5 Day Combined Toubkal trek and desert trip
5 Day Toubkal desert combined tour
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE TRIP
5 Day Combined Toubkal trek and desert trip: during this combined tour we discover Berber villages, the sublime landscapes of the Atlas with the ascent of North Africa’s highest peak, Toubkal 4167m, and the fascinating world of the desert with its golden dunes. With this combined trek we achieve two goals in one trip: the Atlas mountains and the Sahara desert.
This trip alternates between the Toubkal National Park, named after Mount Toubkal in 1942 as the Kingdom of Morocco’s first national park, and L’erg Chebbi, better known as the Merzouga dunes, one of Morocco’s two great Saharan ergs.
Today, we meet our guide and driver, 1h30 drive to the Imlil village (1800 m), where we meet our team of muleteers and cook, we start our trek in the Ait Mizane valley towards the Toubkal refuge. We stop for lunch at the Chamarouch shrine, which is a place of pilgrimage, before continuing on to the Toubkal refuge, ideally situated at the end of this wild valley. Ascent: +1400 m; -50 m. Hiking time: 4h00 to 5h00. Dinner and overnight at the refuge.
Early in the morning, we set off for the ascent of Mount Toubkal (4167m); around 3h30 and 940m ascent to the summit. The views offer a 360° panorama over the Sahara, the Marrakech palm grove, and the Atlantic. After returning to the refuge for lunch, we descend to Aremd village (1900 m). Altitude difference: +1000 m; -2000 m. Walking time: 9 hours. Dinner and overnight at the guesthouse.
At 8:00 am, we drive south with our guide through the Tizi n'Tinchka pass (2260m) and descend to the Kasbah of Ait Ben Haddou. We'll explore this walled city (2.5h visit + lunch) before heading to Ouarzazate and continuing along the Road of a Thousand Kasbahs through the Skoura palm grove and Rose Valley. Overnight in an authentic kasbah in the Dades Valley.
After breakfast, we drive through Boumalen to explore Todra Gorge on foot. We then continue to Merzouga via Tinjdad (lunch stop) and Erfoud (fossils). From Merzouga, we take camels or quads into the dunes to reach our desert camp. Dinner and overnight in camp with live music around the fire.
Early wake-up for the sunrise. After breakfast at the camp, we head back to Marrakech via Rissani (birthplace of the Alaouite dynasty), Alnif, the Anti-Atlas (Tizi N’tfarkhin pass), and the Draa Valley with its kasbahs and ksours. Lunch stop in Ouarzazate. Arrival in Marrakech by 8:30 pm. End of our 5-Day Toubkal & Desert Combined Tour.
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■ Private transfer from Marrakech to Imlil
■ Certified Berber mountain guide.
■ 1 night at the Toubkal refuge
■ 1 night in a guest house in Armed
■ All meals included during the Toubkal trek. (Full Board)
■ Mules and staff included.
■ Pick-up in Armed on third day.
■ Private transport: air-conditioned minibus or 4×4.
■ Accommodation: Night of 3rd day in a Dades Valley hotel and night of 4th day in a luxury desert camp.
■ Meals: dinners and breakfasts included.
■ Activities: camel rides, visits to palm groves, gorges, an ancient underground irrigation system, fortified villages, a women’s cooperative, etc.
■ Berber musical evening around a campfire in the desert under the stars.
■ Return to your accommodation in Marrakech. .
■︎ Accommodation in Marrakech
■ The Lunches and drinks during the desert trip.
■ Travel insurance.
■ Tips and personal expenses.
This program of toubkal desert combined tour may suffer some variation at the discretion of the guide depending on the weather conditions, the physical / technical conditions of the participants or for any unforeseen event that may be detrimental to the safety of the group and the proper development of the program. You have to accept the guide's decisions on matters of organization, logistics and security. Any extra expenses for accommodation, meals, transportation and others as a consequence of this variation, will be borne by the participants. .
Group
2 people
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Price per person
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