4-Day High Atlas Mountains Trek from Marrakech with Berber Villages

• Early morning departure from Marrakech for a pleasant drive south.

• Wind your way up through the Moulay Brahim gorge and upper valleys to arrive at the higher foothills of the western High Atlas Mountains. The trail heads to Imi Oughlad (1450 m), with Jbel Toubkal at 4167 m - the highest peak in North Africa - looming nearby.

• Meet up with the Berber muleteer crew.

• Set off on a two-hour acclimatization hike to Tiz n'Tachete (2000 m).

• Look back down on the Imlil valley and Ait Oussaden valley.

• Carry on for another half hour to Imil-n-Ifri and enjoy a picnic lunch.

• Keep hiking for about two and a half hours southwest, down along a dirt track to Assif-n-Ait Oussaden.

• Finally, reach the red clay terraced village of Tiziana (1,750 m).

• After breakfast, begin the hike up along the Assif-n-Ait Oussaden valley.

• Pass through the walnut groves, up to Tizi-n-Taghrhourte (1,995 m), and continue across a rare, almost flat stretch to arrive at Assaka spring.

• Have another field picnic.

• The afternoon hike takes you down along the edges of the forest until you reach the Berber village of D'knt (1,870 m).

Have dinner and stay overnight.

• Begin the morning with a 3-hour hike up through groves of walnut trees, corn, and barley fields. Meet shepherds, women, and children carrying dried herbs.

• Traverse Tizi-n-Tagdalte, then descend among the juniper trees until you stop for another picnic.

• Walk to the village of Tizi Oussem (1,850 m), then continue up to the summer village of Tamsoult.

Sleep under the sky at the camp.

• The final trek leads to a small waterfall at Azib Tamsoult.

• Return to cross the Tizi Mzik pass (2,479 m).

• Join the central Toubkal valley at Aroumd village (1,900 m), and have lunch before driving to Marrakech from the Imlil valley.