​The Ourika Valley is in the foothills of the High Atlas mountains. Travelling time to the Ourika Valley, from Marrakech, is around 45 minutes. The scenery in Ourika is of uplifted rocks, deep, water sculpted, valleys, rich vegetation and captivating Berber communities and activities.

As will already be realised from your time in the country, water is a vital resource in Morocco and supplies can often be stretched to the limit. many major reservoirs have been built in the High Atlas to trap rainfall and snowmelt and a stop is made at Lalla Takerkoust barrage and reservoir.

Then it is onwards and upwards up to the Kik Plateau for some interesting exploration. A visit to Moulay Brahim town, a small Berber town, can be made. then it is and down to Asni, where, on a Saturday, a visit can be made to the Berber market.

Eventually, after many delights along the route, scenic and cultural and rural, it’s to Wirgane for lunch. this can either be taken in a Berber home, with a local family, or in a good restaurant facing the lake of Wirgane (a barrage), your choice.

The return route will be via Tahenaout, thus making a circuit that does not repeat itself in the High Atlas area.

If you wish to learn more about this program, please contact us and we will promptly send you the full program.