As to climing ,Le Festival can provide ropes and other means for rock-climbing . It not only sells a topographic guide for all the climbing spots available in the gorge, but also provides you with a guide for this growing famous activity. Close -by auberge Le Festival , you find a range of 25 equipped sectors ,of which 4 for beginners.
Le Festival also organises short and long trips on mules’ back. Trekking may last as long as customers wish or plan. One of these , long trips crosses over from the Todra gorge to Dades gorge .Sleeping in-between destinations is possible . The price of a day and night trip, food , mule and guide included, is 500DH per person .Of course the price will depend upon the number of people and to number of days of trekking . In general, the longer the trip the more people the lower the rate per day will be .
Besides, Le Festival does a number of interesting, and diverse activities: paths for walking in middles of nowhere, climbing routes for either beginners or trained rock climbing, and trekking.
From where the auberge stands 3 main paths start. The 4 and a half hours walk goes to the next village called Tamtatoucht via strikingly beautiful natural landscape. The path passes by a spring where nomads water their sheep and goats and by nomad Berber families who will very probably invite you for tea then be able to see persisting primitive way of life . Once you get Tamtatoucht, another 2 hours’ walk back to Le Festival is to be expected unless you can wait until the mini-bus coming back from Imilchil which gets Tamtatoucht round
The second 5-hour path is meant for energetic people .It is much more interesting than the first simply because it allows you to enjoy unlimited breathtaking views .Once you reach the top of the mountain opposite the auberge and before you head down to the crowded touristique spot of the gorge, you pause for a while to relax and enjoy the awesome views again .If you get there before the sunrise, you will see a sun-rise as beautiful as in the dunes.
The first path do not actually need a guide as it is paint marked, whereas the second though marked needs guiding.
The third path is probably the best but the longest . It first goes up (1 hourand half up) then goes easily, mostly on the summits of the mountains overlooking the whole gorge from the north -west .The loop from and back to the auberge is 7 hours .
we also organize walks in the palm fields of Tizgui vallee .
The last but not least activity is that Le Festival provides bikes to hire .