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Your Own Morocco. Ourika: The Kingdom of "Noble People"
Joined 2023
About half an hour's drive away from Marrakech, it's a different world. Snow-covered mountain tops, blossoming valleys, foamy cascading mountain rivers and waterfalls, water mills, mud-brick villages clinging to mountainsides that seem impossible to reach, suspension bridges and terraced vegetable gardens. But the main thing is that a different group of people lives here. A group with its own culture, traditions, language and script. And the stories of this culture will surprise you.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel in Marrakech City Center
Pick up from your hotel in Marrakech City Center
Please note: the additional price may be applied if your hotel is aside from Marrakech City Center.
The African Contemporary Sculpture Garden (Entrance tickets are paid extra)
On the way to the Ourika valley, we will stop by a beautiful park of modern sculptures and a nomadic market (available on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday). We'll find out how the news is broadcast in the mountains and why "sprinkle your head with ashes". We will watch how local storytellers, barbers, and charlatan doctors work. Or, instead of watching, we can even try it on ourselves!
Botanical garden
In the botanical garden, we can learn about native plants. Here, you can also have your hands painted with henna dye, bake bread the traditional way, take part in the production of Argan oil or visit a 'beauty salon'. Even at the age of eighty, the Ourika ladies look fantastic! Would you like a foot bath with an aromatic oil massage?! Even that is possible! Just let us know what you would like in advance (all the master classes and workshops are paid extra).
Lunch (Paid extra)
Of course, we will find time to have lunch on the banks of the mountain river. If the weather is too hot, a table will be set up right in the water! Would you like to go to an ancient adobe fortress with an excellent garden restaurant, a lovely design collection, and a mind-blowing view of the valley? Just let us know in advance, so we can make reservations for you.
Ourika
We will walk through a pottery village and visit the former home of a local sheikh. We'll try to guess the purpose of some of the buildings and objects (and it's not as easy as you may think). We're certain you'll find some of the technology to be genius! If you like, we can arrange for you to make your own jug on a potter's wheel. We will visit the watermill by the river. Even today, it still supplies flour to local residents. We'll figure out how a prosperous house works. All the master classes and workshops are paid extra.
Ourika Valley
We will reach a picturesque cascade of waterfalls. If we're lucky, we'll spot representatives of a very unusual species of the macaque monkey. On the way, we will see how the fine lace Alabaster carvings that decorate Morocco's palaces and mosques are created, we will try on national costumes and have a lavish photo session.
Transfer from Ourika to Marrakech
Here ends out journey in Ourika, and it is time to get back to Marrakech. If you ordered the transfer, the driver will bring you back to your hotel in Marrakech.
Drop off to your hotel in Marrakech City Center
End of tour
Ending Point
At your hotel in Marrakech City Center
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- a private guide
- transfer from your hotel in Marrakech city center.
We provide comfortable transportation (Mercedes Vito car type). All gasoline fee and toll fees are included in price.
Additional price could be added for transfer if your hotel is aside from Marrakech City Center.
Tickets for the museum, sculpture park, workshops, and beauty treatments are not included and must be paid separately:
The African Contemporary Sculpture Garden costs around $13 per person.
The master class on baking bread in a Berber oven - around $11 per person.
Mini workshops on making pottery, Argan oil, etc. - around $8 per person.
Tour Important Information
This is an individual tour. For that reason we won't only tell you about the history of Morocco, we will talk about the subjects that first of all interest you, be it the exciting tales of the past, or the economy, or the educational system and fascinating innovative projects.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2023
About Tour Guide Kate A.
My tours were born from my passion for traveling and studying other cultures, from my avid late-night reading, and from meeting amazing, bright, and talented people from around the world. And, of course, it sprouted from my love for storytelling :). Now, there are 10 of us - guides in Morocco, the Netherlands, Belgium, Serbia and Hungary. We are historians, designers, physicists, journalists, sociologists, and art historians. I am thrilled to share my knowledge and show you these fabulous and hidden places from a tourist's perspective. My team would be delighted to accompany you on this adventure full of unexpected discoveries as we travel through the centuries and immerse ourselves in the local culture!
Reviews
Katherine B.
Additional Payment for the long route
Customized
“Tour of Casablanca - May 16th”
Kate was very accommodating in arranging a 6 hour tour for an international group. Our guide was also very good - knowledgeable and thoughtful. Kate was always prompt in her responses and willing to advise and amend the itinerary.
