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Tafraout to Ait Abd Allah traverse: Ait Mansour gorges and Anti-Atlas granaries
- Duration
- 6 days
- On foot
- 77.4 km
- Max altitude
- 1,702 m
- Total ascent
- 1,201 m↑
- Best season
- Oct–Apr
Six days from Tafraout into the eastern Anti-Atlas: the painted rocks, the Tasseriret plateau, the Ait Mansour gorges, the Timguidechet oasis, the villages of Talat Zgaghen and Ait Abd Allah, ending at the Tasguent collective granary. Camps and homestays.
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The route
Day by day
Day 1
Tafraout – painted rocks – Tasserirt plateau
- Distance
- 11.8 km
- Total ascent
- 600 m
- Walking
- 6 h
- Max altitude
- 1,300 m
Past the painted rocks to the Tasserirt plateau. Picnic lunch, camp on the plateau.
Night: BivouacMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 2
Tasseriret plateau – Ait Mansour gorges – Gdouret
- Distance
- 18.3 km
- Total ascent
- 150 m
- Walking
- 5 h
- Max altitude
- 1,301 m
Down into the Ait Mansour gorges, picnic in the palm grove, Berber music in the evening. Night with a local family.
Night: HomestayMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 3
Gdouret – Tiwadou – Timguidechet – Timkeyit
- Distance
- 16.9 km
- Total ascent
- 50 m
- Walking
- 6 h
- Max altitude
- 902 m
Via Tiwadou and Timguidechet to Timkeyit. Night in camp in the oasis or with a family.
Night: BivouacMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 4
Timkeyit – Talat Zgaghen
- Distance
- 9.3 km
- Total ascent
- 300 m
- Walking
- 6 h
- Max altitude
- 950 m
Walk to the village of Talat Zgaghen. Camp next to the village.
Night: BivouacMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 5
Talat Zgaghen – Ait Abd Allah
- Distance
- 10.9 km
- Total ascent
- 150 m
- Walking
- 5 h
- Max altitude
- 1,601 m
Walk on to Ait Abd Allah. Night in camp.
Night: BivouacMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Day 6
Ait Abd Allah – Agadir N'Tissguint
- Distance
- 10.2 km
- Total ascent
- 350 m
- Walking
- 6 h
- Max altitude
- 1,702 m
Visit the Tasguent collective granary (agadir). Night in camp or a village gîte next to the granary.
Night: HomestayMeals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included in this price
- Moroccan guide and support team for all 6 days
- Full board from day 1 to day 6: breakfasts, picnic lunches and hot dinners
- 5 nights in camp in 2-person dome tents, or a gîte depending on the stage
- Mess tent and toilet tent set up at each of the 5 nights
- Drinking and mineral water provided for all 6 walking days
- Luggage moved by vehicle between the 6 stages
- Return minibus transfers to the start and from the finish (2 transfers)
To plan for
- A warm sleeping bag for the 5 nights
- Personal hiking clothes and gear, daypack
- Energy snacks for the walk
- Travel insurance and repatriation cover
- Tips for the guide and team
International flights are never included — you book those yourself
When to go
- January: recommended season
- February: recommended season
- March: recommended season
- April: recommended season
- May: off season
- June: off season
- July: off season
- August: off season
- September: off season
- October: recommended season
- November: recommended season
- December: recommended season
Recommended seasonOff seasonIt is November: this is the season.
On the trail
Your agency
Anti-Atlas Aventures
- Based in
- Tafraout
- Terrain
- Anti-Atlas, Toubkal, Sahara, Coast, Other
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