Mountains & trekking
They start 45 minutes from Marrakech.
The High Atlas is not an expedition. The Ourika valley is 45 minutes from Marrakech, the village of Imlil less than two hours away, and Toubkal — 4,167 m, the highest summit in North Africa — is climbed in two days. We go up with you: guide, transport, refuge. A day or two, added to your tour or your stay.
Three levels, so you know where you stand
Better said before you set off than at the foot of the climb.
We drive, we walk along the river, we have lunch with our feet in the water. No preparation, no equipment, children can keep up.
→ Ourika & Setti Fatma · The 3 Atlas valleysA real mountain walk, on the paths and ridges, with a guide who knows the villages. A decent pair of shoes is all you need.
→ High Atlas & the village of Imlil5 to 6 hours of walking a day, a night in a refuge, a good level of fitness. No technique in summer; in winter, crampons and a mountain guide.
→ 2-day trek & Toubkal ascentOur four days in the mountains
All of them leave from Marrakech and come back to it.
When to go
- April to October for hiking and for the Toubkal ascent.
- Winter for the snow and the winter trek, always led, crampons included.
- Ourika all year round — but flash floods can follow heavy rain: we watch the forecast and move the outing if we have to. Nothing for you to keep an eye on.
We fit it into your trip
That is the whole point: the mountains are not a separate holiday.
- A day out leaves Marrakech and returns to it: it slots into any tour or stay that passes through Marrakech, changing nothing else.
- The two-day trek needs one extra night: we shift the next stage, that is all.
- Want to go further? The Aït Bouguemez valley — the “happy valley” — five hours by road from Marrakech, or climbing in the Todra gorges. We build it to measure: tell us what you are after.