5 days combined toubkal and fes
The perfect express Toubkal Ascent Trek and Erg Chebbi desert tour begins with a pick-up from Marrakech and a drive to Imlil, where the staff will welcome you. After two nights in the highlands, you will begin on an accelerated desert adventure through some of Morocco’s most picturesque and magnificent sections of the south. Before returning to Marrakech, take a camel ride and spend the night amid the sand dunes.
Day 1
Marrakech – Imlil – Sidi Chamharouch – Toubkal Refuge
You will be picked up from your Marrakech hotel at 8 a.m. Our driver will take you to Imlil (1740m), a Berber village 65 kilometers south of Marrakech, where our hike will begin. Here we’ll meet the Berber muleteer crew. A skilled mountain guide will accompany you through Berber towns and through the shrine Sidi Chamharouch to the mountain cabin (2500m). We’re going to enjoy a picnic lunch here.
After we eat our meal and take a little rest, we will head to the sanctuary (3200m). A hot shower will be supplied to cleanse the dust off your body and prepare you for the next day. Dinner will be traditional Moroccan cuisine prepared in the evening. During the summer, there is the option of sleeping in a tent.
Day 2
Toubkal Refuge (3207m) – Toubkal Peak (4167m) – Imlil
The following day starts with an early wake-up call to avoid the full power of the sun. Breakfast is served between the hours of 5:00 and 6:00 a.m. We’ll start the uphill trek at 5:30 a.m. We’ll take a brief break in the middle of our ascent to replenish our supplies of water, oranges, and almonds. After hiking for 3-4 hours, we will be rewarded with a breathtaking panorama of the High Atlas Mountains, valleys, and Berber towns.
When we reach the summit, we will have a 45-minute break to take photos and enjoy the spectacular views. After that, we’ll head back to the hut, where lunch will be waiting for us. We’ll return to Imlil by taking the same way down the hill.
Day 3
imlil _ait benhaddou_gorges dades
Depart at 08:00 from Imlil to dades valley via the High Atlas mountains Tizi n’Tichka ,we will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets, we will get the chance the visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah as it has been named by UNESCO in 1987. This Berber Kasbahs which has been used as a very important destination for international filmmakers for more than 20 films was also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt and silk from sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech and beyond. We’ll pass through Ouarzazate, or what we call Hollywood of africa since it’s has been as well a very famous destination for filmmakers, after ouarzazate we will continue to dades valley , trough the megoun ,skoura (berber villages around the valley) we will spend the night in dades valley. 7 hours drive and visites.
Day 3
imlil _ait benhaddou_gorges dades
Depart at 08:00 from Imlil to dades valley via the High Atlas mountains Tizi n’Tichka ,we will have time to stop and enjoy impressive landscapes and Berber hamlets, we will get the chance the visit the universal Heritage Site of Ait Benhaddou Kasbah as it has been named by UNESCO in 1987. This Berber Kasbahs which has been used as a very important destination for international filmmakers for more than 20 films was also one of the most important fortress strongholds on the old Salt Road where caravans brought slaves, gold, ivory, salt and silk from sub-Saharan countries to Marrakech and beyond. We’ll pass through Ouarzazate, or what we call Hollywood of africa since it’s has been as well a very famous destination for filmmakers, after ouarzazate we will continue to dades valley , trough the megoun ,skoura (berber villages around the valley) we will spend the night in dades valley. 7 hours drive and visites.
Day 5
gorges dades _ Todra gorges_merzouga camp
After the breakfast, we go from Dades gorges to the erg chebbi Sahara desert in Merzouga. Berber villages are scattered along the way, we’ll pass through Tinjdad, Jorf and Erfoud in which we’ll feel the beginning of the Saharan oasis of Tafilalet, and the we continue to Merzouga,after relaxing few minuts in Merzouga,we go to ride the camels who are waiting to take us on an adventure in the sand dunes. we will spend the night in an camp(Nomad berber tents) with drums music in the middle of the Sahara,this is a great opportunity to take lovely pictures of the sunset and sunrise,when we arrive at the camp we go to a high dunes to see the sunset , we will spend the night in nomad tents . 5 hours Drive + 1H30 ride camel .
Day 6
merzouga _ Ifrane _ fes
After an early sunrise ,we ride the camels backing to Merzouga, after take shower an breakfest we’ll start our tour backing to fes. We stop on the road to enjoy having tea with a nomadic family before we passing through the High Atlas mountains again. We stop by a town called Midelt where we’ll have lunch. This town is a very impressive mountain city at 1488 meters of altitude, well situated lower down the Jbel Ayachi (3737 m). In the afternoon we’ll continue to the legendary city of Fes. Arrival to Fes which is the end of the trip. 7 hours drive