Expedition outline & key info
This exotic, educational and challenging trip is running 25 September to 1 October 2025. Starting from Marrakech, we’re returning to the remote eastern M’Goun region where we ran the expedition in 2023. It is wild, beautiful and the terrain is demanding which is why we’re calling it a MAX expedition.
There are three inter-woven elements to this exotic trip; wilderness medicine education, mountain skills and travel with this year’s objective being Mount M’Goun 4068m – the 3rd highest peak in North Africa, and of course the cultural immersion with local guides, cooks and traditional Moroccan food.
Medical training, tutorials and group work will be interspersed throughout the journey. Mules carry our teaching kit and a (well padded) laptop. You’ll experience inspiring teaching and how an expedition should be expertly administered and led. Delegates from diverse medical backgrounds and laypeople attend to immerse themselves in many facets of austere medicine.
Excellent preparation to become more confident in the hills and build the skills required of an expedition mountain medic.
Fully inclusive of in-country services, tuition/guiding and arrangements (food, accommodation, cooks, mules and transport). Spaces are strictly limited this year due to the strenuousness of the itinerary. Book early (with a deposit only) to get the EARLY BIRD PRICE AND SAVE! Estimated worth up to 30 CPD hours.
| Course | Dates | Details |
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| Morocco MAX Mountain Medicine Expedition In 2025 we're going back to the stunning and remote M'Goun range to learn mountain medicine and climb the 3rd highest peak in North Africa. Spaces very limited. The early bird price is displayed and can be withdrawn without notice. Then the price is £1099. Best value Morocco trip we've ever offered. | Book Course - £999 Deposit - £399 |
Delegate feedback
Fantastic week – engaging, inspiring, interesting
Great trip, instructors very approachable and fun, felt I learned loads – 10/10
Wonderful course – excellently planned & executed
Surpassed my expectations – thank you – worth every penny
Excellent course – perfectly pitched for all
Every bit of time used effectively
…a wonderfully supportive (teaching) team
Awesome course- great mix of learning & being active
I had a fantastic trip; it made me totally rethink my career! Will be recommending it to everyone!
Brilliant course – all very relevant, useful, fantastic content
Outline itinerary
Day 1, 25th September – arrive Marrakech by 6pm and make your way to our city centre hotel by taxi. Group dinner, briefing and kit check. The hotel is a few hundred metres from the famous souk (market) Jemaa el-Fna.
Day 2, 26th September – after a filling breakfast (fruit, eggs, pancakes, pastries…), we depart early for a mini bus ride to “Happy Valley” (Ait Bouguemez), a lush fruit growing area, rarely visited by tourists. Here we meet our local team of guides, cooks and muleteers and trek 1 to 2 hours to Gite La Tulipe d’Ikiss (1920m) where fresh flowing mint tea awaits us.
Day 3, 27th September – A demanding trekking day over a high pass at 3390m, then descend to the plateau at 2900m to sleep in the Tarkddite Refuge for 2 nights.
Day 4, 28th September – A pre-dawn start to climb Mount M’Goun.
Day 5, 29th September – Return trek to Gite La Tulipe d’Ikiss.
Day 6, 30th September – Trek out to meet our vehicles for the drive to Marrakech. Showers, debrief and refreshments! Final evening meal together.
Day 7, 1st October – Depart – share airport taxis or depart under own steam at any time – or stay to explore!
Medical & Mountain Skills Content
The content will be interspersed between trekking activities and on the trail and includes:
Lectures
Tutorials & discussion groups, cases
Practical tuition – medical & mountain skills
Planning and Pre-expedition considerations
• Expedition planning inc indemnity & medical screening
Mountain Medicine – lectures
• Altitude illness
• Hypothermia & cold injury, heat injury
Managing Injuries in the Field
• Trauma on expeditions
• Practical fracture management, patient packaging, working around helicopters
Mountain & Fields Skills
•Navigation essentials
• Rope work & security on steep ground techniques
• SOS devices
Discussion groups & tutorials
• Expedition mental well-being
• Medical kits – where to start?
• How to further a career in wilderness medicine?
2025 Teaching team
WMT’s Barry Roberts is the expedition leader. He has been to Morocco 20+ times. The medical instructor is Anna Wallace, an A&E doctor who holds the Diploma in Mountain Medicine. Together they delivered the 2024 expedition. Both staff are mountain mad whose combined interests include climbing, ski touring, mountain bike, paragliding and mountain running. Combined they have in excess of 70 expedition to their credit including first ascents in Greenland and the summit of Everest.
Flights & insurance
Search SKYSCANNER for low-cost carriers that fly directly to Marrakech. Easyjet flys from Bristol, Manchester and Gatwick. Ryanair also has flights from several airports.
Personal travel insurance is compulsory for this trip and must cover trekking to 4000m. Please be sure that you also understand WMT’s Terms & Conditions regarding refunds if you book then can’t join the expedition.
Who attends and other general info
Doctors of all grades, nurses, medical students, non-medics and OHPs usually attend. No prior climbing or expedition experience is required but you must be walking fit and capable of trekking for five days (only carrying a daypack). Motivation to attend varies. Some people come to prepare with the intention of accompanying an expedition team or supporting mountain events. Others wish to bolster their CV or simply to sample expedition medicine and mountain travel and have fun in a well supported group. Whatever your aim, this inspiring, active and educational week in the Moroccan mountains is great value.
Vegatarians can be catered for. Other special dietary needs or health/fitness concerns? Consult WMT before you book please.
There’s always a course Whatsapp group so you can contact other delegates.
Our terms and and conditions are here. You are agreeing to them when you make a booking.
What’s included & not included in the fee?
Included in the fee:
Downloads
A pre-trip dossier is provided that is packed with detail, kit list and more travel advice.
CPD
We estimate that this programme is valid for between 20-30 CPD hours.
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