Highlights
- Private tour for two, double room
- Tizi n’Tamatert (2,300 m) and the Imenane valley
- Mules on the steepest sections, with the option to ride them twice
- Tea with families in the villages
What awaits you
Designed for a couple or two friends, this private tour links the western High Atlas with the Toubkal valleys. Each day crosses a pass or climbs a valley, then drops back down through Berber villages where we stop for tea with local families.A mule carries the bikes on the steepest singletrack so you can ride it again if you like, and the support car is never far away. There is no minimum distance: you choose how much you ride.
Itinerary
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Marrakech – Anamrou (38 km)
Pick-up at 8:00 and a drive to Khmissa, where the riding starts. Over the Imi Ouadar pass to Teurken (1,850 m) for lunch, then through Ait Aatman to Anamrou (1,800 m). Night in a mountain gîte.
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Anamrou – Ait Zitoun (34 km)
Past Anerni and over the Tizi n’Fourna (2,200 m), then a long descent through Infagen, Angal, Tafgart and Tizgui down to Ait Zitoun (1,000 m). Night with a local family or in a gîte.
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Ait Zitoun – Tizi Wadou – Ouirgane (52 km)
Through the villages of Tougramane, Tiferwine and Agdour n’Kik to the Tizi Wadou (1,700 m), lunch in Asni, then on to Tassa Ouirgane (1,400 m).
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Ouirgane – Imlil – Mzik (35 km)
Through Marigha and Tinzert to Tagadirt for lunch, then up the Ait Mizane valley through Imlil (1,750 m) to Mzik (1,800 m). Night in a gîte.
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Mzik – Tizi n’Tamatert – Imsker – Marrakech (39 km)
Past Imlil and Tamatert to the Tizi n’Tamatert (2,300 m), then straight down the Imenane valley through Tachedirt, Ouanskra and Ikiss. Lunch in Arg, a final run to Imsker and the drive back to Marrakech.
Timings are a guide. Your guide adapts the pace to the group and the weather.
Route
Starts at Marrakech
Historic sites along the way
Tinmel Mosque
12th century · 19 km from the route
The restored Almohad mosque in the Nfis valley, a highlight of the Tizi n’Test road climb.
Photos from this tour
What’s included
- Pick-up and drop-off at your hotel or riad
- Local guide
- Support vehicle with driver all along the route
- Mule to carry bikes on the steepest section
- Accommodation as listed in the itinerary
- All meals during the tour
- Water and snacks during the rides
- Tea with local families
- Private tour, double room
Not included
- Meals in Marrakech
- Drinks and alcohol
- Travel and medical insurance
- Tips for guides and drivers
What to bring
- Cycling shoes or sturdy trainers
- Padded shorts and gloves
- Warm layer and rain jacket
- Sunglasses and sunscreen
- Small backpack or hydration pack
Season
September to June