Tizi n'Tichka - MG10 Traditional Geocache
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Tizi n'Tichka - MG10
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The route of Tizi-N-Tichka length is 200 km,
crossed the High Atlas and is considered one of the most
beautiful in Morocco. It is a must win for Marrakech to
Ouarzazate. The route of Tizi-N-Tichka is a series of small
turns that culminated, the Tizi-N-Tichka is at 2300 meters:
be careful. It is possible that the pass is closed in
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Roughly hallway along the main highway between
Marrakech and Ouarzazate, this pass is a spectacular
piece of French
engineeringbuilt to replace the main caravan route
connecting south and north. Along is route is a fascinating
contrastof environments ranging from the rich, red-soil
farming plains and fertile valleys above Marrakech to barren
peaks and oases like palmeraies facing the
pre-Sahara.
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Scattered along the route are small villages and welcome roadside
cafes. A 2260m, the pass is higher than the Tizi n’Test to its west
and affords a similarly exhilarating if somewhat bleaker, vista
from its peak.
There are souvenir stalls precariously precariously all along the
higher reaches of the pass, and look out for salesmen waving
brightly colored—sometimes by artificial means—fossils and minerals
at your vehicle as you round the hairpin bends.
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If you have time, I recommend a side visit to
Telouer and the Dar Glaoui kasbah that dominates the village.
This former “castle of the sand,” fast rejoining the very
earth from which it was built, was the base for the el-Glaoui
clan, who controlled much of southern Morocco from the late 1
800s until Moroccan independence in 1956, as well as the
caravan route of which the main highway has now replaced. The
kasbah is an absurdly huge. dramatic building. .and although
the maze of locked rooms and connecting passageways are
mostly off limits—for safety reasons—it’s still worth a visit
if only to marvel at the extravagance of this modern-day
dynasty. The turnoff to Telouet is about 6km south of the
pass arid 21 km along a narrow, scenic, pot-holed
road.
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The Cache
From parking to the cache are 570m, with an area
of difficult progression at the end, it requires some
physical effort. In winter, with snow, the cache may provide
some difficulties to be found, because the cache is at 2300
m.
Enjoy the mountain.
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