Many of our travelers to Marrakech, Morocco request a day trip into the High Atlas Mountains, the white-capped wall on the city’s southern horizon. With Berber villages dotting the foothills, there’s a cultural appeal to these trips, equal to the natural one. Many of the villages have weekly markets.
Perhaps the best-known mountain excursion from Marrakech is to the Ourika Valley, a stunning 60-90-minute drive southeast from the city.
The main village of the valley is Setti Fatma on the Ourika River. Above the village is a series of seven waterfalls. The hike to the falls, especially the upper ones, is steep and involves a lot of scrambling over large rocks. Some stretches of the trail skirt significant drops and there are no barriers. Many reach the first fall and call it good.
Our published tour Marrakech, Desert & Ocean includes a daytrip to the Ourika Valley. Ourika can also be added to our other published tours and, of course, included in any custom program.
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