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Happy Valley & the M'Goun Gorges

Happy Valley & the M'Goun Gorges

Happy Valley & the M'Goun Gorges Overview

Discover Morocco's best-kept secrets - the beautiful Bougamez Valley and the spectacular M'goun Gorges brought together in one exhilarating trek in the remote heart of the High Atlas Mountains.

Happy Valley & the M'Goun Gorges Trek, Morocco

  • Explore a little known part of the High Atlas Mountains where you are unlikely to see many other trekkers.
  • Walk through the beautiful Bougamez Valley, known as the Happy Valley for good reason
  • Trek and wade through the spectacular M'Goun Gorges
  • Enjoy comfy camping and a fully-supported trek
  • Stay in a delightful riad in Marrakesh with time to tour the city

    An exciting 10 day trekking adventure that ventures deep into a remote region in the heart of the High Atlas Mountains. The begins in the aptly named Happy Valley with its traditional mud-brick villages, lush cultivated fields and enticing orchards surrounded by soaring peaks. Crossing a 3,400m pass at the end of the valley its downhill all the way into the incredible sheer-sided M'Goun Gorges with their red-rock faces and beetling cliffs. Wading rather than walking, the route through the gorges is not only scenically spectacular but also tremendous fun.

    The trek is led by an experience Berber trekking guide accompanied by with a cook and support crew, with mules to carry all the gear. On route back to Marrakesh there are visits to kasbahs in the desert and time to explore Morocco's bustling capital city whilst staying in a truly delightful riad.
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