Walking Holidays in Morocco
Trekking or walking in Morocco offers a rich and colourful experience, allowing a privileged and unhurried contact with a world scarcely changed in a thousand years; friendly peoples and ancient cultures, spectacular scenery and remarkable refreshing activity.
Morocco is a varied country, ranging from high mountains and deep gorges to vast sand seas, yet at the same time the annual snows provide water, so there are cultivated valleys, a blaze of spring blossoms and habitations in the remotest corner. Both in the huge panoramas and in the intimate details, the Atlas ranges offer a world of kaleidoscopic surprises.
The unruffled world of the mountain Berber tribes is remote and only recently open to visitors but this has helped to keep the people unaffected by western influences. Shepherds still lead their flocks on the mountainside, women still gather at the village wells, mule trails still carry walnuts to the weekly souks and mountain kasbahs perch on defensive spurs.
Trekking in Morocco is neither burdensome nor uncomfortable. We provide mules to carry your baggage and all the equipment, so the walks are unencumbered. Professional Berber guides who are proud of their beautiful world, plenty of time and refreshment en-route and comfortable camps each evening with staff to provide the touches that make "roughing it" an enjoyable experience. No previous experience is needed.
Included in the cost
- Transfer from and back to your Marrakech hotel / riad by road at the start/end of the trek
- A qualified French speaking Berber guide and cook
- All camping equipment (sleeping tents with foam mattresses, mess tent, w.c. tent)
- All meals from lunch on the first day to lunch on the final day, including mineral water and half a bottle of wine per person each evening
- English-speaking Moroccan guide
- Mules for carrying baggage
- Full staff of chef and muleteers.
- 2-man sleeping tents with mattresses, mess tent, toilet tent
- First night in Dar Itrane Lodge or nearby gite (applicable itineraries only)
Not included in the cost
- Sleeping bag - this is an optional extra of £20
- Flights and hotels - The trek must be combined with flights and hotels
Please note that we only provide these treks to clients who have booked their tailer-made holiday in Morocco with the Best of Morocco.
Summer treks (May - October)
Probably the finest trekking in the Atlas Mountains is found in the Bougmez Valley. Mule tracks link picturesque villages and valleys, passes and gorges are followed in treks through this enchanting part of the world. We urge anyone with the faintest spirit of adventure to visit some of the places that only 70 years ago had never been seen by Europeans.
Winter treks (October - April)
The Jebel Sargho (highest point 2,712 m) is a starkly beautiful region of Sahara broadly lying between the Draa and Dades Valleys. An ideal region for trekking between October and May. It is made up of a jumble of volcanic peaks, deep gorges, abandoned kasbahs, small villages and the occasional black tents of the semi-nomadic Ait Ata tribe.
Other treks
Other locations in the High Atlas mountains also provide a good base for walking treks, and we can arrange day or overnight treks from
