Ouirgane, a small Berber village in the High Atlas, offers a base for a number of treks that can be incorporated into your Moroccan holiday, or just a location to relax. It is situated in a scenic valley at 1,000 metres above sea level in the High Atlas Mountains around 1 hour’s drive south west of Marrakech.

Ouirgane buzzes with activity on Thursdays when Berber families flock down from the mountains by donkey to the souk. It has become a very popular base for day walks into the Tassa Ouirgane National Park and longer treks to Jbel (Mount) Toubkal and Amizmiz areas, and also benefits from a lake thanks to a recently constructed dam. En route from here to Taroudant, you travel through the spectacular Tiz n Test Pass, site of the renowned 12th century Tin Mal Mosque.