I consider myself active. I’m an avid runner; I do an HIIT class from time to time; I try to stretch every morning. But I’m not a hiker—the most I’ve probably ever hiked was up to an ex ...

NPR correspondent Brian Mann spent nearly 40 years dreaming about the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. This winter, he finally got to climb into its highest valleys. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption ...

After a well-earned night of sleep in the city, we packed up again for an hour and a half drive to the village of Imlil, which would give us access to the highest mountains in Morocco. Imlil shares ...

Lonely Planet, which named Morocco among its top travel picks for 2024, specifically recommends climbing Jebel Toubkal in the High Atlas, North Africa's highest peak at 4,167 meters.

When we met them, the dromedaries’ panniers were being loaded with everything we needed for a three-day hike in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains: blankets, wicker stools, water drums and—bliss ...

The highest mountain range in North Africa is a trekker's paradise. The High Atlas runs diagonally across Morocco, from the Atlantic coast northeast of Agadir all the way to northern Algeria.

The High Atlas Mountains run east to west across central Morocco. They're some of the wildest, most remote places in North Africa. Here's an audio postcard from a trek in the area.

You have to wonder whether it’s a setup when you’re in a Muslim country and someone asks, point-blank, “Are you lot drinkers?” Despite the hooded djellaba he was wearing, John Horne, who ...

Just two hours from Marrakech, the valleys of Morocco’s High Atlas Mountains are home to incredible scenery, traditional Amazigh villages and a network of excellent and uncrowded hiking trails.

Morocco is blessed with some of the world’s most dramatic and beautiful mountains, many of which only see a handful of travellers every year; others remain totally unexplored by foreigners.