Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
place, and spring. You should be able to find these maps in Au Coin des Nomades (
Click
here
)
, in specialist bookshops (
Click here
)
, or in good big-city bookshops in Morocco.
If you need supplies, there are small stores in Taliouine and Tazenart, and weekly mar-
kets take place in Taliouine, Aoulouz, Askaoun, Tazenakht and Igli.
Routes
There's a challenging, weeklong trek that allows you to walk out of Taliouine along a
gentle dirt trail, which heads eastward up the
Zagmouzen Valley
to
Tagmout
. The route then
heads northeast through
Atougha
, from where the summit of Jebel Siroua is best reached in
two days, with a night at
Tegragra
. Walking at a regular pace, you'll ascend the summit on
the morning of the fourth day.
After descending into the gorges, you'll reach the extraordinary cliff village of
Tizgui
,
where you can spend the night, before continuing to
Tagouyamt
on the fifth day. The vil-
lage has limited supplies and, in case you can't find a room, a good place to camp in the
amazing
Tislit Gorge
. From Tislit, the valley continues to Ihoukarn, from where you can
head south to the Taliouine-Ouarzazate road at Tizi n'Taghatine (organise beforehand in
Taliouine to be picked up here); or complete the circuit by walking west back to Taliouine
(two days from Tislit via Tagmout and the Zagmouzen Valley).
An alternative circuit that is even less trekked starts at the village of Tamlakout, where
there is a classified
gîte,
and takes in Aït Tigga, the Assif Mdist and the foot of Jebel Sir-
oua. It then ascends the mountain, continues to Aziouane and exits via the Amassines.
Some of the trek is strenuous but no one day should involve more than six hours' walking.
Taliouine and Anezale (for Tamlakout) are both on the main Taroudannt to Ouarzazate
road, regularly served by grands taxis and buses.
