Morocco’s broad range of climates is also a blessing for trekkers. Whichever you choose, trekking is often the highlight of any visit to our beautiful country..
The High Atlas
It is a trekker’s paradise. The High Atlas runs diagonally across Morocco, from the Atlantic coast northeast of Agadir all the way to northern Algeria. Running for almost 1000km, the range includes several summits higher than 4000m. This makes a spectacular setting for walks.
It is a trekker’s paradise. The High Atlas runs diagonally across Morocco, from the Atlantic coast northeast of Agadir all the way to northern Algeria. Running for almost 1000km, the range includes several summits higher than 4000m. This makes a spectacular setting for walks.
Local inhabitants call the High Atlas 'Idraren Draren' (Mountains of Mountains). The area has long been inhabited by Berbers, whose flat-roofed, earthen villages seem to have grown out of the mountainsides, above terraced gardens and orchards of walnuts and fruit trees.
Western High Atlas
The lower ranges are generally warmer and greener but can still offer great walking in a magical area where jagged mountains and deep gorges are mixed with considerable forests, fertile valleys of date, almond, olive and walnut trees, and typical and picturesque Berber villages. The terrain may make for gentler trekking, but it still offers some challenges and plenty of rewards.
The lower ranges are generally warmer and greener but can still offer great walking in a magical area where jagged mountains and deep gorges are mixed with considerable forests, fertile valleys of date, almond, olive and walnut trees, and typical and picturesque Berber villages. The terrain may make for gentler trekking, but it still offers some challenges and plenty of rewards.
The gem here is the Tichka plateau, a bewitching area of highland meadows that are particularly delightful in spring, when they are covered in wildflowers.
Central High Atlas
A growing number of trekkers are moving over to the central High Atlas and the M’Goun Massif. The M’Goun offers great scope for trekkers, as it is remote and relatively unexploited. These gorges are some of the highlights of the area and some can be walked and/or waded through.
A growing number of trekkers are moving over to the central High Atlas and the M’Goun Massif. The M’Goun offers great scope for trekkers, as it is remote and relatively unexploited. These gorges are some of the highlights of the area and some can be walked and/or waded through.
One of the great pleasures of this walk is the chance to follow one river up to its source, cross the mountain and then follow another river down into its valley.
The landscape is incredibly varied, with lush valleys and bare rock walls. You will also see typical Berber architecture.
The Rif Mountains
The first and lowest of the mountain ranges that ripple south through Morocco, they make perfect trekking country, blessed as they are with magnificent ranges, gorges and valleys, clothed in forests of cedar, cork oak and fir. Being close to the Mediterranean, the Rif are also the greenest of Morocco’s mountains and springtime, with its riot of wildflowers, is one of the most delightful times to walk here.
The Anti Atlas
The last significant mountains before the Sahara are the arid, pink-and-ochre-coloured chain of the Anti Atlas, and beneath the arid, jagged mass of its two major peaks lie lush irrigated valleys and a string of oases.
The last significant mountains before the Sahara are the arid, pink-and-ochre-coloured chain of the Anti Atlas, and beneath the arid, jagged mass of its two major peaks lie lush irrigated valleys and a string of oases.
Morocco has a wealth of trekking options and it will be a pleasure to welcome you in my beautiful country.
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