Most Inspirational Moment
- Climbing Jebel Aklim. Was a good testing climb and had wonderful views.- Drinking tea and eating some food in a Berber family's house in the city of Cats.- I really liked the gorge walk on the third walking day. It was one of the few places with water and it was beautiful.
Thoughts on Group Leader
Very good. Friendly. Patient. Good knowledge of local area and of Morocco. Made the trip work well and set a good pace. He was good at estimating how long each part of the walk would take.
Advice for Potential Travellers
- It does get cold at night, especially when camping higher up, so make sure you bring a warm sleeping bag and enough layers.- The terrain is very rocky and many people got blisters as a result so make sure you are confortable in your walking boots and bring compeed/blister-kit.- It was possible to buy bottled water during the trip but because of the difficulties with rubbish disposal of plastic bottles, I feel its better to take water purification tablets.- The pace was good and the leader's estimates of how long each section would take were accurate. You'll generally have a rest stop every hour. It does get hot so bring sun cream and a hat.- We don't camp at official/permanent campsites so there aren't any facilities there. There will be a mess tent to eat in and a toilet tent.- Food is tasty and varied. Even for vegetarians, there is plently of good variety.- The journey to/from Morocco is long as there is a connecting fight at Casablanca.