Wondrous landscapes and rich rural culture collide in Morocco's magical Sirwa

The Sirwa range lies between the High Atlas and Anti-Atlas mountains and offers some of the best trekking in Morocco. It's a unique and remote landscape of plateaux, gorges and wonderful villages where the local people have made subsistence agriculture an artform. It's also a seldom-visited region where traditional values remain firmly in tact, a product, in part, of the region's isolation from the rest of Morocco. On our journey from the saffron market-town of Taliouine to the Tislit gorge and beyond, we climb the range's highest mountain - J'bel Sirwa - a summit that offers arguably the best view in Morocco. On trek most nights are spent under canvas in wilderness areas although we also use village houses as a way of offering an added insight into Berber family life. The easy-going nature of this trek makes it ideal for occasional or regular hill walkers and represents one of the most unspoilt, beautiful and culturally absorbing hikes in Morocco.

Off-the-beaten-track trekking, scaling one of Morocco's most magical peaks

10 Days
6 days hiking

Trip grades explained


	Day 1 : Arrive Marrakech
	Day 2 : Transfer to Taliouine and on to Akhfamane in the Sirwa range
	Day 3 : Hike 5 hours to Ti n Iddr via Tamgout and Mazwad
	Day 4 : Fortified granary and village visits en route to Talzougacht
	Day 5 : Climb J'bel Sirwa, the highest peak in the range (3305m)
	Day 6 : Descent to Tizgui visit troglodyte dwellings, on to Tagouyamte
	Day 7 : Hike down Ait Oubyal valley, camp at the fantastic Tislit gorge
	Day 8 : Trek Tislit gorge to Tarsalt and Tirsal, overnight Zat Ihina
	Day 9 : Full day transfer to Marrakech -night in riad guest house
	Day 10: Depart Marrakech

10 days / 9 nights
6 days’ easy going hiking
1 night hotel, 2 nights' village house, 5 nights' wilderness camping, 1 night riad (guest house)
tour leader and/or local mountain guide

Groups min 4, max 14

great variety in a beautiful and isolated region of Morocco