Hiking Morocco: The High Atlas Mountains

Arrive at any time. Attend a welcome meeting at the joining hotel in the evening before an optional group dinner to get to know your fellow travellers.

Travel to Tiznit today, a town on the west coast of Morocco known for its silver jewelry, and mint daggers and sabres. Along the way stop at a local market for lunch on your own. Then, visit the local silver market upon arrival and the historic medina in Tiznit. Spend the remainder of the day on your own to explore the narrow alleys and hike in the town's gorgeous natural landscapes surrounded by mountains.

Leave Tiznit behind and visit the small village of Kerdous where you'll begin the hike to the remote Berber oasis of Amtoudi. Then proceed to the Icht, a small town on the edge of the Sahara desert. Meet your local guide and enjoy a tour of the village concluding with tea at your guide's home. Have a group dinner tonight at the hotel.

Travel to Zagora today and get to know this getaway town to the stunning Erg Chigaga, one of Morocco's largest dune expanses. Arrive in the early afternoon and enjoy free time for lunch on your own before the walk with your local guide to the comfortable desert camp. Enjoy welcome tea and pastries while you watch the sunset. Dinner will be served tonight at camp before music around the bonfire. Make sure you do some night sky gazing in a place with little light pollution.

Witness sunrise in the desert then have breakfast before departing camp via a camel ride through the dunes. Arrive to the home of a local family for a traditional welcome before the cooking demonstration of Medfouna and Tajin, along with a CEO-guided bread making station. Enjoy lunch together with the host family before travelling back to the town of Zagora to freshen up at the hotel before a group dinner.

In the morning begin your travels to Aït Ben Haddou. Stop along the way in Ouarzazate where the Atlas Film Studio is and take some free time for lunch on your own. Arrive at Aït Ben Haddou in the late afternoon and visit the Ksar, a group of earthen buildings surrounded by high walls. Enjoy the sunset at this spot before having dinner at the hotel with the group.

Transfer to the town of Demnat this morning and embark on a hike from this cultural crossroads to the Imi nifri Waterfalls and impressive natural bridge. Arrive at Aït Bouguemez in the late afternoon and enjoy this beautiful part of Morocco in the High Atlas Mountains with its strong ties to Berber culture and traditions.

Begin today's hike around the valley and to the Granary of Tabat in the morning. Then have lunch with a local family before a free evening to enjoy the area on your own. Dinner is included at the hotel tonight.

Head back to Marrakech today stopping by a G for Good project along the way for an introduction to the work being done in the local community. The tour ends upon arrival in Marrakech.