6 Days Mountain Biking Atlas Mountains

A lovely ride towards the foothills of the Atlas Mountains. On our way we will pass through the peaceful valley  of Amizmiz surrounded by miles of olive and orange groves. A little further on we reach our night’s destination Amizmiz the sight of a long established Tuesday souk – one of the largest Berber markets of the Atlas Mountains. 

A beautiful ride today towards the Ouirgane valley with its stunning greenery and red earth hills. We will ride over the gentle N’fiss river where the Tizi N’Test mountain pass begins linking Marrakech to Taroudant. This is one of the most beautiful places in Morocco; a secret valley surrounded by a jagged horizon of snow capped Atlas Mountains. 

 Today we arrive at the edge of the Toubkal National Park named after the highest peak in Africa and embraces some of the most striking and awesome highland scenery in Morocco. Our nights stay is in the small village of Imlil at the most magnificent kasbah. 

Today we enjoy a day off our bikes to explore these amazing atlas mountains and the tucked away hilltop Berber villages. You’ll notice the dress of the High Atlas Mountain women belies a life of continual hard labour with a fantastic array of colours. 

After breakfast, ride towards the pass of Tizi n’Tamatert at 2280m, the first warm-up is on a good rolling road overlooking the deep valley against bottom with contrasting cultures terraces with a arid flanks.

We reach the track on the right side and we will find a succession of superb Berber villages beehives clinging to the sides of the mountains in the background with majestic summits of the High Atlas mountains frequently snowy. After a superb descent, our mountain biking end in Asni where you spend the night at a berber lodge. 

We ride to the Ourika Valley cutting deep into the High Atlas where the mountains rise ever more precipitously and we continue towards the hamlet Setti Fatma almost at the end of human habitation. The setting with grassy terraces, bright crops and waterfalls appears like a vision of paradise, after lunch transfers back to Marrakech, edn of our services.