The majestic, jagged “Mountain of Mountains” separates the Atlantic ocean from the Sahara Desert and extends right up to the Rif massif and over to the coast of the Mediterranean. The chain is made up of a series of mountain ranges, ascending from north-east to south-west : the Anti Atlas, High Atlas, Grand Atlas, Saharan Atlas and Lower Atlas. The High Atlas in particular, Adrar n’Dern in Berber, With its glistening snowy peaks soaring above the desert plains, is without doubt the roof of Morocco reaching over 4000 metres in height (the highest summit, Toubkal, is 4167 metres high).
At the foot of these cragged peaks lie gentle valleys, filled with flowers in the springtime, dotted with small villages and immense granaries, sweeping down towards the sea where the mountains seem almost to bow down before the Atlantic ocean. In the warm season, the natural scenery is quite magnificent and visitors discover the unexpected marvels of a country that is on the threshold of the desert.