KC/018 · Morocco
Marrakesh to the High Atlas
Two nights in a Marrakesh riad, a long lunch at the leader's cousin's, and five nights walking between High Atlas Berber villages with mule support for the bags.
£2,290 per person · twin share
3 dates →
2026 departures now booking
Twelve travellers. One leader. Forty-seven extraordinary trips.
Small-group tours that feel nothing like a group tour. A maximum of twelve travellers, a leader who's lived in each country we visit, and a schedule with room to breathe.
A handful of 2026 tours
Four from the forty-seven.
Every tour is operated three to six times a year — never more — so the leader and the places we visit stay fresh.
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Triglav & the Soča
A Julian Alps walking tour for the reasonably fit — hut-to-hut lodging, long days above tree-line, and three nights on the Soča river to swim the legs straight.
£1,840 per person · twin share
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Hanoi & the northern hills
Three nights in Hanoi, an overnight train north, then a week in Ba Bể and Hà Giang — home-stays, long bike days, and a last weekend on Cát Bà island.
£2,860 per person · twin share
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The Douro valley by train & boat
Porto by the Friday-night sleeper, then up the Douro — two quintas, a working wine harvest on the last three days, and the boat back.
£1,680 per person · twin share
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KC/018 · Marrakesh to the High Atlas
A ten-day tour. Four walking days. Twelve travellers. One leader.
01Fri
Arrive in Marrakesh
Airport pick-up, a riad in the old city. Pre-dinner introductions on the roof.
ArrivalsRiad02Sat
Medina, slowly
A morning walk with Samira, afternoon at the Majorelle garden, dinner at the leader's cousin's.
WalkingDinner hosted03Sun
Drive to Imlil
Three hours south, lunch on the roof at Douar Samra, first acclimatisation walk.
TransferShort walk04–07Mon–Thu
Four walking days, Berber villages
Mule-supported walking, village-to-village. Long lunches, earlier nights. Leaders carry the keys to five guesthouses.
Full walksGuesthouses08Fri
Back to Marrakesh
A farewell lunch in the foothills, afternoon in the hammam, the last evening free.
TransferRest day09–10Sat–Sun
Marrakesh & fly out
Saturday free. Sunday airport runs or extend (we'll help).
Free days
The leaders
They're the whole trip.
Each of our eighteen leaders lives in the country they lead in, and typically runs the same tour three to six times a year. No tour goes ahead without its named leader.
S
Samira Bouziane
Morocco · 12 years
From Tahanaoute, in the High Atlas. Ran a mountain guesthouse before Kerb & Compass; speaks Berber, Arabic, French and almost-complete English.
J
Jernej Zupan
Slovenia · 9 years
Mountain rescue in the Julians for five years before leading for us. Knows which hut to push on to when the weather turns, and which to stay in.
T
Thu Nguyen
Vietnam · 7 years
Born in Hanoi, grew up in the northern hills, qualified cook. Books a dozen home-stays by name on every trip; everyone is already expecting us.
2026 departures
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Twelve seats per tour. Holds last five working days; full booking opens as soon as your deposit is through.
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Low-fuss bookings. No "premium upgrades".
Five-day seat-holds, fully-refundable deposits within 21 days, and the same price for everyone on the tour — no early-bird nonsense, no dynamic pricing. If you want to come, we want you to come.
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