Mud villages, terraced valleys and high passes en route to Morocco's highest peak

At 4167m above sea level, J'bel Toubkal is Morocco's and North Africa's highest peak. Set in a region of dramatic, stark, limestone mountains, beautifully terraced valleys and mud villages perched precipitously on hillsides, Toubkal makes an exciting, interesting and accessible break for weekend walkers and seasoned trekkers alike. The trek starts and finishes just an hour's drive from Morocco's most exotic city, Marrakech, and offers some of the best walking in Morocco, along trails which avoid the main hiking routes. This week of moderately strenuous hiking and camping in wilderness camp sites is topped off with a (non-technical) ascent of Africa's highest mountain north of the equator - a peak that offers extraordinary views southwards to the Sahara desert.

A week's trekking through Morocco's most spectacular mountain region

10 Days
7 days hiking

Trip grades explained


	Day 1 : Arrive Marrakech
	Day 2 : Transfer to Setti Fatma, warm up hike
	Day 3 : Trek to Assif n Oufra
	Day 4 : Hike over the Oumchichka pass at 2500m above sea level
	Day 5 : Walk to Asib Tifni wilderness camp
	Day 6 : Hike over the Tagharat Pass
	Day 7 : Continue on to the Neltner (Toubkal) refuge
	Day 8 : Trek to the summit of Toubkal at 4167m
	Day 9 : Return to Marrakech; time to explore the ancient city
	Day 10: Depart Marrakech

10 days / 9 nights
7 days’ moderately strenuous hiking
1 night hotel, 2 nights gite, 4 nights wilderness camping, 1 night refuge, 1 night “riad” guesthouse
tour leader and/or local mountain guide
fully mule supported
group size 4 - 14
some of the best trekking anywhere in Morocco