We are a professional and competent team (guides, muleteers, cooks,..) lead by Mohamed Aztat, an official mountain & desert tour guide Berber by origin and local to the Imlil region.
* Graduated from Mountain guides shcool in Tabant (CFAMM), Licenced N°385
* graduated from the “Royal Moroccan Federation of Skiing and Mountaineering.
* Accredited Wild country Assessor for Expeditions in Morocco
* Member of the guides association in Imlil.
Mohamed was previously a muleteer, cook and tour guide for many British companies, speak excellent English, French have 13 years experience, He truly loves his job and the region he grew up and lives in . Always proud to introduce his culture to visitors
Hiking and Trekking in Morocco
Whenever you want to travel and whatever your level of fitness, we can organize your trip to suit you. Whether you want to climb mountains, walk through deep shaded valleys, or ride camels accross the desert; we will enable you to experience your desired holiday.
Tour Programs or itinerary
We offer and arrange day trips and longer proper hikes into the mountains, with your transfers from town laid on. We are able to suggest itineraries to meet the requirements of visitors based on the number of days available, please choose an itinerary from below and we make it happen. If you are a party of 1, 2, 3 or more, family, group of students or Club we can, if you wish, advertise places on your tour to reduce the rate per person.
What the Travel Experts tell about us?
From Conde Nast Traveller Magazine - Issue, December 2007
PLUS, Hire a Berber guide and head out of Marrakech for a trek in the Atlas Mountains… Mohamed is simply the best guide with whom I have walked in Morocco…
From the Sunday Times Newspaper - Agust,2008
For proper treks, contact the Atlas superguide Mohamed Aztat (0668 76 01 65, aztat.rando.free.fr ), who can arrange day trips and longer hikes into the mountains, with your transfers from town laid on …
From the Sunday Times Newspaper - May, 2007
In Morocco's mountains There’s solitude high up in the Atlas Mountains – only your guide, your mule and a few excited locals will know you’re there…“Welcome to the happy valley,” said our guide, Mohamed Aztat, when we stepped out into this Arcadian landscape next morning….
From the BBC-Radio 2 / 19 Feb 2008
We headed for the hills to speak to a man who spends his days with his head in the clouds. We went live to the Atlas mountains in Morocco, to join one of their top guides Mohamed Aztat.
From the Lonelyplanet guidebook - February 2007
Dar Adrar is run by one of the star guides of the Atlas, Mohamed Aztat
From Insight Smart Guide Marrakech 2009
….Mohamed Aztat who owns this small guesthouse, is one of the best guides around. He arranges treks, has a good team of guides, muleteers and cooks, as well as a small shop with equipment rental.
Choose an Itinerary by Region or by Length!!
The Atlas Mountains - Morocco
We can personalize all the Trekking programs mentioned on this web site or create a new ones according to the costumer's enquiry.
The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range across a northern stretch of Africa extending about 2,500 km (1,500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Atlas ranges separate the Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines from the Sahara Desert. The mountains are divided into additional and separate ranges, including the High Atlas, Middle Atlas, and Anti-Atlas.
High atlas its self is divided into :
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Western High Atlas : In the west lies the oldest portion of the range. Several peaks in this area exceed 4000 m, Its high point is the Jbel Toubkal at 4167 m, which is visible from the city of Marrakech. Jbel Toubkal lies in the Toubkal national park
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Central High Atlas : A solid chalk mass morphologically dominated by tabular zones reaching an altitude of 2,500 m extends from Azilal to Ouarzazate. Here, the contrasting landscapes remind visitors of the Colorado, with its high plateaux, its gorges and box canyons, and its peaks sometimes splintered by erosion. Jbel Mgoun at 4068 m being the highest peak in this part of the High Atlas.
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Eastern high atlas which is the Imlchil region.
The Anti-Atlas extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest of Morocco toward the northeast to the heights of Ouarzazate and further east to the city of Tafilalt (altogether a distance of approximately 500 kilometres/310 miles). In the south it borders the Sahara. The easternmost point of the anti-Atlas is the Djebel Sarhro mountains and its eastern boundary is set by sections of the High Atlas range. Jbel Siroua is set as a bridge between the High atlas and the Anti-Atlas.
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