PROGRAM
Day 1 - Arrival at Marrakech or Agadir, hotel. Or transfer to the hotel in Essaouira.
Day 2 - Free morning to visit Essaouira, the ancient Mogador, founded by the Portuguese in the XVI century. We visit this very picturesque and peaceful town built inside the walls of a fortress overlooking the sea. We can also walk along the fishing port and the narrow streets to admire the white and blue typical houses with their flower vases hanging on the windowsills.
After lunch we head south of Essaouira to Diabate beach, in front of Mogador island, where we camp.
Day 3 - Our camel caravan will start to the south along the coast and we follow aside admiring the beautiful views of long beaches accompanied by the sound of the billows and the seagulls. We will pass by some fishermen shelters on the beach and further ahead, we will cross a forest of tuias and go over the cliff of Cape Sim where we will have an excellent view of this wild and scenic coast.
After a gentle descent we walk again on the beach to get to our camping place at Sidi Kaouki beach (5h).
Day 4 - Trekking mostly on the beach, passing by some fishing villages with their stone houses and small vegetable gardens. They obtain scarce water from a communitarian well. The fishermen use wooden rowing boats to adventure themselves on this rough sea to throw their fishing nets.
When the trail along the seaside becomes difficult we will avoid it.
After about 5h30 of hiking we will camp on a small valley close to a water spring in Aghbalou, near Sidi Mbarek village.
Day 5 - Today we cross an area where we will observe a few marabouts, small religious buildings where a venerated saint of the region is buried. The villages we cross on our way look poor, because the land is dry and the soil is not very fertile. I At mid afternoon we will pass by the village of Tifardine with its houses of stone and small gardens with horticultural products. then, we descend to the beach and camp near Sidi Ahmed Essayah village where we can see another marabout. (5h30)
Day 6 - Walk on trails along the forest, going up and down the hills, because the coast is not accessible. At a certain point we need to go around the impassable cliffs of Cape Tafelnay and climb a water line across the forest of tuias and junipers. We pass by the villages of Tigart n'Boufous, Iskoua, Tagant n'Bou Dhag and go down to the beach and reach a small fishing port, Tafdena, a very lively port where we can buy fresh fish for dinner. We continue to the south and camp further ahead on the Igouzoui valley. (6h)
Day 7 - Departure for our last hike , walking on the beach and then alternate between the sandy strand and interior land paths that margin the coast. We will see very few people, because the region is almost uninhabited, except for the village of Ifradane that we will pass by at the end of the morning. We will finally arrive at the fishing port of Tafattast (4h) and here we will take a transport to our hotel in Marrakech (3h) Agadir (2h30).
Day 8 - End after breakfast.
