Adventure Level

This trip is graded strenuous due to winter conditions. Experience of winter walking and crampons/ice axe use is helpful but not essential. Previous trekking is experience critical. You should have a good level of fitness. Mules/porters will carry main luggage.

Climate

Winter: Marrakech is generally warm and sunny in winter (average daytime temperature - low 20s Celsius), but nights can be cold - especially Dec-Feb. Temperatures are lower still in the mountains (depending on altitude and wind) - particularly at night. You will experience snow on high ground and nights can be very cold (sub zero during Dec-Feb). All mountain weather is notoriously unpredictable – snow, rain and wind are to be expected on this trek. This said, although cold, days are often clear and crisp. For worldwide climate information go to www.weatherbase.com

Display Name

2008/09 Itinerary

Local Payment

A local payment of £80 pounds sterling is payable in cash on arrival. The Local Payment is part of the total price of the trip that is paid by you to the Group Leader or local agent at the start of your holiday. This is in addition to the amount you pay to The Adventure Company when settling your final invoice. The Local Payment must be paid in the specified currency when requested by the Group Leader or local agent, or you will not be permitted to join the trip.

Responsible Travel

We offset the carbon emissions associated with the in-country travel on all of our trips by supporting a solar stove and clean energy project in Madagascar. However, it is your flight that will have the largest environmental impact on your holiday. We offer you the opportunity to offset your carbon dioxide emissions with a donation to our solar stove and clean energy project in South Africa. The project is run by the non-profit organisation Blue Ventures Carbon Offset and validated by the Tourism Industry Carbon Offset Service (TICOS) as delivering measurable carbon reduction and wider sustainable development benefits for local people. We strongly encourage you to donate to our project, so if you would like to offset the carbon emissions generated by your flight, please contact us.  Offsets start from as little as £4.   

Since the increase in popularity of bottled water, many countries are experiencing a problem of litter especially where adequate recycling is not available. Please could you try, where possible, to use purification tablets or filters for water or buy bigger bottles of water between group members and decant into your individual water bottles.

Working closely with our local agent we do our best to support and encourage local schools and projects in all the areas of Morocco that you visit. We strongly discourage people from giving directly to children in the street as it encourages begging. We prefer to support local well-run organizations and projects which are of greater long term benefit to many more people.

If you would like to donate any gifts of pens, pencils or other learning materials your Group Leader will ensure that these are passed on to a suitable and worthy cause. All items will be gratefully received however small. Subject to local constraints, you may be able to visit a school yourself and meet some of the children, if this is of interest to you please discuss the opportunities that may be available to you with your Group Leader - we often find it can be one of the most memorable moments of your trip.