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Trekking, desert, mountains and the roads between — written from Morocco, at the pace the country actually moves.

7 pieces matching “trekking”

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Two ski tourers skinning across a snow bowl below a rocky cirque in the High Atlas, one raising both poles
Trekking
High Atlas

What Everything Costs, Part 1: The Mountains

Trekking, Toubkal, ski touring, mountain biking and the Atlas day trips — real prices in dirham and euro, how long each takes, and what is genuinely included.

6 min read
A fortified cliff granary built into an overhanging rock face high above a gorge, its stone storeys following the ledge
Trekking
High Atlas & Anti-Atlas

Trekking in Morocco: Which Route Is Right for You?

Toubkal, the M'Goun traverse, the Anti-Atlas, the Sahara and Jebel Saghro compared honestly — by days, altitude, difficulty and what each one is actually like underfoot.

5 min read
Two canvas trekking tents pitched on moraine below the Toubkal refuge at dawn, snow patches and the summit ridge behind
Journeys
Morocco

Do You Need a Guide in Morocco?

Where a guide is legally required, where it changes the trip completely, and where it is money you could spend on something else. An operator's honest accounting.

4 min read
Trekkers in insulated jackets on the rocky summit ridge of Toubkal at first light, jagged pinnacles and the final plateau behind them
Trekking
High Atlas

Climbing Toubkal: What the Mountain Actually Asks

North Africa's highest peak is a walk, not a climb — but at 4,167 metres it is a walk that punishes anyone who treats it casually. Seasons, the refuge, the guide rule, and the altitude.

4 min read
A long bare ridgeline of grey limestone above a deep cirque, summit cairns in the foreground and no vegetation at this altitude
Trekking
Central High Atlas

The M'Goun Traverse: Morocco's Better Long Walk

A hundred metres shorter than Toubkal and a fraction as busy. Six days from the Happy Valley over a 4,068-metre summit, through gorges you wade rather than walk.

3 min read
Saddled camels resting on the sand at low sun, dune slopes glowing behind them
Desert
Drâa Valley · Sahara

Nomad Trekking: Walking the Desert the Old Way

Before the 4×4 transfer and the fixed camp, the desert was crossed on foot at the pace of a loaded camel. A handful of routes still work that way.

3 min read
Rippled dunes with tamarisk scrub in the Moroccan Sahara, early light across the sand
Trekking
Morocco

When to Walk in Morocco

The country has walking at every altitude from sea level to 4,167 metres, which means somewhere is always in season — and somewhere is always a mistake.

3 min read