Saghro Massif

Description

Key Highlights

• - Ascent of Kouaouch, without difficulty
  - Ideal region for hiking
  - Itinerant trek in a world of mountain and oasis
  - Meeting nomads
  - Marrakech, its place, its souks and its unique atmosphere

Day by day

• Day 01: Reception at the airport of Marrakech - Overnight at the hotel or riad
  Whatever your time of arrival, a member of RedaTrekMaroc welcomes you. Beforehand, all you have to do is specify your flight details: arrival time, origin and flight number. In the case of delay, it is imperative to report it by SMS. Night at the hotel or riad in bed and breakfast formula.
• Day 02: Marrakech, Ouarzazate and Tagdilt (1650 m) - 7h drive - Night in gite
  We leave by the Tizi n'Tichka and the kasbah road. The road climbs to a pass at 2260 meters, passing from a plain landscape to an arid mountain landscape punctuated by dry stone villages with flat roofs and terraced crops. We stop for lunch in Ouarzazate. We continue our journey in the Dades Valley, a green ribbon bordered by palm groves and dotted with kasbahs and ksour (fortified villages) rammed earth. In Tagdilt, we settle in a bed for the night.
• Day 03: Tagdilt (1650 m), Tizi n'Ouzarzam (2300 m) and Almou n'Ouarg (2200 m) - 5h hiking - Night in tent
  We leave the valley of Dades to gradually sink into the mountain. A canyon to cross, a pass (Tizi n'Ouzarzam, 2300 m). Panoramic view of the summits at 4000 meters M'Goun and the great plain of Boumalne du Dades. We set up our camp, on a small plateau between the mountains, near a well used by the nomads.
  Elevation +: 650 m Descent -: 100 m
• Day 04: Almou n'Ouarg (2200 m), Kouaouch (2600 m) and Igli (1850 m) - 5h30 hiking - Night in tent
  We take a winding path to reach Imi n'Ouarg pass (2550 m). A little further up, at 2600 meters, the summit of Kouaouch, the highest point of the circuit, offers a superb view of the mountains of the snow-covered Central High Atlas and the deserts to the south. All around, deep valleys and carved peaks. We descend between the tabular reliefs. In passing, azibs (basic stone shelters) and nomad camps. We set up our bivouac in Igli, a large plateau surrounded by rocky peaks.
  Elevation +: 400 m Descent -: 750 m
• Day 05: Igli and Bab n'Ali (1350 m) - 5h30 hiking - Night in tent
  We are in the heart of the massif. We descend through a small green valley, Afourar, where sedentary nomads have built their houses in a traditional adobe way. The fields of barley and henna are surrounded by oleanders. Then we cross a large formation of red and ocher rocky peaks until Bab n'Ali. After lunch, we cross a small pass between the two peaks that form the "door" of Bab n'Ali. We continue our descent by a ravine, Amguis. We meet many Ait Atta nomads with their flocks. We stop for the night near a well.
  Elevation +: 520 m Descent -: 570 m
• Day 06: Bab n'Ali, Ighazoun and Hanedour - 5h30 hiking - Night under tent
  We descend the small valley of Amguis, at the foot of rocky peaks, to the village of Ighazoun Nimlas. We cross the rocky plateau to reach the valley of Igue, with its numerous villages surrounded by date palms and almond trees of red earth, green fields and blue of the sky. We leave the valley to discover a huge plateau. We stop at Hanedour, a village perched on a cliff to install our bivouac.
  Elevation +: 150 m Descent -: 200 m
• Day 07: Hanedour and Marrakech - 7h drive - Night at the hotel or riad
  A short hiking of 20 minutes before heading back to Marrakech. Agdz and the Draa Valley, its palm groves, its cultivated fields, its mud villages. Arrival in Marrakech at the end of the afternoon. Installation in the hotel or riad. It remains the evening to appreciate the charm of the place Djemaa el-Fna and the riches of the "red city", very lively place after the calm of the Saghro.
• Day 08: Transfer to the airport according to the time of your airport meeting
• To note
  - For various reasons (weather for example), your guide may need to review the program, if necessary, for the smooth running of your trip.
  - Capacity from 2 to 15 people.

Included in the travel price

• - Transfers required for normal travel
  - Accommodation as described in double room and double tent
  - Camping and kitchen equipment: mess tent, kitchen tent, sleeping tent, thick foam mattress and kitchen equipment
  - Full board during the tour (except lunch and dinner in Marrakech)
  - Supervision by an English-speaking Moroccan graduate guide
  - The assistance of a local team (drivers, muleteers, camel drivers, cooks)

Not included in the travel price

• - Flights to Marrakech (and transport to airport) and return from Marrakech
  - Cancellation / interruption of stay / loss of luggage insurance and assistance
  - Meals in Marrakech, lunch and dinner
  - Drinks
  - All tips to: guide, drivers, muleteers and camel drivers
  - All that is not indicated under the heading "Included in the trip price"

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