectic mixture of walking and fantastic views over sublime mountain landscapes encompassing all sides of Toubkal. You will even have a chance to swim in The Atlas’s only major lake, Lac d’ifni. This is an exotic tour that begins only three and a half hours from London!

Jbel Toubkal (4167m) is the highest summit in North Africa and the goal of the great majority of those who come to Morocco to walk in the mountains. It stands amongst some almost equally impressive summits, Jbel Angour, Jbel Oukaimden and Ouanakrim to name but a few. However, as well as the summit our itinerary takes us into the more secluded valleys and over some high, impressive passes neighbouring Toubkal less frequented by visitors. This is a challenging trek, involving the very best of the loftiest region of Morocco’s High Atlas chain. There is the added fascination of visiting some of the Berber settlements, clinging onto the mountain and morraine sides in precarious terrace formations. You also camp in transhumance pastures away from it all. Although essentially a camping tour, four nights are spent in basic hostels and three additional nights in our hotel in Marrakech. The schedule is quite relaxed, giving you plenty of time to acclimatize

Camping Tour 15 days	Click here detailed dossier
Duration: 14 nights/15 days Tour Code: MJT Grade: Moderate - Challenging Day Stages: Min 3 hours, max 9 hours	Click here detailed dossier
ESCORTED Dates 2010	Click here for latest ESCORTED prices
Group Size: Min 6, max 15 plus trek leader MJT27 Sun 27 June - Sun 11 July MJT05 Sun 5 September - Sun 19 September

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Accommodation and Itinerary

14 nights/15 days - Day 1 Fly to Marrakech. Night in hotel 2 Transfer to Imlil. Walk from Imlil to Aremd (basic hotel). 3 Ascend valley to Tizi n’ Tametert, then to Tinhourine. Walk to Amsakrou. Overnight camp. 4 Steady climb to Tizi Amsakrou (2100m). Cross Tarigt scree bowl to Tizi-n-Oukaimden. Descend to Oukaimeden. (Stay in refuge). 5 Steep ascent of J’bel Oukaimeden. Descend to a spring in Assif-a-Ait Irene Valley for snack. Continue to Tizi nou Addi and descend to Tacheddirt. Climb to campsite. 6 Zig-zag up screes to Tizi Likemt. Descend to Azib Likemt. Camp. 7 Follow Azif Tifni Gorge to Azib Tifni for lunch. Climb to Tizi-n-Ourai and descend to Amsouzert. Ascend to Imhilene camp. 8 Follow track to splendid viewpoint above Lac d’Ifni, chance for a swim. Camp above lake. 9 Walk to start of Assif-a Moursaine Valley. Climb to Tizi n’ Ouanoums then descend to Toubkal campsite. 10 Climb Toubkal and descend to camp. 11 Descend to Aremd, Stay in basic hotel. 12 Either relax at hotel or optional walk of about 4 hours. 13 Descend to Imlil. Transfer to Marrakech. 14 A half-day guided tour and free time in Marrakech. A chance to visit palaces, medressa and souks. 15 Transfer to airport for flight home.

Sherpa Notes

Max Altitude
4167m

Support
Leader from UK. Berber guide, porters and mules while on trek.

Accommodation and Meals
In Marrakech 2 night bed & breakfast and 1 night half board. Whilst in camp all meals are provided except refuge meal in Oukaimedene.

Trekking in Morocco

A Sherpa trek in Morocco is a fully self-contained affair with a team of mules and their drivers accompanying the group through the mountains. Tents, cooking equipment, food and personal baggage are carried by the mules, leaving you to carry only a rucksack with whatever you need for the day. Berber muleteers are willing assistants helping with setting up camp and various chores. Each trek has its own Sherpa leader and a local Berber guide who speaks French, sometimes some English. Accommodation on trek is usually in spacious two-person tents; if however, bad weather strikes there is usually the option of staying in village houses or alpine huts. Morocco is one of the very few areas of the world where warm temperatures combine with an absence of insects to allow you to sleep outside. Nothing can compare with a night under the brilliant starlit skies of North Africa.