our day trip to the Atlas Mountains & Agafay Desert will start from your Hotel in Marrakech we will pick you up from you accomidation at 9am then we'll head higher into the Atlas to the regional Berber town of Imlil. If you visit on a Tuesday you’ll witness one of the most traditional and exotic weekly markets in the Atlas mountains. Next we follow a little-used mountain road to the village of Achayn from where we head off road for 1h Walking following the Ait Mizan Valley to Ait souka village in Toubkal National Park, an have lunch with a Berber familly after that you'll drive throught Kik plateau,There’s lots of opportunity for taking photos, Next you’ll pause for tea at Lake Takerkoust, a popular weekend recreational lake for Marrakchi from the city then you'll get to Agafay desert an you'll have a cup of mint tea in a nomad tent in Agafay Desert .
Imlil is a small village in the high Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It is 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) above sea level. A portrait of Imlil and the problems and prospects of Morocco's mountain populations appeared in 1984 in the book by James A. Miller called Imlil and published by Westview Press. It is close to the mountain Jebel Toubkal, the highest peak in Northern Africa. Imlil makes a good base for attempting to summit Toubkal as it lies at the end of the tarmac road, and is a natural place to hire mountain guides and mules for the onward trek. Imlil is the centre of mountain tourism in Morocco due to its unique position. From here, 90% of visitors head up to Toubkal, the highest mountain in Morocco.
The Agafay desert is located thirty kilometers in the South of Marrakech and extends over several hundred acres. This rocky desert, can be likened to a sand desert. Indeed, its white dunes stand and landscape are similar to the Sahara dunes. In the middle of the desert, is a surprising oasis, a haven of peace and tranquility, where the fauna and flora can easily develop. In this paradise, frogs and turtles live peacefully in the oueds, surrounded by water and rocks. Lost in the dunes are still some Berber villages that continue to exist in this austere but sublime nature.
