Overview
The Ait Bouguemez valley, known as the Happy Valley, is a flat-bottomed corridor of irrigated fields and flat-roofed villages in the central High Atlas, and the usual starting point for treks towards the Mgoun massif.
This four-day route climbs from the valley to the high pastures of Azib n’Ikkis and the Tarkeddit plateau, where Ait Atta families bring their herds in summer, and returns over the Tizi n’Ait Imi.
Trip Highlights
- The flat green floor of the Ait Bouguemez valley and its earthen villages
- The Assif Arous river path up to the summer pastures
- The Tarkeddit plateau at around 2,900 m below the Mgoun ridge
- Nomad encampments of the Ait Atta on the high grazing
- The Tizi n'Ait Imi pass at 2,905 m and the juniper woods below it
