Full Day Trip to Ourika Valley and High Atlas: Experience Berber Lifestyle and Argan Oil Production
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12 Ratings
Ourika
Escape the busy streets of Marrakech and embark on a full-day trip to Ourika Valley and High Atlas. Immerse yourself in the Berber lifestyle, explore Argan oil production, and indulge in a delicious meal with a unique water seating experience.
Duration: 6 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ourika Valley - Our Ourika valley day trip starts at 09am from your accommodation in Marrakech. After a short drive from Marrakech into the the Atlas Mountains. We will take the road along the valley of Ourika, then stop to see wonderful landscapes full of vibrant colours as we move through the hillsides. Our first stop will be in a traditional house of a Berber family who lives in the valley. The family will offer us tea and serve us their local breakfast which consists of bread, honey, butter and olive oil .The other stop is the Women argan oil cooperative ; The argan nut is unique to Morocco and Moroccans have long knew about the wonderful benefit of the oil extracted from this nut for eveyday use either in cooking or cosmetic. Later on we will continue our tour and visit to reach Setti Fatma, Highly appreciated for its beautiful 7 waterfalls, beautiful cliffs, green valleys. You will Walk around the valley to take photos of the views of green terraces, surrounding the Atlas mountains, hike with a local guide to the first waterfall. After the hike we go back for lunch in a nice restaurant with a beautiful view over the mountains, lunch will be composed of variety of Moroccan dishes (Vegetarians are welcome). Then we return to Marrakech around 05pm.
What's Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Local guide expertise
  • Choice of driver or guide for personalized experience
  • Comfortable transport in an air-conditioned minivan or 4WD
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Lunch
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Escape the bustle of Marrakech to explore the breathtaking Atlas Mountains, take a tour of a Berber home and understand their unique lifestyle. Pause for photoshoots on the go and gain knowledge about the production of Argan oil. Witness the stark difference between the tranquility of Ourika and the frenzy of Marrakeck. Savor the most delicious meal in Morocco at a restaurant offering seating in the water.

  • May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
  • Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
Location
Ourika Valley
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Nicolasd51
Feb 14, 2024
Excursion in the Ourika Valley. With mid-mountain trek. - Thank you very much for the professionalism and responsiveness. Abdel is really helpful, welcoming and attentive. We spent a very beautiful day with Abdel and Icham in the Ourika valley. Abdel is a careful driver. He guided us and suggested the best activities in the area. We were delighted with the visit to the house of a Berber family and very happy to have been able to share a moment over mint tea.
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23ludog
Jun 17, 2023
Excursions in Berber country - Thank you very much, for this wonderful moment. Moving meeting and lunch at the home of a Berber family. Authentic
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Nadiaat7322kq
Mar 7, 2022
Fantastic day trip! - Absolutely recommend this trip!! From pick up to drop off, the experience was professional, comfortable, relaxed and very enjoyable. An excellent day trip to the stunning peaceful Atlas. Such a contrast to busy Marrakesh. We saw so much, and we learnt so much. Packed in lots but we didn’t feel rushed. Loved visiting a Berber house, seeing caravans of camels, stunning mountain scenery and crystal clear streams. The waterfall was pretty and can be reached with relative ease for people used to some hiking but requires decent walking shoes. Trainers would work. Our guide Abdul was simply excellent. He made our trip. Warm friendly and very knowledgeable. Excellent English which was great for us because we do not speak Arabic or French. This trip is defiantly worth it and we’d recommend it. Farooq & Nadia
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851valeriial
Jan 8, 2021
Wonderful day in Ourika Valley - I had a chance to have a great trip to Ourika Valley with stops in different beautiful places for pictures and to get an interesting information about the area. Visiting a local Berber house with an opportunity to see how people live and to learn how to prepare the local mint tea. Very friendly, kind and simply nice relaxing atmosphere. Highly recommended!
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Christian
Feb 17, 2019
Transfer and great trip to Ourika - We have done several transfer tours between Marrakech and our villa outside the city. The driver was always on time and in a nice and safe car. We also did a full Day tour to Ourika Valley with driver and guide Abdul who was very service minded and told a lot of interesting stories and facts about what we saw. Very nice Tour...
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Jezonimo
Dec 2, 2018
High Atlas. - Wow! What a wonderful day we had. It started with a very friendly reception from our guide for the day, Abdul. Then we went into a pristine Mercedes people carrier. Abdul is a Berber who knows the area very well. He also knows the people very well. And, because we were with Abdul, we were greeted as friends - by his friends. He showed us the mountains and took us along roads only a local would know. He was very knowledgeable and spoke excellent English; giving us masses of information and answering all and every question we had. It was a fantastic trip to the mountains made all the better by our polite and caring guide. Thank you Abdul. Shukran jazeelan! Ten out of ten!
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Ppp21015
Nov 29, 2018
Day in the Atlas mountains - The tour with Abdel and Abdul was really amazing! We had a wonderful time in the Atlas mountains and visited some awesome secret viewing spots. And the trips into the Berber villages offered us a short experience of the real marocco. Thanks for that!
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Tanja
Apr 23, 2018
Wonderful day out of Marrakech - We've been at Marrakech for a week and thought going out and seeing more of this beautiful country would be good, so our Riad recommended Abdu. He picked us up at our Riad and drove with us to 3 Valleys in the Atlas Mountains. First stop was a traditional market, which we very much enjoyed. He knew the best stops for taking picutres and was very good in explaining and telling us more about Marocco and payed attention to our wishes (like a stop for buying water or for another bio break). We had this amazing lunch at a friends house, which we also very much enjoyed. We felt very safe with him driving around all day. All in all it was for us a perfect day with a perfect driver. Thanks Abdu! Best regards from Germany, Tanja
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Fionaandbenny
Apr 23, 2018
great day out , great guide - After the hurley burley of the medina we decided to book a day trip to the mountains in the distance. A very nice guy called Abdu picked us up from the riad and off we went into the hectic traffic of marrakech, 20 minutes later we were out into the countryside, Abdu was very informative about everything we enquired about and with his english being perfect was very interesting, we asked about stopping for a snack and a coffee and Abdu took us to a very nice peaceful place. then up to the mountains to visit the berber home and to have a nice lunch at Richard Bransons place , All in all we had a great day out and the information we got from Abdu really helped with the rest of our holiday , things like :- if you want to go to the new Yves st laurent museum (highly recommend) and the jardin marjorelle garden go first thing (opens at 10.00) get a twin ticket from the museum as there is a much shorter queue and you bypass the large queue when you go to the gardens. Abdu is a mine of useful information.
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