Kasbah Toubkal

... 3200m above sea level). We walked through a wooded area and the small village of Aroumd (Armed), which had an impressive Kasbah du Toubkal (now a hotel) overlooking the valley below. We continued on up the hill and across a wide stony river valley, where ...

... at 4,165 meters. It is called Jbel Toubkal, and our activity today is to ride donkeys to a beautiful hotel called Kasbah Toubkal, where we enjoy a fabulous lunch on a terrace overlooking splendid panoramic views in all directions. Along the route we stop ...

... weeks of harsh desert conditions it's most welcome. I decide to make up for all this unexpected luxury living by climbing Jebel Toubkal, Morocco's highest mountain at 4,167 metres. I set off next day, driving up into the High Atlas to a mountain village ...

... shade on the early part of the trailhead but this quickly passed after Armoud.  I missed the impressive Kasbah de Toubkal, but the zig-zag path nearby is steep, sitting parallel with the valley floor beloz and towering slopes ...

... a Berber village covered in snow in winter, 2 hours up and out of the city. Our accommodation was the old and rustic Kasbah du Toubkal(a local warlords summer castle) run by the Berber community, this was such an enchanting place. We were met in Imlil by ...

... day walks around Aremd. We scuffed up preciptious paths, gawked though iron railings at Richard Branson's holiday home, ditto at the Kasbah de Toubkal lodge, and drank very fizzy coca cola bought from a vendor at the top of a high pass. The mountains were ...

... , apple trees and a small river. This is the base camp for a lot of hikers climbing the highest mountain in Morocco - Jebel Toubkal, which sits at about 4800m above sea level and takes to 2.5 days to summit. Aremd lies at 2000m above sea level and is ...

Tue 22nd I am writing this entry from a small atrium at one end of Kasbah du Toubkal, our accommodation in the High Atlas Mountains, the highest peak in northern Africa. There is a set of floor to ceiling sliding glass door leading from this atrium out ...

... food. More tagine for dinner, surprise surprise! No couscous this time though. In the morning, some of us hiked partway up Toubkal. Beautiful fresh air. Nice and cool, even though it was so close to Marrakech. I adore mountains. I wish I had ...

... on a 5 hour journey from the desolate anti Atlas Mountains, over the spectacular Tizi-n-Tichka Pass (2260m) and on to the scenic Toubkal National Park. Just out of the market village of Asni, we stopped into the restored Kasbah Tamandout, owned by Sir ...

... say it's no problem, deemed an honour to serve their God, including that of our guide Ibrahim, who took us up Jebel Toubkal.  Not a drop of anything passed his lips during the day and prayers were observed and attended at night.  Calls to ...

... to our usual hostel in the blistering heat. Once checked and settled in, we had a look at the weather forecast for climbing Mt Toubkal. All of the weather reports said that the weather was pretty poor, raining tomorrow and for the rest of the week with it ...

... it was back to the land of the living today and the sun was out... I went upstairs onto the terrace and had glimpses of Jebel Toubkal - the highest mountain in Morocco at 4167m.   The clouds were sweeping by so I had to wait for them to clear - ...

... as that is the main means of transport.  A few of us set off for the 20 min walk up the hill to the Kasbah du toubkal, a former holiday house of the local ruler that has since been renovated by a UK company.   We climbed all the way to the ...