Marrakech Day Trips
If you are staying in a hotel in Ouirgane the guide will come to meet you and take you from where you are staying, but if you are staying in Marrakech , our driver will pick up in the morning then drive towards the south to arrive to Ouirgane Valley, then meet your guide at the village of Marigha; where salt is mined in huge wells, then brine is left to evaporate in a salt basins, then the salt is carried on donkeys to the neighbouring village to be sold…
Set off with your driver from Marrakech towards the Ourika valley, where you will stop for a short visit of a naturally garden of Safrane. Then head up to the West to Oukaimeden, snow skiing station. Then drive to cross the heart of these beautiful mountains with a wonderful views the Sidi Fares valley. Then head down to the South to get to the village of Asni, where a big local market is being organized every Saturday…
Pick up from Marrakech then drive towards the South through the Hawz plain, open fields of olive trees and barley. We get to Tahanaout village after 30 minutes, here is the main village” district” of western high Atlas. The meaning of Tahanaout in Berber language is coming from “Hene” the plant that women use to adorn on weddings. The plant used to be grown in this village fields, beside the road a big channel of irrigation system…
Set off day from Marrakech towards Ourika valley, one of the beautiful areas close to Marrakech. Cross the nursery gardens of Marrakech to arrive to the Safran garden then stop for a visit. Later we continue driving a long side of the river and through the villages located on the two sides of the road and on the riversides. Here another stop to visit a local typical home in on of the villages then visit a water mill…
The mule is hybrid animal,it is a cross of a horse and a donkey. It is the practical animal used for riding in the Atlas mountains. It’s still used a lot for a different purposes, it’s a very good adventure to go for trekking on mules for both if adults or children. You meet the mules and muleteers in Ouirgane valley, South of Marrakech, then ride mules and go for a trek through the mule paths in the heart of the the national park of Toubkal…
The Kasbah was the local establishment,where the local governors, who are at the same times the leaders of their tribes during the history the country. The Kansas was also a local palace where all the affairs of the tribe used to be managed through different departments as; military, taxes, caravans services. That will be very informative to organize a day trip to the valley of Ait Ben Haddou, where is the most important Kadabahs of the Pasha Glaoui…