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Morocco · Talassemtane National Park

Walk the Rif, sleep in the wild

Six days, forty kilometres, three camps in three different landscapes. You climb the Lakraa, cross the forest and the villages, and end up below the Great Cascade of Akchour.

Walk the Rif, sleep in the wild
Length
6 days
On foot
40 km
Yalla Camping
3 camps
At most
8 guests
Difficulty
Moderate
Day by day

Six days, three paces

You arrive, you walk for three days, you slow down along the river, you leave. The altitudes are real; the guide sets the pace on the group.

  1. Arrival in Chefchaouen

    Guesthouse · no trekking

    Private transfer from the airport to a guesthouse on the upper hills of the town. Moroccan dinner on the terrace, the mountains in front of you, and the Yallah team walking you through the days ahead. The first evening is slow on purpose.

  2. Up to the Lakraa

    19 km · 600 → 2,100 → 1,800 m · Yalla Camp 01

    Breakfast at 7, departure at 8. From Chefchaouen you climb towards Tissouka, where a village family serves tea, then on to the summit of Mount Lakraa at 2,100 metres. You descend to the first camp at 1,800. It's the most demanding day of the route: the guide sets the rhythm on the group.

  3. The forest and Sidi Jil

    10 km · → 1,100 m · Yalla Camp 02

    Morning stretching, departure at 10. You cross the great forest in the heart of the park to Sidi Jil — the old cemetery, the mosque, the memory of the resistance against the Spanish occupation — and continue towards the village of Aglaa. The afternoon is for stopping: rest, dinner, music, fire.

  4. Towards Akchour

    11 km · → 400 m · Yalla Camp 03

    You walk down along the Akchour river, the landscape changing by the hour. After about three hours you reach the Great Cascade: there's time to enjoy it, and those who want to take a cold swim. The last camp sits just below, and it's the last night under canvas.

  5. The river, and recovery

    Guesthouse · hammam

    The morning isn't about covering ground: you explore the river and its natural pools, swim, take photographs, stay. Then back to Chefchaouen for the real recovery: traditional hammam, sauna, scrub and massage. In the evening, the final dinner together.

  6. Departure

    Airport transfer

    Breakfast at the guesthouse, goodbyes, and the transfer to the airport.

The shape of the walk

500100015002000Chefchaouen600 mTissouka1000 mLakraa2100 mCamp 011800 mCamp 02 · Aglaa1100 mCamp 03 · Akchour400 mG2 · 19 kmG3 · 10 kmG4 · 11 km
Real altitudes at the named points; the line between them is indicative.
Six days, three paces
Yalla Camping

Three nights, three landscapes

The camps aren't a pause between stages: they're where the trail becomes a place to stay. Each has its own landscape and its own altitude.

01

The Spanish Yard

1,800 m

The first night in the mountains, after the hardest day. You arrive coming down from the Lakraa, and the camp is already there, pitched.

02

Aglaa

1,100 m

Near the village, in the green. This is the camp where you slow down: the afternoon is rest, dinner, music and fire.

03

Below the Great Cascade

400 m

The last camp sits below the Akchour cascade, and the sound of the river is part of the night.

At every camp: three-person tents, toilet, electricity, drinking water, tables and a dining area, a campfire. Meals are cooked by the Yallah chef.

Before you go

Worth knowing

Moderate difficulty
Day two is the demanding one — you climb from 600 to Mount Lakraa at 2,100 metres — and some sections make themselves felt, depending on your fitness. The other days are shorter, and the guide sets the pace on the group.
Eight guests at most
The group stays small on purpose: the experience stays personal, and the pressure on the places you cross stays low. With you: the mountain guide, two Yallah organisers and the chef.
The camp kitchen
Moroccan cooking, tajine included, made at camp by the chef. At lunch, on trekking days, a lunch box in your pack. In the evening everyone comes back around the same table, and the fire.
No showers at the camps
The three camps have no showers: drinking water yes, toilet yes, shower no. On day five the hammam repays the wait.
The format

What's included

Turn up with a daypack. We handle the rest.

Accommodation
Two nights in a guesthouse above Chefchaouen, at each end, and three in the Yalla Camps along the route.
Every meal
Breakfasts, packed lunches on the trail, camp dinners cooked by the chef. Moroccan food, tajine included.
Guide and team
A mountain guide, two Yallah organisers and a chef travel with the group the whole way.
Transfers
Airport to guesthouse on arrival, and back for departure. Plus internal transport where needed.
Camping gear
Three-person tents, drinking water, tables, dining area and a fire at every camp. Pitched and struck for you.
The final hammam
Before the last dinner: traditional hammam, sauna, scrub and massage. Recovery is part of the journey.
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