Edits: Summit & Spices in Morocco

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30s and 40s Adventures

Activity level:

Challenging

Trip code:

EMT

Ways to Travel:

Guided Group, Private Group Adventures, Short Breaks

Activity:

Walking & Trekking

Group size:

6–16

Ages:

30s and 40s

Let’s see a show of hands for a proper challenge. This trip is mini on time but maxi on adventure: scaling North Africa’s highest peak. But unlike other magnificent mountain climbs, you can be up and back from Mount Toubkal in two days (ideal if your annual leave has been pushed to the brink already). We’ve bookended this adventure with nights in scintillating Marrakech for a long weekend like no other.

Edits trips are for those in their 30s and 40s. We also have a range of trips for everyone, including our similar trip Mt. Toubkal Climb, or you can view our full range of Edits trips.

Key information

Two nights boutique hotel, one night mountain refuge with shared facilities, one traditional guest house
Countries visited: Morocco
Three days point-to-point walking with full porterage, so your luggage is where it needs to be
Free transfers to meet any flight

Countries visited: Morocco

What's included

All breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners included
All accommodation
Transfer by private minibus
Hammam in Marrakech

What's not included

Travel insurance
Visas and Vaccinations
Tips for leaders and staff
Flights

Call for general departures:

1 844 227 9087

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Trip Notes

Click on the button below for detailed Trip Notes containing all the particulars about this trip, including kit lists and practical information.

Note: these can vary by departure; you can check out the specific Trip Notes for your chosen adventure on the dates & prices page.

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Sustainable Travel

Tourism can be a real help to local communities, providing income, positive cultural exchanges and a financial incentive to protect their natural environment. Ours is a 'total approach' to responsible tourism, covering everything from the way we plan and operate our trips to the practices of Exodus as a company.

Learn more about what sustainable travel means to Exodus Edits here…

Live Adventure, Give Adventure.

Each time you book an adventure with Edits, we’ll contribute £15 to the Inspiration Project. That’s enough money to fund a day trip for a local child. Since 2017, our guides have been taking disadvantaged children to see their country’s famous sights and you’ll help us do this more in 2022.

Itinerary

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Marrakech

Day 1
Make your own flight arrangements to Marrakech
Welcome to enchanting Marrakech, a cornucopia of heritage, faith and culture. Make sure you book a flight that arrives before 5 pm, so you have time to join the welcome meeting and meet your fellow climbers. Rest easy in the Boutique Bab hotel tonight, ready for tomorrow’s climb.
Day 2
Brace yourself. The adventure begins…
After breakfast, you’ll leave the city hubbub behind. Today you’ll venture into the Atlas Mountains and start to climb Mount Toubkal, North Africa’s highest peak. You’ll drive to Imlil first, a gathering point for mountaineers, before setting off on foot for around an hour to reach Arroumd for lunch. After some essential carb-loading, you’ll follow winding mule tracks for another five hours. As you climb, the scenery gets seriously impressive, and you’ll pass through Berber communities and learn about their way of life. There’s a short stop at the shrine of Marabout of Sidi Chamharouch for some cultural insight (and a well-deserved breather). Then you’ll continue to Toubkal Base Camp Refuge for some much-needed sustenance and as much sleep as you can manage at a lofty 3,207m.
Meals included: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 3
Victoriously reach the summit of Mount Toubkal
You’ll start at 4 am this morning (early by anyone’s standards), clambering over rocky paths as vegetation thins out with the ever-increasing altitude. There are long sections of scree, and the climb becomes challenging because of the loose rock. Once you pass the 4,000m point, there are magnificent panoramic views across the valleys and lower summits of the High Atlas Range. The feeling of achievement you’ll get at the top is monumental. To the north, you’ll see the fertile plains of the Magreb and Marrakech, and to the south, the wild landscape of the pre-Sahara.
After savouring that victorious feeling for a moment longer (and testing that panorama feature on your camera phone), it’s time for the descent. Eventually, you’ll be met by a transfer bus to whisk you to Gite Armed in Arroumd for a celebratory evening in this traditional guest house.
Meals included: Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 4
Soothe away muscle fatigue in a traditional Hammam
After a well-deserved lie-in and a leisurely breakfast, you’ll return to Marrakech for a genuine Moroccan experience: a hammam. It’s a traditional ritual in these parts, consisting of steaming and scrubbing the body to feel renewed. Just what the doctor ordered after that gruelling climb.
The rest of the day is yours to explore the city at your own pace. Then you can choose to meet your group for a final rooftop dinner at Nomad, a restaurant that serves a wide range of fresh local produce.
Tonight, you’ll rest your head back at Bab Hotel.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 5
Start planning your next conquest…
After breakfast at the hotel, it’s a short transfer to the airport for your journey home.
Meals included: Breakfast

Trip Notes

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Note: these can vary by departure; you can check out the specific Trip Notes for your chosen adventure on the dates & prices page.

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Essential Info

Visas

Morocco

No visa required by British passport holders.

Vaccinations

Morocco

There are no mandatory vaccination requirements. Recommended vaccinations are: Tetanus, Typhoid and Hepatitis A.

Eating and Drinking

All breakfasts, two lunches and 2 dinners included

Is this trip for you?

Although not technically challenging, you should be an experienced walker, as trails can be very stony
Be prepared for a long day of walking on summit day (8-9 hours)
Morocco can get very hot during the summer months of July and August and departures during this time may not be suitable if you struggle with the heat
There can be snow patches in late April/early May and from the end of September so crampons may be needed for these departures. We’ll let you know beforehand if that’s the case, and these will be provided

This trip goes to high altitudes where there is a risk of being affected by Acute Mountain Sickness

Please note Ramadan runs from 2 April to 1 May 2022. Ramadan is a special time to visit Morocco as it is one of the most important times on the Muslim calendar. Each evening the streets empty while people return home to break the fast and then there is an air of festivity every evening. Our leaders and drivers choose to work at this time so we continue to run trips however please be aware their energy levels may be slightly lower.

Following a review of all our trips we have categorised this trip as generally not suitable for persons of reduced mobility. However if you are a regular traveller on such trips, please contact customer services to discuss the trip and your personal condition.

Call for general departures:

1 844 227 9087

Enquire Today

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Trip Notes

Click on the button below for detailed Trip Notes containing all the particulars about this trip, including kit lists and practical information.

Note: these can vary by departure; you can check out the specific Trip Notes for your chosen adventure on the dates & prices page.

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Accommodation

Hotels and Mountain Refuges

Mount Toubkal Mountain Refuge

The refuge is a functional pit stop halfway up the mountain. It’s merely a place to rest up and have a quick wash. There are bunk beds in shared dorms, and common areas to get to know your fellow climbers better.

Gite Armed

A simple gite (guest house) where we will rest after our ascent.

Bab Hotel - Marrakech

A small, boutique hotel in the midst of modern Marrakech with loft-style rooms, swimming pool and Sky bar on the roof.