It is a day trip to better know the Berber life style and culture, you ll be introduced to locals, share a drink or a meal in an unforgeattable moments.you ll also learn about social traditions as marriages , parties and celebrating.
Berber weekly Market is one of the very typical activities to help berbers surviving in the very remote villages , knowing that most of them reach market on donkeys and mules, offtenly loaded with local goods ( veggies, chiken or even a goat).
The berber market is also a meeting opportunity to set all other life tasks needed , seeing a healer, going to a barber , applying for official document, meeting juges, or just sitting around a mint tea set with friends.
Ourika day trip is a must for every visitor to travel back in time and experience the most authentic part of the berbers.
Inclusions & Exclusions
✔ Bottled water
✖ Entarnce fees into attraction are excluded to let guests choose which are interested in.
Pickup Locations
1. Stars Hotel
2. Riad Adore
3. Hotel Zagora
4. Riad Shajara
5. Riad Et Spa Misria Les Oliviers
6. Riad Anya & SPA
7. Riad Dar Talah
8. Riad Luciano Hotel & Spa
9. Hotel Ibn Batouta
10. Jadali Hotel & Spa
11. Riad El Laadel
12. Riad Salman
13. Riad Majia
14. Sillage Palace
15. Riad Hart Essoura
16. Hotel Riad Youssef
17. Happy Holiday Marrakech
18. Dar Asdika
19. Hotel Massimo Kech
20. Hotel Hicham
Additional Info: Your Marrakech accommodation
Itinerary
1
Tnine Ourika
This stop is only on Mondays where the weekly berber market takes place , but it will changes location on Thursdays and Fridays,the opportunity for our guests to closely explore the real berber life where they trade and run their businesses.
A market made by very simple shelters hosting the most important event in the whole week for locals , the day to meet with friends from other villages into the Atlas Mountains , renew relationships and set future plans,make official paper work, authentify contracts, visit healers if needed,stop at the barber and enjoy a delicious lunch mainly a goat tajine.
This stop will make you travel back to the ancient time and taste the very simple life that berbers lead since long ago and hardly could ve changed.
Duration: 45 minutes
2
The Berber house , this stop will get our guests to visit locals , your guide will give you a lot of informations about the berber daily life ,their traditions and culture, you ll be offered a little demonstration of mint tea making ritual , then you ll be invited to enjoy it in a very nice atmosphere .
Duration: 30 minutes
3
Ourika
The Argan Women Cooperative is one of the importante stops as it is the opportunity to built a whole idea of how the Argan nuts are turned into cosmetic and alimentary oil products in a literraly traditionnal process, you ll be given a general introduction on site and detailed informations on different products for needed use.
The unique Argan forest existing on earth is by the west coast , however the solidarity between berbers made them share the knowledge across all the berber people around the country.
Duration: 30 minutes
4
Ourika Valley
This is the goal of the day trip : Setti Fadma water falls , once arrived you ll be introduced to your mountain guide to take you in a very pleasent hike of around one hour to and back from the water falls, depending on how fit you are and time range you can go for even longer as they are 7 mini water falls located above each other which make the hike a lot exciting and enjoyable.
As long as you go higher you ll have a chance to meet the Barbarian Macaque as last wild animal to survive in the Atlas Mountains.
Back from the hike you ll be enjoying delicious meal made on berber cooking , you ll be sitting by the river.
Duration: 2 hours
Additional info
• Specialized infant seats are available
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
