The 3 Valleys and 30 Villages in High Atlas Mountains

Whilst walking through the valleys you will undoubtedly stumble across many villages and hamlets belonging to the ethnic Berbers.
Your trek will take 3 days to complete, hiking amidst cool vegetation with juniper and pine trees for perfect shade breaks, your trek will take you across deep gorges, gushing river streams and groves of cherry and walnut trees. You will be in the capable hands of your allocated guide who will be willing to explain the culture and history behind areas you find yourself upon.
Whilst walking through the valleys you will undoubtedly stumble across many villages and hamlets belonging to the ethnic Berbers. These herding and farming communities are well use to the sights of tourists and are more than happy to allow you to interact with them to know more about their traditions and customs. Along the way you will have the opportunity to glimpse the stunning terraces that line the valleys where they grow their corn, barley and vegetables.

DAY 1 Marrakech Cities – Imlil Villages – Tachdirt Valley
we leave marrakech after breakfast and drive to imlil (1740m) via the bustling market town of asni.
imlil is the principal trailhead for trekkers in the toubkal region. This is where we meet our mule team.
once all our gear is loaded we begin walking through a side valley that heads eastwards towards tacheddirt
Overnight in the house, d/b

at first the trail rises as we climb up to the pass of Tizi n’tamatert (2279m) after which we descend on the far side to the pretty village of ouaneskra (2200m) in the Imenane valley.
we then continue gently upriver for a further half-hour or so to tacheddirt (2300m), where we set up camp near the riverside.1.5 hours transfer and 5 hours walking, approximately.

DAY 2 Tachdirt – Timichi Berber Village
we climb steeply out of tacheddirt up to tizi n’tacheddirt (3172m) gaining lovely views back to the imenane valley.
from the pass we descend through the village of Iabbassene to reach timichchi (2000m) near the head of the ourika valley. here we spend the night in a Berber gite/ 7 hours walking, approximately.

DAY 3 Timichi – To Setti Fatma – Ourika Valley – Marrakech
today we enjoy a gentle walk from timichchi to setti fadma (1700m), along the way we pass through a string of berber villages that line the banks of the ourika Valley: first tiourdiou, then anfli and afterwards tadrart. After lunch we continue via agadir n’aït boulmane and on to the centre of setti fadma.
if there is enough time we will visit a charming waterfall above setti fadma before returning to marrakech. 4 to 5 hours walking and 1.5 hours transfer, approximately.

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Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.