Much of Marrakesh’s surrounding countryside is already well-trafficked with tourists, but stunning Ourika Valley is still pristine and untouched. Discover scenic locations on a relaxing day trip, without spending half your time in the car. Visit a traditional Berber house and learn about the lives of Morocco’s indigenous inhabitants. Other highlights include a women-run organ oil cooperative and a walk to the waterfalls of Setti Fatma.
Through the Lalla Takerkoust Dam, located about forty kilometers from Marrakech, you join the Kik plateau to discover a beautiful landscape and a setting totally exotic. you will pass next to traditional Berber villages where the authentic houses are built of earth and stone by the inhabitants themselves. One of the families
Berbers will welcome you to his typical little home to enjoy a glass of tea and a snack.We you encourage, thus, to bring with you little memories (toys- school supplies …) To distribute them to the little Berber children that you will come across on the road. If you coincide with a market day you will have the opportunity to make a tower. Your driver will drive you, thereafter to the Ourika Valley where you explore the organic aromatic garden which contains the different medicinal plants used by Berber. You then take your way to the waterfalls of the valley Setti fatma to enjoy a traditional lunch in one of the restaurants next to the river.
