Day 2 :
overnight in a berber family home.
Day 3:
Available: All year round
Group and agent pricing available.
Group pricing starts at 10 persons.
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Imlil to Setti fadma Trek - 3 days 2 nights.
Day 1
:
Imlil, Tizi n Tamatere
(2279m), Ouanskra, Tachdirth :
From Imlil ,
we set out along a piste for a 1 hour and 45 minutes hike towards
the east
up to the Tizi nï Tamaterte (2279m) and on through fields of Barley
and
orchards of Walnuts , Apple and Cherry treees until we reach the
village
of Tamaterte.
Once through the village we shall take a path which
leads us
up though pine and juniper woods and we stop at the tizi to admire the Imlil
and Imnane valleys. The latter has many berber villages
tucked
precariously onto the slopes stretching around us .
We carry on
along the
upper valley slopes for another hour or so to the villages of Ouanskra and then Amagdoul set amidst terraced plots of land carved
from
the hard slopes where we shall stop for our field picnic on the
plateau which is
used in summer, as a favoured bivouac site .
Our afternoon will
be spent
hiking for some 2 hours up through the valley along the mule
trails untill
we reach the pretty and the oldest berber in the toubkal massif ( Tachdirth 2291m). This is set amongst
terraced plots clawed from the surrounding craggy slopes, where we
will
overnight in gite dï etape .
Day 2 :
Tachdirth, iaabbassen, timichi :
After an early breakfast, we start our 6 hours hike
south-eastwards to the
terraced village of timichi (1850m), at the western offshoot head
of
ourika valley .
For 2and half hours we hike slowly up to the tizi
n tachdirth (3200m), which affords us a stunning panoramic view
of jbel Aksoual (3842m) and Bouignouane (3882m) on one side and Angour on
the
other , with the beginning of the luscious nature of beautiful , Verdant
valley streching out way below us .
We shall traverse the pass and
continue on down through the rocks north-eastwards for a further 2
hours
until we reach the berber village of Iaabbassen (2030m), where we
will
stop for our welcome field picnic next to a spring just outside of
the
village.
The afternoon we take a 2 hours hike up futher to the
northeast down
the valley to the old village of timichi , a charming terraced
piste
conglomeration of homes set amongst ancient nut trees , where we
will have
our dinner and
overnight in a berber family home.
Day 3:
Timichi, tiwerdiwe, Tadrarte, Agadir nï, Ait Boulmane, Setti Fadma :
After breakfast we set out
for a 4
to 5 hours hike eastwards down along the valley full of cornfields
and
walnuts groves, with many streams flowing down from the upper
slopes. We pass through the villages of Anfli and Tadrart to arrive at the
end of
beautiful Ourika valley proper and the renowned berber village of Setti Fadma ,with its ancient nut trees and waterfalls.
We shall stop
for our
picnic just outside of the village , before hiking for another
half hour
to get to the vechicle.
Available: All year round
Group and agent pricing available.
Group pricing starts at 10 persons.
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Day 2 :
overnight in a berber family home.
Day 3:
Available: All year round
Group and agent pricing available.
Group pricing starts at 10 persons.
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