This ride takes you on horseback through the High Atlas, past rugged cliffs, through deep gorges and extensive pine forests. Red mountains, deep valleys, almond groves, terraced gardens and Berber settlements dominate the landscape. Be enchanted by the lively culture of the local people at the foot of the High Atlas. The rocky mountain slopes are covered with wild spices (thyme, lavender, rosemary) and a great variety of flowers.
The houses of the villages on the mountain slopes are built of claystone, the roofs are often made of straw-clay. The closer you get, the more the houses lose themselves in the colours of the terrain. You ride up to 2.100 m and enjoy a great mountain panorama. A highlight are also the natural rock bridge of Imi N´Ifri and the waterfalls of Ouzoud, the highest and perhaps most beautiful in Morocco and a popular destination for excursions from Marrakech. Your riding tour ends here.
The last overnight stay will be in Marrakech, so you can still combine your stay with a visit to the lively royal city. Let yourself be enchanted by the colourful markets and the narrow streets of the Medina (old town)!

Itinerary

Day 1: Flight to Marrakech, pick up from the airport and transfer by minibus to Ourika, which is located about 30 km south of Marrakech on the High Atlas. Overnight stay in a hotel.

Day 2: After breakfast you will get to know the team and the horses. Finally in the saddle you will ride towards the first foothills of the High Atlas. Over a mountain ridge you will reach the tent camp near the Berber village Matos at the foot of the Djebel Yagour. Overnight stay in the tent camp.

Day 3: Passing several villages you ride to the beautiful and wild valley of Zat. In the afternoon your way leads you over a 2.100 m high pass with beautiful mountain panorama. Descent to Toufliht, where you will stay in a hostel or B&B with a family.

Day 4: In the morning you continue your descent towards the Wadi Tassaout, cross the road to Tichka and ride along the valley of Tassaout to the village of Aghebalou. The afternoon ride takes you to the reservoir of Ait Adel. Overnight stay in a tent.

Day 5: You will leave the beautiful valley of Tassaout over steep mountain paths before you reach the village of Ait Malek. The tent camp awaits you at the exit of the village.

Day 6: The trail leads over more red mountains with a picturesque panorama and through several villages to Demnate. Here you will stay overnight in a hostel.

Day 7: Over beautiful forest paths you will reach the natural rock bridge of Imi N´Ifri. The bridge arches washed out by the water are a well-known sight! A picnic awaits you here. In the afternoon, you will visit the waterfalls of Ouzoud, considered to be the highest and most beautiful in Morocco. Afterwards you will drive back to Marrakech and spend another night in a hotel.

Day 8: Transfer to the airport and return flight.

Subject to change without notice!

Accomodation
The first and last night you will stay in a hotel in Marrakech, the other nights you will spend in a tent camp with tents of different sizes.

Saddle & Tack: English military saddles, mainly water bridle, depending on the horse also sharper bridles.

Experience: You should be comfortable in all gaits and be able to ride in a light seat. The tours are rather quiet, but there are also some trot and gallop sections. Some passages are guided due to difficult paths.

Horses: Berber and Arab stallions. Since only stallions are taken along, this is completely unproblematic.