Mount Toubkal Climbing

Your accomodation

Under a bivouac during the hike. Each night, igloo tents (Ferrino brand) are set up near the kitchen tent and the mess tent where meals are taken. Floor cushions and rugs help make seating comfortable and lanterns add ambiance! Wash is quick and conveniences rustic. What is prioritized on this kind of trip is meeting local people and getting to know your Berber team (guide, cook, and mule driver).No worries! Your team will help you the first couple of times with setting up your tent if you need it.

We do our best to offer you varied, tasty, nutritious and authentic Moroccan meals on our treks
Breakfast: cereal, bread, marmelade, milk, black tea, mint tea, coffee, hot chocolate
Lunch: a variety of salads or vegetable stews, cheeses, seasonal fruits, mint tea
Dinner: Moroccan soup and a hot entrée: tajine, couscous or noodles with desert and tea
Snacks/Dessert: crepes, apple fritter, seasonal fruit salad, cinnamon oranges, dates, rice pudding

2 nights in a three star hotel in Marrakesh with breakfasts

1 night in a mountain shelter in dormitory style rooms with shared bathrooms, unavoidable for climbing Toubkal.

Price for this Mount Toubkal Climing

Group departures:
Your Trek starting from 200€ per person based on a group from 6 to 12 persons
Departure date : June 16th and September 15th

Private departures:
Your Trek starting from 700€ per person based on a trip with 1 person
Your Trek starting from 380€ per person based on a trip with 2 persons
Your Trek starting from 275€ per person based on a trip with 3 persons
Your Trek starting from 240€ per person based on a trip with 4 persons
Your Trek starting from 200€ per person based on a trip with 5 or 6 persons
Your Trek starting from 190€ per person based on a trip with 7 persons
Your Trek starting from 180€ per person based on a trip with 8 persons
Your Trek starting from 170€ per person based on a trip with 9 persons
Your Trek starting from 160€ per person based on a trip with 10+ persons
In august, supplement of 10%
Private tent: 20€

This price is per person, based on a 2 persons trip and sharing a room

Final price will vary according to the number of people, the season and the category of vehicle rented.

Included :
- Transport to and from Marrakech
- 4 nights camping
- 1 French-speaking guide
- 1 cook
- Pack mules
- Full board out at trekking locations
- Equipment: igloo tent – mess tent – mattress and cover – cooking utensils

Not included :
- Sleeping bags, rental possible
- Tips & extras
- Accommodation, meals and drinks in Marrakech

Your itinerary

Day 1: Marrakech
Greeting at the Marrakesh airport and transfer to your hotel, free meals.

Day 2: Marrakech - Ikoubline 
Leave Marrakesh by car in the direction of the Atlas valleys, before you get to Tassa Ouirgane, you’ll meet the Berber team that will be accompanying you on your trek. The walking starts by following a brook upstream in the verdant Azaden valley, you’ll set up your bivouac outside the village of Ikoubline at 1700m. There are double tents for sleeping and a mess tent for taking meals.
1h30 drive + 4h of walking
Ascent +500m/-100m

Day 3: Ikoubline - Azib Tamsoult 
Discover the traditonal lifestyle of the valley: villages clinging to steep mountain slopes, terraced crops, centennial trees, a rural way of life…) Pass through Tizi Oussem and keep walking towards Azib Tamsoult. Set up your bivouac at 2300m in altitude!
5h30 of walking.
Ascent +650m/-100m

Day 4: Azib Tamsoult – Neltner Mountain Hut
A challenging and interesting leg of the trip that takes tou the the Toukbal base camp by the Agulzim mountain pass (3400 m). You’ll have a beautiful panoramic view from the crest of the summit of the Toubkal and the surrounding peaks. Walk down to the base camp and set up your bivouac close to the Neltner mountain hut (3105 m). Overnight in your tent.
6h30min of walking
Ascent +1100m/-300m

Day 5: Climbing Toubkal
Wake up early and take the classic route to ascend Toubkal’s 4167 m and reach North Africa’s highest point. Descend down the northern path and return to your bivouac. Overnight under your tent. Note: the Toukbal ascension is optional. You can choose to stay at the base camp and go for a shorter hike or keep our cook company and learn a few things…
5h30 of walking
Ascent +/-1060m Ascent is optional.

Day 6: Imlil
You’ll leave the base camp to reach the valley stopping by the tiny settlement and Islamic shrine of Sidi Chamharouch, recognized by its enormous boulder painted white, several austere rooms for pilgrims and cafes for hikers in transit. You’ll keep walking towards Imlil. At this altitude, simple earth houses will have given way to larger stone constructions. Settle into a mountain shelter. Overnight in dorm style room with shared bathrooms.
4h of walking.
Ascent +50m/-1300m

Day 7: Imlil - Marrakech
Breakfast on the shelter’s terrace. Last walk under the walnut trees and transfer back to Marrakesh, you’ll arrive at the end of the morning, settle into your hotel and have free meals, Jemaa el Fna square, Marrakesh’s pulsating heart and the souks await, unless you’d prefer to soak up the calm and serenity of your riad instead.
1h30 of walking +1h30 drive

Day 8: Marrakech
Breakfast at your riad then transfer to the airport or stay in Marrakesh on your own.

Practical Information

Level of effort: between 3 and 5 ½ hours of walking daily.
Daily change in altitude +1100 on average.
Tour appropriate for seasoned mountain trekkers.
Ideal period: late May to late September.
Scheduled garanteed departures : June 16th, July 9th, August 10th and September 19th

Staff

An accredited mountain guide recognized by Morocco’s ministry of tourism. Your guide known how to adapt the trek to beginner and expert hikers. Also on the team is a cook and one or a few mule drivers, depending on the size of the group.