Atlas · Imlil — Maroc
Gentle trekking through Berber villages of the Atlas: shared mint tea, earthen houses, panoramic terraces and views of Toubkal, the highest peak in North Africa.
Just 1h15 from Marrakech, the Toubkal massif (4,167 m) unfolds its authentic Berber valleys. This gentle day mixes easy walking (3-4 km, 200 m of elevation), pisé villages (Imlil, Armed, Tizi Oussem), cultivated terraces of barley and walnut, and thousand-year-old irrigation canals (seguia). Sharing mint tea with a Berber family, traditional lunch (chicken tagine with preserved lemons, Moroccan salad). View of snow-capped Toubkal from October to May. Ideal for a first family discovery of the Atlas, accessible to anyone in good health, with no technical difficulty.
9am departure, arrival at Imlil (1,740 m). Easy walk to Armed, tea at a local home, traditional terrace lunch, return via the seguias. Back in Marrakech around 5pm.
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