Wandeling van een volledige dag door het Atlasgebergte

Mijn man en ik hadden de meest ongelooflijke ervaring om met Mohammed door het Hoge Atlasgebergte te wandelen. Het was vrij moeilijk - zou wandelen / klimmen schoenen aanraden als we droeg trainers en ze waren niet bijzonder geschikt voor de fatsoenlijk! Mohammed maakte ons op ons gemak voelen en was zeer goed geïnformeerd over het gebied. Hij was ongelooflijk! Hij nam ons mee naar zijn dorp voor de lunch na de klim en het was een van onze favoriete maaltijden in Marokko! Ik beveel deze ervaring ten zeerste aan!

Let me just begin by saying that this guided tour is hard!! Like... really hard - this is a 25 km hike in high altitude. I consider myself a quite fit 34-year-old bootcamp, crossfit and running every week and Ive been on multiple hikes in my life. This was a tough one! Our guide Omar literally ran up the mountains like a goat expecting us to be able to follow. This was impossible! There were no photo breaks, water breaks or pee breaks. He just needed to get from A to B as fast as possible it seemed. Yes, he was friendly and helpful, saving our lives several times when we got too close to the edges or were about to go face/bum down the steep mountain side. Did he give us any information about the nature, animals, the berber people or the environment? No. Did he tell us stories? No. He was just a person showing us the way - constantly walking around 100m ahead of us. Is this a hike for the average person? Sure, but be ready to suffer. You need to be able to cope with the high altitude 1900-2600m and a near run speed. It had said in the details of the tour that wed be passing by a market - we definitely didnt way any market, sadly enough. The good part is that youll be hiking in the middle of nowhere with no other tourists around. Good tour, although I really think they need to inform people to be in great condition, able to cope with high altitude and be experienced hikers. It doesnt say anywhere how long the hike is - we hiked 25 km which isnt possible for everyone. What do they do when they have semi unfit people or elderly average tourists?! A lot of the times there was no path and it was dangerous and steep. It was also quite expensive - we paid around 250 EUR for 3 people for a pickup, a hike, lunch and a drop off.

We were looking for a day to get out of the Médina and enjoy the mountains and this was an incredible way to do it! Our guide was very friendly and informative and the views of the mountains were amazing! The lunch stop in one of the Berber villages was delicious! Highly recommend this tour!