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Toubkal circuit via Lac d'Ifni

A loop over high passes such as Tizi Likemt and Tizi n'Ouanoums, down to the blue Lac d'Ifni and through remote villages, ending with the Toubkal summit. Rough Guides calls it about a week's walk.

The rocky summit ridge of Toubkal seen from the northwest, late October 2022 — Jebel Toubkal from the northwest · Kaur Virunurm, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

6-7days

4,167 mhighest point

harddifficulty

67–73 kmdistance67 per Ian Taylor; 73 summed from another operator's daily stages

When to go

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How high

The trek at a glance

Start: Imlil
From the city: Marrakech, about 1.5 hours by car (Fodor's)
Height gain: about 5,260 cumulative (summed from daily stages)
Where you sleep: Village gîtes, camps and the Toubkal refuges
When not to go: Winter and early spring, when the 3,500 m passes hold snow. One guide gives April-November as the season, another says summer only.
Guide: Compulsory licensed guide on the Imlil-Toubkal section (same rule as the summit); a guide and mules are standard for the whole loop.

Insurance: SafetyWing's base plan covers hiking up to 4,500 m on official paths (their terms); winter routes with crampons may need their add-on. See SafetyWing (affiliate link).

Sources, checked 2026-11-15

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