Climb Mount Toubkal (4167m): The Winter Edition

What an incredible adventure from start to finish. It was very challenging for me. Don't expect an easy trek as it's quite steep but it's well worthy. We had amazing guides who looked after us all the way. I will be forever grateful to Abdul, Mohammed and Mustafa. Very kind, genuine and caring guides who made sure we were okay at all times. I was very luck to share this experience with a great bunch of people who were very supportive too. Very well organized, you don't have to worry about anything but enjoying the experience. I would definitely recommend to anyone!

So easy to get to from Dublin , such an amazing city and a brilliant 3 day hike with Mohammed and his great team. Would highly recommend hike. Was challenging but manageable for our group. The 20 person mixed dorm at the Refuge was basic but added to the sense of camaraderie. This is our second MBA trip and wouldn't be the last.

The whole experience was wonderful and well organised and I'd particularly like to mention our main guide Said.

Said was excellent and professional and made sure we were well informed, well fed and was very attentive and responsive to everyone's needs and questions.

Excellent trip. Everyone in the group was successfully guided to the summit of mount toubkal. Great food and great company. Fantastic value for money.

An awesome trip! Unfortunately we didn't get the snow I'd hoped for - I booked a late April trip so end of the winter season anyway but wanted to use crampons! The trek was challenging especially in parts where it's very steep and loose, but so rewarding. Incredible views. Our guides were brilliant and the food was exquisite! Recommend bringing card games for the refuge!

Amazing few days in the mountains with all the food, pickups, guides, organised very well. What I will say is I done the trek in April and there was no snow so didn't get the full winter experience we paid for. However thats the weather and you cant predict it, but was told there's been no snow since Febuary. So if you want the full winter experience be sure to check the weather before you book it.

Just got back from climbing Mount Toubkal, from the get go everything was extremely smooth, from airport pick up to hotel check in. Well fed throughout full trip and the guides were great. Always a variety of food so something for everyone. Summiting was as picturesque as it gets and good first introduction into higher altitude peaks. Due to us having little snow for our ‘winter edition’ we did an optional sun rise hike to a near mountain pass to make up for the lack of snow. Would definitely book through this company again.

Excellent guides, special thanks to Abdul for getting me to the summit when I didn't think I'd be able to make it. Food is super tasty and varied every day,

Absolutely fantastic trip from start to finish! No stone left unturned by both Muchbetteradventures and the guys in Morocco. Great value, great food and unbelievable hospitality from start to finish. Can't wait to book my next adventure. Thanks 😊

Had a great weekend in the Atlas Mountains, the guides were knowledgeable and friendly we had a good group of people whom I was meeting for the first time. For anyone who is thinking of doing this trip, I would thoroughly recommend it.

Really well organized, food was good guides were very knowledgeable. Would recommend.

Fantastic Trip!

This was my first Much Better Adventures trip, and I was so glad that I made the (somewhat last minute) decision to book it. Having read other reviews and researched how strenuous the Mount Toubkal climb is, I wasn’t sure if I was going to feel out of my depth (as someone that had done only one other multi-day trek in the last 3 years). I think it’s fair to say I had to dig deep, but the pace was well managed, the advice and care from the guides was brilliant and the route was adjusted based on democratic votes from the whole group depending on how we were feeling. We battled heat in the valley, snow at the refuge, a wind chill of -20 and freezing fog at the summit - the weather certainly played a part in making this an adventure! From a culture perspective this trip was a fantastic intro to both the beautiful craziness of Marrakech and authentic rural mountain life. We were incredibly well fed considering how basic the mountain refuge facilities were.

I don’t know where to start! What a trip. It’ll stand out as one of my lifetime favourite adventures. It is absolutely not for the faint hearted but the guides are so knowledgeable and trustworthy. I felt looked after and safe despite climbing Toubkal in quite extreme conditions. The Atlas Mountains are beautiful and the people so welcoming. We were well fed and Ibrahim and Said made sure we kept to a sensible pace so that we achieved the goal of reaching the summit. You spend 2 nights in a mountain refuge which is basic but there are flushing toilets and showers! The riads at the start and finish of the trip were wonderful. Book this trip if you want a real adventure!

As a group we did experience mild symptoms of altitude sickness - mostly headaches treatable with paracetamol. 13/14 summited regardless.

Fabulous trek. Well organised by both Much Better Adventures and their partner trekking company Aztat trekking, based in Imlil. Their guides Mohamed and Abdul were superb. Mohamed the lead guide was exceptional, attentive to the whole team, paced just right, knowledgeable on mountain techniques. Hamza was their young assistant who was clearly comfortable in the mountains. Changes to the itinerary were discussed and agreed by all and helped make the adventure even better based on the conditions. Transfers to and from the airport were excellent. The Riad was ideally located to allow us to investigate the centre of Marrakech and the local areas.

Great, we'll organised trips, excellent guides and staff. Loved trip

Great experience! The whole trip is so well organized. Food, accommodation, guides and information could not have been better.

Amazing trip with some fantastic guides. If you are travelling alone, you'll find a like minded group of people looking for adventure. Breathtaking views of the mountains and fantastic food

Recommended. Good communication beforehand, well organised, great food and plenty of it, no shortage of bottled water, very considerate and obviously experienced guides (Moha and Abdul with help from Hamza), lovely Riad and fun team mates who I hadn’t met beforehand. If you appreciate the outdoors, like a challenge and are reasonably fit, you’ll enjoy this. The only ‘even better’ suggestions I can make would have been daily fresh bread and more snow (and you can’t control the weather). Thank you Much Better Adventures, Aztat Treks and fellow Trekkers. It was a blast!

What a trip! Well organised from start to finish. The transfers were on time and the accommodation in Marrakech was central and traditional. The trekking guides, Ibrahim and Mohammed, were knowledgable and attentive. The pace they set was perfect to get us all to the top at altitude. The refuge was far warmer and far less basic than we expected (flushing toilets and even a warm shower on occasion!) and the food surpassed expectations and included fresh fruit and salad and the chef was able to accommodate gluten free/vegetarian with apparent ease. Overall a wonderful experience and we would defo recommend. Thank you!

Fantastic trip! Mohammed was the dream guide, super insightful and knowledgeable. Great food and accommodation at the refugee.

I had the most incredible weekend hiking Mount Toubkal and the Atlas Mountains. The whole trip was organised seamlessly with excellent communication before and during, so I felt well prepared with all my kit and knowing logistics. The local guides were so kind sharing their knowledge of the mountains and Berber people, and taking time to make sure the group was comfortable with the task ahead and using the equipment and hiking at altitude. They went above and beyond, always smiling. The food in Marrakech and at the refuge was seriously good and catered to everyone’s dietary requirements. The riad staff were very kind and gave advice on places to visit in Marrakech. I had an amazing trip, our group was fantastic and I met people I will definitely be staying in touch with. Such a great experience meeting like minded people from such diverse backgrounds.

What a wonderful trip, our guides and cooks really looked after us. The weather gods blessed us to a perfect bluebird day on the summit. The group decided to start our summit push later rather than for sunrise as the forcast was so good, this ment we had time to relax and have a summit picnic.

Far better than expected! We had an awesome time as a group of mostly solo travellers but gelled together really well. Mohammed and his team couldn't have been better and got us all to the summit and back in once piece!

Extremely well organised expedition, with very knowledgeable guides, amazing food, 100% success rate on our Toubkal hike, and plenty of great memories to share with your friends and families. Couldn't be more grateful!

Above and beyond expectations! A very well structured and beautifully executed trip. Amazing people, awesome place. Highly recommend using Much Better Adventures.

We booked the winter climb of Toubkal as a private group of 11 after the idea came to one of us during a night in the pub (where the best ideas are usually born!). The whole process was super simple: reach out to muchbetteradventures, get a response super quickly, get the dates set up, and off you go. When we arrived in Marrakech the hardest part was waiting in line for the Visa, everything after that was smooth sailing. Riad Viewpoint was great, the staff (who also picked us up from the airport) were lovely, and Marrakech was good fun for the first night. The days on the mountain went by way too fast, our two fantastic guides Mohamed ait lmoudden and lahcen Baghmad and their team took the best care of us and made us some amazing food throughout the whole trip (and the tea, some of the best tea I've ever had!). Thanks to climate change and ever later winters in the Atlas mountains we did not actually get anywhere near as much snow as expected, but the hike up Toubkal on the first day (slight itinerary change, because we all felt really good in the refuge) and then the mountain pass for sunrise on day two were still superb. Gorgeous scenery, perfect weather, what else could you want?

I will definitely come back, the ice climbing around Toubkal looked incredibly fun and is super easy to access right from the refuge.

Highly recommend this trip, it offered great value and was nicely compacted into 5 days. Unseasonably warm weather meant no winter conditions, but that didn't affect the trip. The local team are excellent and kept us well fed and in good spirits. A great way to experience a 4,000m peak and a great city/culture!

Everything from the transfers, communication, food, accommodation and guides was great, and guides Abdul and hassan were fantastic.

We arrived in Imlil by private bus from Marrakech and met with our guides, we were 14 in total some knew each other some didn’t but we were a like minded group and we were excited to get started.

Abdul and Hassan were our guides and gave us a relaxed briefing of the day ahead, an 11km hike up the valley in the Toubkal national park. We stopped for lunch at halfway and to my surprise it was a delicious cooked lunch rather than the sandwiches I was expecting. We reached the refuge a couple of hours later and were greeted with mint tea and popcorn ! Abdul explained the plans for the next 2 days and an option to summit the next day, based on the weather, rather than day 3 which meant we spread the trek out and avoided a 4am start and a very long day 3, it was such a good call, conditions were perfect and Abdul lead the way at a pace that suited everyone in the group we had plenty of rest stops to eat and drink and either remove or put on more layers, a fantastic leader very relaxed but clearly keeping an eye on us all. The food at the refuge was plentiful always paired with lots of mint tea and bottled drinking water.

The following morning was an early start to trek to the mountain pass for sunrise, perfectly timed by Abdul, beautiful views and an incredible sunrise. I would highly recommend this trek with Much Better Adventures the arrangements were perfect, the guides were friendly and helpful and the cooks made sure we were very well fed, top that off with the scenery and views made for amazing memories.

Shaun Biddulph.