Day Trip to Berber Villages of the High Atlas Mountains

This excursion takes you to the northern edge of the Souss Valley into the foothills of the lofty High Atlas Mountains just 35 minutes drive north of Taroudant and is centred around visits to an area not normally visited by foreigners.

**Please Note: Naturally Morocco's excursions are only available as part of an itinerary booked through us that includes accommodation and transport.**

The trip takes you to a Berber village, which depends for its livelihood on three different products: honey, pottery and olive oil. It includes opportunities to visit local people's homes to see bread making, their livestock, their lifestyle and to eat a delicious tagine, scooped up by freshly baked bread.

The visit begins by crossing stepping stones across a river bed which is often dry. When needed we hire mules or donkeys to get you across. You then walk through the villages, the adjacent olive groves and kitchen gardens.

At the villages you'll be welcomed into houses and workplaces and will gain an insight into the simple yet rewarding lifestyles, as well as having a chance to see production of some of the local products. You may wish to support their cottage industries by purchasing products such as soap, rustic pottery, honey and cold pressed olive oil (very tasty indeed due to the dry climate). The vagaries of climate have made local people's income very precarious and thus the income from such sales is much appreciated.

Walking is easy but there are some rough surfaces and moderate gradients over short distances; walking shoes are therefore advised.

Normal timing 9am - 3pm.

What's included: Guide, driver and transport.

Duration: 1 day
Location: Anti-Atlas/Taroudant
Trip Grade: Easy
Altitude: under 2000m