Part 1: INTRODUCTION

Part 2: PLANNING YOUR TRIP

Chapter 1: With a group or on your own?

Independent trekking 9 - Group tours 11 - Trekking agencies 12

Chapter 2: Getting to Morocco

By air 16 - By road 17 - By rail 17 - By ferry 17

Chapter 3: Visas 17

Chapter 4: Budgeting and costs

Accommodation and meals 19 - Guides and transport 20

Chapter 5: When to go

Climate 21 - Ramadan 22

Chapter 6: Route options

Planning your route 23 - Jbel Toukbal 23 - M'Goun Massif 23 - Jbel Sirwa 24 - Jbel Sahro 27

Chapter 7: What to take

What to pack it all in 28 - Sleeping bag 29 - Footwear & foot care 29 Clothes 30 - Toiletries 32 - Medical and first-aid kits 32 - Money 35 Photographic equipment 35 - Recommended reading 35 - Maps 37

Chapter 8: Mountain safety

Trekking alone 38 - Experience 39 - Mountain rescue services 39

Chapter 9: Health precautions

Who should avoid high-altitude treks? 40 - Pre-departure preparation 41 - Inoculations 41 - Insurance 41

Part 3: MOROCCO

Chapter 10: Facts about Morocco and the Atlas Mountains

Geography 42 - Historical outline 43 - Morocco today 52

Chapter 11: Fauna and flora

Fauna 60 - Birds of the Atlas Mountains 61 - Flora 64

Chapter 12: Practical information for the visitor

Local transport 65 - Language 67 - Embassies and consulates 67 Electricity 68 - Time and date 68 - Opening hours 69 - Holidays and festivals 69 - Money 71 - Keeping in touch 72 - Media 73 Travelling in a Muslim country 73 - Women in Islam, women travellers and sexual mores 74 - Drugs 75 - Food 76 - Drink 77 Hammams 78 - Toilets 78 - Things to buy 78 - Security, crime 80

Part 4: MINIMUM IMPACT TREKKING

Chapter 13: Minimum Impact Trekking

Environmental impact - 81 - Cultural impact 82 - Economic impact 83

Part 5: MARRAKESH

Chapter 14: Marrakesh

History 86 - Arrival and departure 87 - Local transport 88 Orientation 90 - Where to stay 91 - Where to eat 101 - Nightlife 104 Services 104 - What to see 107

Part 6: OUARZAZATE

Chapter 15: Ouarzazate

History 116 - Arrival and departure 117 - Local transport 117 Orientation 118 - Where to stay 118 - Where to eat 121 Nightlife 121 - Services 121 - What to see 123

Part 7: ROUTE GUIDES

Chapter 16: The Toubkal region

Getting to Imlil 125 - Imlil 126 - Imlil to Aroumd to Toubkal (Nelter) Refuge 128 - Toubkal (Nelter) Refuge to Jebl Toubkal summit 131 Toubkal (Nelter) Refuge to Tizi-n-Ouanoumss to Lac d'Ifni 132 Lac d'Ifni to Amsouzerte 134 - Amsouzerte to Azib Tamenzift 136 Azib Tamenzift to Tacheddirt 139 - Tacheddirt to Imlil 139

Chapter 17: The M'goun region

Getting to Azilal 141 - Azilal 141 - Getting to Tabant 144 - Tabant 144 Aït Bou Guemes 146 - M'goun circular trek 147 - M'goun Traverse 160

Chapter 18: The Sirwa region

Taliouine 175 - Taliouine to Akhfamane 177 - Akhfamane to Mazwad- to Ti-n-Iddr 178 - Ti-n-Iddr to Guiliz 180 - Guiliz to Tegragra 183 - Tegragra to Jbel Sirwa summit to Tizgui 185 - Tizgui to Tagouyam to Tizlit 190 Tizlit to Ifrane to Tinfat 194 - Tinfat to Miggarne to Akhfamane 197

Chapter 19: Jbel Sahro

Jbel Sahro traverse 200 - Jbel Sahro circular trek 214

Part 8: APPENDICES

Chapter 20: A

Arabic, French and Berber 230

Chapter 21: B

Glossary 238

Chapter 22: C

Health 241

Part 9: INDEX

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