Trekking
The long summer crossing: eight days walking east from Imlil over Toubkal and a chain of high passes to the waterfalls of the Ourika valley.
Point-to-point traverse
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8 days / 7 nights
Group
Private or small group, max 12
Pickup
Hotel pickup in Marrakech
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Berber, Arabic
Starts in
Marrakech
Ends in
Marrakech (via Setti Fatma)
Booking type
Private or small group
Difficulty
Challenging
Season
May–October
Max altitude
4,167 m
A traverse, not a base-camp trek. You start in Imlil, summit Toubkal early while you are fresh, then keep walking east across the range, camping and staying in villages that see almost no visitors, until you drop into the Ourika valley at Setti Fatma.
Days alternate between high passes above 3,000 m and long descents into inhabited valleys where the cook shops for produce as you go.
It is the most complete picture of the High Atlas we offer, and the summer months are when the whole route is reliably open.
Day 1
Marrakech → Imlil → Aroumd
Transfer and short walk to the first village gite.
Day 2
Toubkal refuge
Climb the Mizane valley to the refuge at 3,207 m.
Day 3
Toubkal summit → Tachdirt side
Summit at dawn, descend and traverse east.
Day 4
Tizi n'Tachdirt
Cross the pass at 3,172 m into the Imenane valley.
Day 5
Imenane valley
A greener day between hamlets, with a village lunch stop.
Day 6
High pass to Ourika
Long pass day with wide views across the eastern Atlas.
Day 7
Descent to Setti Fatma
Follow the valley down to the waterfalls at Setti Fatma.
Day 8
Return to Marrakech
Morning at the falls and the transfer back to your hotel.
Yes. Tents, sleeping mattresses, the mess tent and all cooking equipment travel with the mules. You bring a sleeping bag or rent one.
You pass villages most days, but several sections have no road access at all. Your guide carries a phone and an emergency plan for each stage.
Yes — we can run a five- or six-day version of the traverse. Tell us how many walking days you have and we will build it.
Toubkal Views is run from Marrakech by a Moroccan team, not an overseas booking platform.
Your guide is from the region and knows the Agafay tracks, the Atlas valleys and the best light for photos.
Berber camps, mint tea, home-style tagine and music played by local musicians.
We collect you from your hotel or riad in Marrakech and bring you back at the end.
You talk to us directly before, during and after your trip — no call centre in between.
Tell us your dates, group and pace and we adapt the experience instead of selling a fixed package.
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