Atlas Mountains Day Trip: Experience Berber Lifestyle and Camel Ride
4.8
9,444 Ratings
Al-Aroui

This day-long excursion from Marrakech provides you with the opportunity to encounter Berber village life firsthand as you make your way to the home of a Berber family in the High Atlas mountains, and an opportunity to ride a camel which is included. This is a highlight of any trip to Marrakech!

Duration: 7 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Toubkal National Park - On this day trip from Marrakech to the Atlas Mountains and Valleys, Berber Villages, Camel ride & Waterfalls you will see the most amazing and beautiful places: Atlas Mountains, Imlil Valley, Asni Valley, Amizmiz Valley, walk and visit around 9 Berber Villages, have tea with a berber family and learn about they life, walk up to the waterfalls and see a wonderful views. visit to Argan women’s cooperative. The tour start at 9:00 AM, from your Accommodation. The Tour ended back in Marrakech around 17:00 PM The tour cost included: Transport, Guide, Camel ride, Tea with berber family.
What's Included
  • Tea
  • Private air-conditioned transport to/from your hotel in Marrakech
  • All fees and taxes included
  • Local guide service
  • Camel ride experience
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
Location
Toubkal National Park
Rue Toubkal
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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652callieg
Mar 19, 2024
Wonderful experience, memories to last a lifetime. - I don’t know where to start. Our guide Baha made our trip so memorable and special. I’m travelling solo with my 2 children, one 13 year old and one 2 year old, the terrain of the trip was quite wobbly and rocky in places and Baha took it upon himself to take my youngest son under his wing to ensure everyone was safe and enjoying their time on the Atlas Mountains. Not only that but Baha is very knowledgeable and knew everything there was to know about the Atlas Mountains and the people who live there. The Argon Oil making was interesting and there’s lovely products on sale. The scenery is beautiful and you get a really authentic feel of what it’s like in the Atlas Mountains. Plenty of picture opportunities too. It’s nice and steady, there’s no rush. The waterfall is small but pleasant! The breakfast was nice, mint tea and some bread to sample the local Argon Oil, Honey and Olive Oil. The lunch was nice too, chicken/veg tajine with some bread and rice, and nice little cake. Camel riding was an experience too, all in all a very memorable trip, great value for money. I love Morocco and the people here. So kind and accommodating. I very much recommend this trip and I hope you are lucky enough to encounter Baha. I feel very fortunate that he was our guide :) thank you!!!
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Melanie
Feb 25, 2024
Beautiful day in the Atlas Mountains - We had a lovely day today with Abdul, our driver, and Houssain, our guide for the walk in the Atlas Mountains. It was an entertaining day with lots of different stops. Since there were only five of us, it was the perfect group size and the bus was very comfortable to drive. Abdul drove very carefully and cautiously. First we went to the women's cooperative that produces argan. The dips provided were very tasty, as was the sweetened tea. Anyone who wanted could buy something, but there was no pressure. Then we went to the waterfall in the Atlas Mountains. Although it was very crowded, we still had a lovely walk and the lunch afterwards was very tasty. Houssein was able to answer all of our questions and was very friendly. Finally, we went to the Agafay Desert, where we rode camels for a short distance. We can recommend the trip with a clear conscience.
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Stay54563475593
Jan 30, 2024
Best Guide Tour in Marrakech 5⭐ - This tour was a great experience. Our tour guide (Hafida) and the driver (Ihcen) are really amazing people. We truly appreciated the views of Atlas mountain and hike up to the waterfall. Morocco is so beautiful, and the people were simply amazing. We hope to come back for another amazing tour with Hafida.
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Monpie74
Jan 12, 2024
Fantastic tour to Atlas Mountains - Great experience with an excellent guide (Ismail) and driver (Ibrahim). The camel ride, trip through Atlas Mountains, visiting the business of Berber women and last but not least: visiting the hometown of Ismail & Ibrahim and enjoying dinner in one of the eleven Berber villages on their valley! Can recommend everybody as everything you visit is explained thoroughly and in a nice way. And the Berber Tajine was fantastic! And you help the locals after the devastating earthquake by visiting them and spending money with them!
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Ian_b
Nov 4, 2023
Amazing. Thoroughly recommend this for tourists. - Our guide was amazing. Camels great and lunch was delicious. The weather was clear and beautiful. The mountains were stunning.
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Tour11660020607
Jul 30, 2023
Go on this one! - Absolutely brilliant trip. There were 2 guides; 1 that collected us and transported us to and from the Berber villages/camels/to the Atlas mountains, and the other who walked us 6km up to more Berber villages/ up the Atlas Mountains. Both were so helpful, respectful and went out their way to make it enjoyable. Highly recommend. I had 2 children who loved it also, aged 13 an 16. The camel ride lasted about 15 minutes and we were dressed in traditional clothes.
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Noah_r
Mar 8, 2024
Let’s get real about Morocco Tourism - Look, here’s the deal with these tours. Most of the companies that offer a “three valleys tour” are going to take you to the same set of places, all of which are little tourist enclaves that just get bus after bus of groups coming through all day. It’s fine, it’s not anything special, and the system is designed to get as many tourist buses in and out instead of offering anything particularly unique. Most of what you’re paying for on this “tour” is a driver to take you between these little enclaves, and once you’re there you kinda just are part of the crowd. The camel ride was just in a dirt lot outside the city and the camels seemed unhappy and badly treated, the argan oil collective is not actually a co-op and the whole tour is just part of this tourist “escalator” that funnels people into and out of the same things. Our “guide” didn’t really explain anything and just played us a video from a Tom Cruise movie from the front seat of the van; I didn’t learn anything new about Morocco from the tour. None of this is bad, obviously! It helps contain tourism’s impact on the environment and protect local towns from over-tourism and congestion. That being said, you should know what you’re getting into here. It’s not bad to be a part of a touristy experience, but you should know as a consumer that the tour being offered is not some private vouyage into the deep mountains with untouched nature and cultural immersion. It’s a tour. No more, no less. I wouldn’t recommend it to a friend, but I wouldn’t advise you to stay away, you just need to keep perspective and understand the context within you are visiting, and you must not conflate the experience offered here with Moroccan cultural immersion. If you want to learn about Morocco, read some Laila Lalami or Mohamed Choukri, learn some Darija, listen to Ammouri Mbarek, talk to people respectfully and try to make honest human connections. If you want to take a bus to a waterfall peppered with ring and rug salesman booths, then take this tour. Nothing wrong with it, just a bit uninspired.
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Vacationer548730
Feb 2, 2024
Overall disappointing - The mini bus journey was quite long and our guide barely interacted with us. He tried to use the microphone but it didn’t work. Despite this he did manage to say a few things on the way there. After this there was little information and he kept going off to talk to friends. The picturesque stop was nothing to talk about and the argon oil cooperative was clearly all for show. Ironically they had the only card machine we saw in Marrakech in the ‘mud hut’. They clearly weren’t actually producing anything on site. The waterfall too was underwhelming and spoiled by stalls. The camel ride was on a dusty field near to Marrakech and they didn’t seem too well cared for. Overall disappointing but I think it would have been better with more history and context, particularly given the recent earthquakes
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U7504npgeorgec
Sep 7, 2023
A Highly Disappointing and Unsettling Experience – Do Your Research Before Booking - I recently embarked on what I thought would be an enriching Atlas Mountain tour, but the reality fell devastatingly short of what was promised. --- **Animal Welfare Concerns** Our first stop was supposed to be a delightful camel ride. To our horror, we found the camels at a roadside setup, visibly distressed and clearly poorly treated. This was so upsetting that we refused to participate, and I wasn't the only one moved—another woman was brought to tears. If you have any care for animals, I implore you to not support this tour. --- **Lack of Expertise and Communication** Our guides were neither fluent in English nor knowledgeable about the area. Communication was sparse and frustrating, leaving us feeling disengaged and uninformed. --- **Misleading Advertising** We were excited to visit the beautiful locations shown in the promotional materials, but were informed on the day that these were an additional three-hour hike away. --- **Unfulfilled Promises** Mule rides were nowhere to be found. The "stunning waterfall" was essentially in a café setting, surrounded by chairs and not even deep enough to dip your feet into. We had just one stop, not the two as promised. --- **Unpleasant Environment** The village we visited was more of a concrete wasteland than a charming mountain community, with rubbish and debris scattered everywhere. The hiking experience lacked any real beauty, feeling more like a forced march through unremarkable terrain. --- **Logistical Nightmares** Be prepared for roadworks en route, causing long stops and extending the journey considerably. --- **Safety Concerns** An alarming incident involved our so-called 'guide' lifting my 8-year-old daughter without consent and placing her on a wall with a dangerous drop on the other side. --- **Poor Amenities** Despite the heat, the driver was reluctant to turn on the air conditioning, requiring multiple requests. --- In summary, this tour was a regrettable experience on multiple fronts. Do yourself a favour and look elsewhere for a more humane, well-organised, and fulfilling Atlas Mountain tour. ---
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Haize
Aug 10, 2023
It's not worth it, it's a waste of money - The excursion is not worth it. A lot of time in the car without explanations… we paid for the private tour thinking it would be better and for nothing. We were picked up by a driver who didn't speak Spanish so all the hours in the car he didn't explain anything to us. The camels we boarded were very poorly cared for, the walk on the side of the road… not at all attractive. Then he took us to an argan cooperative where they didn't speak Spanish either and when we told them that we weren't buying anything they looked at us very badly and we had to leave there very quickly. When we arrived at the town, our guide was waiting for us and he spoke a few words in Spanish. He was very friendly but he didn't explain anything to us. The waterfalls he took us to were not worth it, everything was full of people, he took our photo and we left immediately. Then the meal was supposed to be with a Berber family and it was in a restaurant where they wanted to charge us more than what was stated in the reservation. And right after lunch we returned to Marrakech. We spent more time in the car than anything else. In the description it says that you can drive or go by mule and they didn't tell us anything, it says that you stop on a panoramic terrace and they didn't take us. We also did not visit Mount Toukbal. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS EXCURSION AT ALL. It's a money getter where you're going to take 4 photos and that's it.
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