Itinerary

1. Day 1: Marrakech to Imi Oughlad to Tizi n’tachte to Tiziane

   • Depart early from Marrakech for a pleasant drive south, winding your way up through the Moulay Brahim gorge and upper valleys.

   • Arrive at the higher foothills of High Atlas mountains and your trailhead of Imi Oughlad, where you meet up with the Berber muleteer crew.

   • Set off in the north-westerly direction for a 2-hour acclimatization hike, up switchback mule tracks to the Tiz N’Tachete.

   • Stop to look back down on the Imlil and Azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to Imi N’Ifri for a field picnic.

   • Take a slow hike for about two and half hours southwest, down along a dirt track to Assif N’Ait Azzaden and the red clay terraced village of Tiziane at 1750 m.

2. Day 2: Tiziane to Tizi n’taghrhourte to D’knt

   • Set off on your hike up along the Assif N’Ait Oussaden Valley, passing through the walnut groves, up to Tizi N’Taghrhourte (1995m)

   • Pass through a rare, almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring, where you will stop for a field picnic amidst the awesome silence, post two and half hours of relatively easy walking.

   • Hike down along the edges of the forest until we reach the Berber village of D’knt (1870m) or Agouns n Assoul, where you will have your dinner and spent the in a bivouac/gite.

3. Day 3: D’knt to Tizi n’tagdalte to Azib Tamsoult

   • Set off for your morning’s 3 hours hike up through groves of walnut trees, fields of corn and barley.

   • Greet the many sheep and goatherders – and women bent over with 20kg loads of faggots (meatball made of Pig offal) and dried herbs.

   • Traverse the Tizi n’Tagdalte to the descent amongst the juniper trees till you come to a small spring set amongst the trees.

   • Stop for your picnic, and once refreshed, set off down winding tracks of upper slopes for some 3 hours to come to a small river at the beginning of the valley of Assif n Azzaden.

   • Head up to the summer village of Tamsoult for your camp.

4. Day 4: Azib Tamsoult to Tizi Aguilzime to Toubkal Refuge

   • Set out eastwards through the beautiful waterfalls of Igholiden on a moderately difficult hike up winding mule tracks to the Tizi Aguelzim (3550m).

   • Go a further 3 hours south-east to the Toubkal Refuge, which marks the spring snowline at 3207m.

   • Head for dinner, in bivouac, around the Refuge or stay in one of the mountain huts.

5. Day 5: Toubkal Refuge to Summit Jbel Toubkal to Imlil to Marrakech

   • Have an early breakfast to set out around 5:30 am; continue on a 3-hour steep climb to the highest peak in North Africa (4167m).

   • Take in the beauty of your surroundings as a panorama from here is simply stunning.

   • Take a 2 to 3-hour descent back to the Refuge for a picnic.

   • Set off towards the north along steeply descending, zigzagging trails of the higher slopes of the Valley of the Assif n’Isouhouanem n’Ouagounss, towards the Shrine of Sidi Chamharouch. 

   • Take another 2 hours downhill to get to the village of Imlil and take the taxi back to Marrakech.