On the trail of the Berber nomads : between ocean, desert, mountain and oasis...
For experienced riders
8 days / 6 days riding
Possible from Septembre to early may
Ths horseback riding tour combines differents levels of difficulty and varied landscapes. It starts from the ranch and come back to ranch. This tour is possible from September to begining of May, with a minimum of 2 riders and maximum of 8.
This trip is designed for experienced riders who are confortable and able to keep control in all paces (speed and direction) and have good horse riding skills on various types of lanndscape. It is recommended to have a good level of physical fitness. An average of 6 hours ridinng per day.
Some tracks and paths may require riders to dismount too assist their horses in difficults passages with significant elevation changes.
The itinerary included beach crossings, but the duration and gaits used will depend on the tide level.
You will ride well-trained and physically fit horses, equiped with top quality and recently renewed gear.
While offering comforrt through a carefully selected range of hotels and guesthouses, this trek iis fully immersed in the deep and authentiic Morocoo, far from the typical tourist routes.
What surprises our riders the most? the opportunity to traverse different landscapes every day! Desert of roocks, sand and dunes, you will cross many oasis to endiing on the beach for a grand final.
The management of the ranch and horseback riding tours is handled by qualified professionals with many years of experience in equestrians activities.
For the trek, it is advisable to bring sunscreen, lip balm with high SPF, a blouse with a collar and long sleeves, a lightweight scarf to protect your neck and decolleté, confortable riding pants, chaps and shoes that allow for confortable walking. Water is provided, and helmets are available for your use (please advise us in advance and give us your size).
TRAVEL BOOK
Day 1 – Arrival in Agadir
You will be welcomed at Agadir airport and transferred by taxi to the ranch
Upon arrival, you will discover the ranch, a green oasis where you will spend the evening and the night. You can enjoy the gardens and terraces with views of the sea and mountains.
You will have opportunity to meet the team and the horses while enjoying a delicious of Moroccan tea.
Day 2 – Ranch - Laouina
After a ggod breakfast, we prepare our mounts and leave the ranch for this first day of hiking. Head to tthe mountains overlooking the ranch and the ocean. We cross Berber villages and come across shepherds and their flocks.
You will enjoy a picnic under the argans trees.
In the afternoon, we leave the mountians with a superb view of the Tiznit plain. Between farming and wadis, we take a ground way wich allow good gaites.
For the Evening and the night, we are welcomed into a local's home to discover the Berber Culture and way of life.
Day 3 – Laouina - Ouijane
Shortly after leaving Laouina, we cross an oasis wich brings us shade and freshness, following the canals, an ancestral irrigation technique. After crossing the village and a brake at the spring to quench the horses'thirst, we enter an arid stoone desert, with the mountain as backdrop.
For lunch, we stop in a village where we can admire the old constructions of typical adobe houses. Then let's set off again to attack this roock desert! We pass a few palm trees and cross wadis before seeing the village of Ouijane and its century-old olive trees forest.
After a maze of alleys and shaded paths, we arrive at Valerie and Michel's place. You will enjoy the swimming poool before spending the night in traditional chaima tents (possibility of reserving Kaïdal tent with private toilets, at an additional cost)
Day 4 – Ouijane – Assounfou
From Ouijane we take a pretty track overlooking the wadi.
We propos 2 options for this morning: a passage trough the mountains wich requires a good walk on steep path but the breathtaking view is worth it. Otherwise we can walk along the moutain for a morning more accessible for everyone.
After the picnic with a view of the argan plantations and the rocky cliffs, we go for an afternoon which crosses the villages on the foot of the mountains.
Evening and night in a comfortable hotel lost at the gates of the "little Sahara"
Day 5 – Assounfou – Massa palm grove
For beginning the day we cross the sand dunes. We then follows the Massa wadi, the largest in the Souss region.
Lunch near from the large farms, then we reach Massa crossing ancestral cultures along the donkeys paths, wich have shaped the landscape of their woork for centuries. Water gives rise to luxuriant life in this delta wich contrasts with the arid lanscapes crossed previously.
We reach our hotel, where you can enjoy the swimming pool for a moment of relaxation befor dinner with a view of the palm grove.
Day 6 – Massa palm grove – Cliffs
We leave Massa to reach the coast via the tracks which cross desert landscapes.
Magnificent galloping tracks allow us to cross a new sandly desert to the lodge run by a Berber family
Day 7 – Cliffs – Ranch
For this last day of hiking, we finish crossing thr desert on the heights of the clliffs to the fishing port of Aglou, where we stop for lunch.
Return towards the ranch via the beach with 15 km oof fine sand!
On arrival at the ranch, you participate in the horses cares, and enjoy a well-deserved massage (extra with appointment).
The copious friday coscous will end this week with a gran final!
Day 8 – Return flight from Agadir
Day of departure: depending on the flight time, you have the option to take a trip to Mirleft or Tiznit or to enjoy the services of our masseuse/beautician who willl pleased too relive any muscle soreness
Afterwards, you will be transferred to agadir Airport for your retrun flight, with memories to cherish
All hikes are accomanied by at least one guide, a cook, a 4 by 4 stewardship and mobile kitchen and more if large group

