Day 01
Atlas Mountains Day Trip from Marrakech
- Pick-up from your hotel or riad in Marrakech city at 9:00 AM.
- Start your experience with a drive towards the Imlil Atlas Mountains. On the way, pass through Tahnaout and stop at a Berber village to visit an Argan Oil Co-operative and learn how the women of the co-operative turn the Argan nut into many of the different Argan Oil-based products Morocco is famous for.
- Continue through Asni, where, on Saturdays, a traditional Berber souk and market can be visited.
- Drive past the waterfalls and hamlets of Ait Mizan to reach Imlil, where you will get the opportunity to take in the views of ancient irrigated terrace fields of barley, corn, and vegetables, surrounded by cherry and walnut trees.
- Go down through the village of Ait Souka and afterwards enjoy a traditional Moroccan meal in a Berber family house.
- Start your journey back with an exciting camel ride through the Moulay Gorges.
- Head back to your accommodation in Marrakech, arriving at around 5:00 PM.
