Early morning departure from marrakech for a pleasante drive south winding our way up through the moulay brahim gorge and upper valleys to arrive at the higher foothills of high atlas mountains and our trailhead of imi oughlad. here we meet up with berber muleteer crew . We set off up in north-westerly direction for a 2hour acclimatisation hike up switchback mule tracks, to the tiz n’tachete ,where we shall stop to look back down on the imlil and azzaden valleys before carrying on for another half hour to imi n’ifri and our field picnic .thence a slow hike for about 2 and half hours south-west down along a dirt track to assif n’ ait azzaden and the red clay terraced village of tiziane 1750 m