Where: Yagour plateau
Who: up age 6, or good hikers,
When: March till November
What: Family adventure
Hiking levels:
**4-6h, 800m▲ medium
Included: Transfer, guid, mules, water, full board, tent, mattress, luggage transport
Not included: drinks, insurance, tip, sleeping bag
Bring: Walking shoes, warm- and rain clothes, camera, sun cream, sun glasses, hat, day bag, bottle of water, personal pharmacy, sleeping bag* (*can be rented)
Stay over night in tent or sleep under 1000 stars. Cook on the fire, make music, go 3000 years back and draw your own symbols in stones.
A short but intense trip on mules or foot in to the Atlas
For kids up 6 years - 2 days / 1night ** medium hiking
Day 1: 5h hike, 14 km, 800m ▲: Departure from Imintadart hiking or riding to the Yagour plateau by the village of Wiygran (1500m) and zigzagging through the palmina up to the crete, there will have a spectacular view toward the Grand Canyon of the Atlas and to the villages of Acheg. Up there will have a picnic under an old juniper tree, after we will continue easily steadily up to the plateau to set up our bivouac by the sheepfolds of Abdouz. If we have some time we can make some land art together. We will help the mule man to take car of the mules. Then you can admire the sunset and help later on to make a fire and spend some time togahter.
Day 2: 4h hike, 10km, 1000m ▼: Descent from the plateau through the canyon of yagour, passage and cross the villages and terraced crops. Return to Tazitount and lunch by the bank of the river and build a dam or stone towers. Transfer to Marrakech or spend an extra night in Amlougui house.
Imagine yourself 3000 years ago, there you are already in a big adventure
For kids up 8 years - 3 days / 2 nights ** medium hiking
Day 1: 2h hike, 6 km, 400m ▲ Departure on foot or on mules, from the Tazitount bridge to the village of Tizi village via Anamer. Lunch at a families home in Tizi. We will visit the village, the irrigation system and go for a football game. In the family we have dinner and the chance to listen to some Amazigh/Berber music, here we stay over night.
Day 2: 5h hike, 8km, 700m ▲ Departure from the family, climb to the Yagour plateau in 3 hours, there we have a our a strengthening pick nick, then we will continue for 1 hour walk to reach the bivouac. After e littel a siesta we start to search the rock engravings. We imagine about the meaning of the symbols, copy them with frottagé on paper and make your own drawings =(an old form of making copy’s). By sunset we will dinner and enjoy the music of the locals. Stay over night in tent.
Day 3: 4,5h hike, 10km, 900m ▼ Decent from the yagour plateau via Imaoun Ighzan, then we hike down through the Acheg villages and their agriculture terraces to come back to the main road of the valley. By the river of Ourika we have lunch and some time to play or swim in the river. From there you get back to Marrakesch or stay over night in the guest house of our family in Amlougui.
Do you want to uncover some of the 3000 year old secrets?
For kids up 8 years - 4 days / 3 nights ** medium hiking
Day 1: 2h hike, 6 km, 400m ▲: Departure from Imi ntadart, hiking or ride to the Yagour plateau by the Wiygran crete, 6 hours to reach the bivouac. Meal on the plateau followed by a siesta! We will cook together and make our tea with wilde herbes. After dinner we make a fire and play with drums some Amazigh music. Bivouac in tent or outside.
Day 2: 5h hike, 14km, 300m ▲: To day we will cross by the lake of Ifard, maybe go for some swimming, watch the eagle, discovery the rock engraving and climb to the Yagour plateau. By the cliff you will have a overlook the plains and more fare. Here we have lunch. After this brake we cross the highest part of the plateau 2700m. Here we will bring up our tents. Now its your time to study the stone carvings and make some frottagé. (an old form of making copy’s) Let’s try to find out, the meaning of the symbols. After all we go back to the tents, where we have dinner and sit later on by the fire. If the nights is clear we will see thousands of stars and think of some wishes. Good night.
Day 3: 4,5h hike, 10km, 900m ▼: Descent from the Yagour plateau via the zigzagging way of Tizi n'Oughré ridge. From there you have an incredible view to the surrounding mountains and there diffrent colors and oxidations. Maybe you have the great chance to watch eagles and even wild pigs. Then we go through Tachmcht valley and crossing the terraced crops. Lunch under the walnut tree and continue to Tizi village to stay over night by a Berber family. After dinner you get to know live Amazigh / Berber music and you can join them by singing or drumming together.
Day 4: 2h, 7km, 400m ▼: After a late breakfast we hike down through the Acheg villages and their agriculture terraces to come back to the main road of the valley. By the river of Ourika we have lunch and some time to play or swim in the river. From there you get back to Marrakesch or stay over night in the guest house of our family in Amlougui.
Prices: Adventure in the wild
Included: Guide, cook, full board, tent, water, mattress, luggage transport (mules)
1 adult/1 kid - € 180.– a day
1 adult/2 kids - € 210.– a day
2 adults/1 kid - € 230.– a day
2 adults/2 kids - € 250.– a day
2 adults/3 kids - € 280.– a day
plus extra Mule - € 25.– a day
Transfer extra - € 50.–
Our prices are indicative and depend on the time you book, the season, and market
