Day trip to Ourika Valley & High Atlas

Ourika Valley Day Trip Highlights

• Visiting carpet Cooperative
• high Atlass montains
• orika valley

Detailed Itinerary

Day trip to Ourika Valley from Marrakech and high atlas mountains, Pick up from your accommodation in Marrakech at 8 o´clock in the morning, Then ll start our  Excursion to Ourika valley from Marrakech Located in the High Atlas, at only 60 km south from Marrakech offers a beautiful scenery, maybe the best you can see. Our trip to Ourika Valley (its name is due to the river that goes through) includes a stop in the authentic berber market of Asni where families of the valley make their daily purchases. Then we continue to visit an authentic berber family where we will see their house, And the way they live and learn how to prepare a delicious mint tea. After having tea we continue our trip to Setti Fatma , a moroccan village renowned for its seven waterfalls. The trajectory here takes approximately one hour travel, if having the chance to see a genuine ”Berber fridge” where bottles are stacked on top of others and refreshed by a stream of water falling from the mountains keeping them cold. This village still has the charm of a small town and preserves the adobe houses and a peaceful life. Free time for lunch in this beautiful place where we can enjoy moroccan hospitality, and savour its gastronomy.
Return to Marrakech, transfer to the accomodation and end end our Day trip to Ourika Valley from Marrakech and high atlas mountains .

Ourika Valley is a valley in the Moroccan High Atlas along the Ourika River. It is located around 30 km from Marrakech, and is essentially populated by Berber people speaking Shilha. Despite its proximity to Marrakech, it is still considered a relatively well-preserved valley, by its very nature a and traditional mountain way of life.

History

Ourika is the name of one of the most famous tribes, written by Ibn Khaldoun.

Setti-Fatma

Setti-Fatma is the last small town (or douar) which is accessible by the paved route. It is the departure point for many excursions to the nearby mountains. The most prized and most easy hike consists of mounting the length of a mountain torrent in order to discover the cascades.