5 Days Trek Atlas Mountains & Sahara Desert

Trekking Atlas Mountains Morocco organizes the best trips with experienced guides. A combined tour consisting of a 2-day Atlas mountain trek and a 3-day Sahara tour, Amazing 5 days tour from Marrakesh, takes you on a lifetime adventure around Morocco, to visit its Atlas mountains, valleys, and Sahara desert. Get in touch with Moroccan deep culture and nature,

Trek to Berber Villages Valleys and the Sahara Desert on this 5-day climb through the wilderness, The tour Starts from Marrakech crossing the beautiful big waterfalls of the atlas, Toubkal valley, imlil valley, and the famous Sahara desert of Merzouga. On the 5th day, you will be back in Marrakech after exploring the best of Morocco.

About 5 Days Trek Atlas Mountains and Sahara

Trip Name:  5 Days Trekking the Atlas Mountains and Sahara

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Duration:  5 Days / 4 Night

Difficulty: Moderate

Visiting Places:  Imlil, Azzaden Valley, Atlas Mountains, Merzouga

Type Of Activity: Climbing, Walking, Desert Trips, Guided Treks

Available: Every day

DEPARTURE/RETURN LOCATION Your accommodation in Marrakech
DEPARTURE TIME Please arrive at 8:45 AM for a prompt departure at 9:00 AM.
INCLUDED
Transport round trip Accommodations and Meals as per itinerary
Camping Materiels ( Tents & Mattress) for summer treks. Night with local family
Mule, Multeers and Cook Service Professional Mountain guide
NOT INCLUDED
Travel insurance Soft Drinks
Tips and Gratuities Personal expanses
Essential Equipment & Clothing
  • Good walking boots and socks / good trainers
  • Personnel First aid Kit
  • 3 to 4 season sleeping bag
  • Day sack/backpack
  • Head torch / headlamp
  • Ice axe and crampons (winter)
  • Lightweight waterproof over-trousers / rain-pants
  • Water bottle or camel back (recommended)

NB: Most of that equipment can be rented locally from our equipment shop in Imlil

1
In the morning meet your guide and driver at your hotel. Transfer south of Marrakech to Aguersioual located 3 km before Imlil. Meet the cook and the muleteers, then start the walk up a steady track to the village of Matat. The path starts to climb up to Tizi Oudite where you will stop for lunch. Then you descend down into the beautiful Azadden valley. Your destination today is the Berber village of Tizi Oussem, located in the upper valley at the foothills of the impressive Tazagharte plateau. Approx. 1:15 hr drive, 5 hrs walk. Overnight village Guest house, – 5 Hours Walk. Meals:  L/D

2
Leave the village with a steep ascent, then join a mule path traversing to the pass of Tizi Mzik at 2489 m. During the ascent, you will see some of the oldest Juniper trees in the National Park of Toubkal. From the pass, you will enjoy great views of Imlil and the surrounding peaks. A long descent takes you to Imlil, a village built on a moraine on the foothills of Toubkal peak. Late afternoon short orientation walk in the village. Overnight village house. overnight in imlil or similar 5:30 hrs walk. Meals: B/L/D

3
You will be picked up from your accommodation in Imlil at 9.00 am and head out over the Atlas Mountains, driving over the stunning Tizi-n-Tichka mountain pass. You’ll pass through lots of Berber villages, and once you’re in the desert, you’ll see riverside oases and barren hillsides dotted with kasbahs (fortified dwellings that house families and their livestock). Along the way, you will have the option either to take a break and visit the Ouarzazate Film Studios or stop for a hike. Once you reach Dades Gorge, you have the option of going for a hike or relaxing at your hotel. Overnight in Dades. (Total driving time 7 hours). Meals: B/D

4
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from the Dades Valley to Todra Gorge – a massive fault dividing the High Atlas mountains, rising up 300 meters in a narrow valley with palmeries and Berber villages. Here, you can go for a hike to explore the palmery, a green oasis full of large date palms. After lunch, you’ll head further into the desert to the gateway town of Merzouga to pick up supplies for your desert trip. You will then drive on to a kasbah to pick up your camel. At sunset, you’ll trek for an hour-and-a-half by camel to a Berber camp where you will enjoy a traditional Moroccan dinner, and sleep under the stars or in tents at a desert camp. (Total driving time 6 hours ). Meals: B/D

5
Wake up early, just prior to sunrise, we have a 1h camel ride at sunrise to explore the area further and we head back to Merzouga on our Camels. When we reach Merzouga, have breakfast & have the opportunity to shower, and then we begin our journey through the stony desert and over the Atlas mountains, with plenty of stops for photos, exploring, and lunch as we return to Marrakech. The usual arrival time in Marrakech is between 17:00hrs and 18:00hrs. (9:30h drive). Meals: B

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