Big Traverse of the High Atlas

Day One: Marrakech

Upon your arrival in Marrakech, your team will meet you from the airport. You can then check in and rest at your lodgings.

Day Two: Marrakech – Ouzod – Azilal – Oughbar – Ait Abbes – Ait Bouguemmaz – Agouti – Azib n’Ikkis

Your day will begin in Marrakech and end at the camp in Ikkis. You will pass through many different places, some on your 5 and a half hour drive and the rest on your 3 hours of walking to get to your first camp.

Day Three: Azib n'Ikkis - Tarkeddit Pass - Tarkeddit Plateau

Beginning from Ikkis, you and your guides and team will trek through the Tarkeddit Pass at 3450m before arriving at your camp, on the Tarkeddit Plateau at around 2900m. It should take around 5 hours and 30 minutes to get to the camp.

Day Four: Tarkeddit Plateau - M'goun - Tarkeddit Plateau

An 8-9 hour day will see you ascend to the summit of M’Goun, the second highest peak in the Atlas range at 4068m. The views from the peak are amazing and make the ascent well worth the effort. When you descend, you will stay the night in the same camp.

Day Five: Tarkeddit Plateau - Tassaoute - Sdremt Pass - Tazgaiwalt - Amezri - Imin Ikkis

From the Tarkeddit Plateau, you and your group can then strike out for 6 hours to arrive at Imin Ikkis, where you’ll make camp for the night. From the Plateau, at 2900m, your journey will take you up to 3200m at the Sdremt Pass and through the beautiful and wild North African countryside.

Day Six: Imin Ikkis- Ichebbaken - Ait Hamza - Ait Ali n' Itto

From Imin Ikkis, you’ll journey through more stunning wilderness to arrive at the Ait Ali n' Itto camp after about 6 hours of trekking.

Day Seven: Ait Ali n' Itto - Megdaz - Tagought- Tizin Fedghat

Another 6 hours of travelling and you will have risen 800m and descended 200m by the time you arrive at your next camp, Tizin Fedghat.

Day Eight: Tizin Fedghat – Tamzrit – Ineghmar - Lac Tamda - Azib Anfergal

The next stage of your adventure will take you up to Lac Tamda, a beautiful lake set into the mountains that you should arrive at about half way through your day. 6 hours of trekking will take you past the lake, the Ineghmar Pass and eventually through to Azib Anfergal, where you will make your camp, at 2600m above sea level.

Day Nine: Azib Anfergal - Tighza n'Ouaourikt - Tizin Telouat

Your adventure will then take you to toward Anemiter, and eventually your next camp at the foot of Tizin Telouat.

Day Ten: Tizi n'Telouat - Bergeries - Titoula - Taddert

6 hours of trekking in the beautiful wilderness of North Africa will bring you and your party to Taddert, where you can camp, rest and reflect on your day’s journey through Tizi n'Telouat ,Bergeries and Titoula.

Day Eleven: Taddert - Afra Plateau - Afra Village - Assif n’ Zat

On day 11, you’ll visit the village and the plateau of Afra on your 5 hour trek to the next camp near to Assif n’ Zat. Berber villages are welcoming places and full of history, culture and the ways of mountain life.

Day Twelve: Assif n’ Zat - Afra - Assats - Assif n Zat - Azgour

After the villages, you and the group will be taken along some beautiful North African gorges by the guides. You’ll ultimately camp at Azgour, at around 1800, after a 6 hour day of discovery.

Day Thirteen: Azgour - Ouarzast Villages - Yagour

To get to the camp at Yagour, you will need to traverse 6 hours of beautiful Berber countryside, past native bergeries (sheep-pens) and up to Yagour’s plateau.

Day Fourteen: Yagour - Ait Iguerane - Taddert n'Aghbalou - Setti Fadma

By the 14th day you will be deep into the North African countryside and landscape. Your adventure will continue for 6 hours until you arrive at Setti Fadma for a rest and some food. This will be your camp for night.

Day Fifteen: Agadir 'Ait Boulemane - Anefli - Kissaria - Azib n'likkemt

Today, your adventure will take you up to an altitude of 2500m above sea level. The journey will take you through some beautiful areas including the Kissaria Gorge, which does not appear on any of Brahim and Mohamed’s other treks. A day of 6 hours in the Moroccan countryside will see you making camp at Azib n'likkemt.

Day Sixteen: Azib n'likkemt – Tifni - Azib n Tifni - Taghbaloute

From an altitude of 2500m at Azib n'likkemt, you and your guides will ascend via the Tifni Pass to 2900m and on to your next camp at Taghbaloute. The entire day should bring you around 6 and a half hours of trekking and stunning wilderness.

Day Seventeen: Taghbaloute - Tissaldai - Amsouert - Ait Iguerane - Chez Balaid - Ifni

Your adventure will take you to another stunning mountain lake, equally as beautiful as the last, called Lake Ifni. Starting from Taghbaloute, you’ll head through Tissalda, Amsouert, Ait Iguerane and Chez Balaid to make camp on the shores of the lake at 2400m. The day’s trekking should be 5 hours and 30 minutes from start to finish.

Day Eighteen: Ifni - Ouanoums Pass - Toubkal

From the lake, you will then trek over to the summit of North Africa, the mighty Toubkal and make camp at the foot of the Atlas’ highest peak. You’ll cover 6 hours of beautiful terrain, including the Ouanoums Pass, and ascend to an altitude of 3700m.

Day Nineteen: Toubkal

From your camp at Toubkal, you and the group can then ascend to the roof of the North Africa's, Mount Toubkal, which is an epic 4167m above sea level. After you have made the 8 hour ascent, you will be treated to a view of Morocco that includes its deserts, cities and the High Atlas Mountains themselves.

Your camp will be the same as the previous night.

Day Twenty: Toubkal – Imlil – Asni - Marrakech

Today will see your adventure drawing to a close. From Imlil, you will be returned to Marrakech and your hotel base, where you can have a hot shower and breakfast.

Day Twenty One: Marrakech

Today, you are free to do as you please. You can relax in your hotel or riad, or perhaps take in some culture in Marrakech.