Day 1: Agadir / Marrakech - Essaouira
Arrival in Marrakech or Agadir Hotel. Or transfer to hotel or Guest house in Essaouira.
Day 2: Essaouira
Transfer to Essaouira if night spent in Agadir or Marrakech. Free day to visit Essaouira, the former Mogador, founded by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century. You will visit the picturesque and peaceful city built within the walls of a fortress, which overlooks the sea You can also stroll along the fishing harbor and the streets to admire the blue and white houses with their typical vases flowers hanging from the windows. Dinner and overnight in a hotel or Riad.
Day 3: Essaouira - Sidi Kaouki
After breakfast, we head south of Essaouira beach and dunes Diabate Diabate (Ma Lahlou), opposite the island of Mogador, where we meet our camels and caravan will head south along the coast and we follow side admiring the magnificent view of long beaches and the sound of waves and seagulls. We'll go through some shelters for fishermen on the beach and later we are going through a forest of cedar and go to the cliffs of Cap Sim where we have an excellent view of the rugged coastline and picturesque.
After a gentle descent we walk on the beach to get to our camp on the beach of Sidi Kaouki (6h).
Day 4: Kaouki Sidi - Sidi M'barek
Trekking takes place mostly on the beach, through some fishing villages with stone houses and small gardens. They seek water from a village well. Fishers use wooden rowboats to face this stormy sea. After hiking about 5h30 we camp on a narrow little valley next to a water source Aghbalou or Sidi M'barek village. (5h30 walk)
Day 5: M'barek Sidi - Sidi Ahmed Essayah
Today, we are in a region where we observe marabouts (Holy man tombs or religious small building where a venerated saint of the region is buried). The villages we pass through on our way are beautiful and give us a panoramic view. In this region, is a famous herb cultivated "sapodilla" from which oil is extracted to be used for lighting. In the middle of the afternoon we will visit the village of Tifardine with its stone houses and small gardens horticultural products.
Afterwards, we descend to the beach and camp near Sidi Ahmed ESSAYAH Iftane or village where you can see another marabout. (5h30 walk)
Day 6: Sidi Ahmed Essayah - Tafedna
Walk along the trails of the forest, up and down hills, because the coast is not accessible. At some point we need to impassable cliffs around Cape Tafelnay and climb through the forest of juniper and cedar. We pass through the villages of n'Boufous Tigart, Iskoua, Tagant n'Bou Dhag and down to the beach to reach a small fishing port, Tafdena, a bustling port where you can buy fresh fish for dinner. We continue south and camp in the village of Tafdna. (6h00 walk)
Day 7: Tafedna - Timzguida Ouftasse - Agadir / Marrakech – Essaouira
Depart for the last step, walking on the beach and then alternate between the strand of sand and trails inland. We will see very few people, because the region is almost uninhabited, with the exception of the village of Ifradane we will cross by the end of the morning. We finally arrive at the fishing port of Timzguida Ouftasse (4hrs walk) and here we will take our transport to Marrakech (3h drive) or Agadir (2h30 drive). Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
Day 8: Agadir / Marrakech – Essaouira - Departure, flight to home
Breakfast and transfer to airport for departure.
End of our services
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* S. SING: Supplement per person in a single room.
* Individual tent supplement: 05€/person all the hiking tour.
Important: Lodges and refuges are not available on certain places in this itinerary.
N.B: Conditions for families:
- Child under- 06 years : free of charge (maximum 01 child only for 01 family & per group)1.
- Child from 06 to 12 years 25% discount (maximum 01 child only for 01 family & per group)2.
* 1 Et2 When you need an other dromedary for 100 €, it can carry 02 child less than 10 years old or 01 adult.
THE PRICE INCLUDES
- Transfers between airport and hotel (Arrival and departure).
- Road transfer with Taxi (6 seats) or minibuses (6, 8, 10, 14, 14, 16 and 18 seats), equipped by A/C, from Ouarzazate or Marrakech to Trekking departure point and return.
- 03 nights in 3* or 4* hotel on half board in MARRAKESH or AGADIR or ESSAOUIRA.
- 04 nights in bivouac under tents or Guest house and Lodges during the trekking on full board.
- Individual tents and mattresses provided for all trekking duration.
- Kitchen tent and equipment + restaurant tent provided for all trekking.
- All meals during the Trekking days from the lunch of the 2nd day till the lunch of the 7th day.
- Dromedaries services, a Dromedary for two hikers (in case of 02 or 03 hikers we provide 02 Dromedaries for heavy luggage).
- Cook.
- English speaking Guide.
- Insurances from Maroc Horizon d’Aventures (Travel agency agreement from the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism).
- Transport Insurances from (Touristic transportation agreement from the Moroccan Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Transportations).
- All Taxes.
DOES NOT INCLUDE
- Ticket flights.
- Drinks during all meals in trekking and stays (It's possible to ask your guide where to buy water, on the road, in village's shops, in super marketr, not to buy a lot of water for heavy weight for mules or Dromedaries).
- Repatriation Insurances.
- Traditional tips to cook, dromedaries men, divers, guides.... .
*The itinerary can be changed when big rain or bad weather.
Temperature: 15° to 25°C Day & 10° to 15°C at night
Period : All Year
Walking hours : 4 to 6 h
Level : Medium to sport
Nota : In this itinerary we find some lodges in certain villages.
* 1 Et2 When you need an other mule for 100 €, it can carry 02 child less than 10 years old or 01 adult.
It is about a Trek without notable technical difficulty. It is necessary to be in good physical condition and to be able to go 5 to 7, each day, with a studied rhythm from your guide. We have stops all the walking paths, with 01H30 to 02H00 in midday for rest and lunch pause.
There is always a light back bag where to take minimum of daily needs (gourd or bottle of water, food of race, camera…). All the luggage and food are transported by the Dromedaries. When a medical problem (distortion for example), it is always possible to call upon an extra Dromedary or an agency car, insurances car.... However, it should be known that the ground is not flat, that it is necessary sometimes to go up to climb a collar, that you will find certain stages a little long… In short, you will have physical feelings, it is certain, and it is necessary to have the desire and the spirit of hiking and walking in mountain.
The itinerary indicated will be able to undergo modifications imposed by the mean level of walking of the group, or by the climatic conditions.
Sleeping bag, a large bag with zippers for clothing (not too many clothes in order not to tired mules/dromedaries or car, just needed to change during the trip), warm clothes for cool nights, a small backpack without frame for affairs’s day, walking shoes or sneakers, sandals for camp or/and walking in water, windbreaker, raincoat, polar, personal medication, water bottle (1 liter or 2 liters) or water purification tablets or buy mineral water in villages, sunscreen, a pair of sunglasses, hat or Chech , camera photo / video, a torch (frontal), spare batteries, toiletry and other personal belongings.
