This follows part 1-City & part 2 - Souks
There is so much to do and see outside of Marrakech and before we left the UK we booked a couple of trips/activities with 'Splash Morocco'. In fact, @MarrakechAndy from Splash Morocco saw some tweets Laura had posted about our upcoming trip and after a few exchanged e-mails he had created a bespoke 4x4 tour in the Atlas Mountains for just Laura and I.
We also booked an adventurous morning driving dune buggies through the 'pre-desert' outside Marrakech with Andy and did that first. The round trip of about 40km took us through a few villages and on the way back we had some mint tea and pancakes with some locals. The buggies themselves were fast and great fun.
We were delighted that Andy was our guide for the 4x4 Atlas Mountain/Ourika Valley tour the next day. Our first stop was a traditional Berber house where we had some breakfast. See Laura's brilliant blog of this here. The view from the house is below.
We were then taken through the stunning scenery of the Valley.
My special request for our trip was to visit the Morrocan ski resort of Okaimeden after I'd read about it on-line. I'd also just been skiing in France the month before and I was very interested to see it in action.
As we arrived at the slopes, the contrast to skiing in the French Alps was enormous. As well as donkeys, lining the car park were people willing to rent old skis and boots, many of which had the linings showing.
As I looked up on the slopes I saw one person actually skiing and approximately 100 standing around, falling over or sliding down the slope. I decided not to ski.
From the ski resort we visited some more towns in the mountains and stopped for lunch in Asni where we had a traditional Moroccan tagine.
We also saw some magnificent scenery for example this unique rock formation in the hills.
If you are taking a trip to Marrakech, remember to make the most of the souks, maybe stay in a Riad and don't forget there is lots to see outside the city too.
Splash Morocco actually specialise in rafting and do a whole host of other adventure activities. We highly recommend them - you might even be lucky to have Andy as your guide.
There is so much to do and see outside of Marrakech and before we left the UK we booked a couple of trips/activities with 'Splash Morocco'. In fact, @MarrakechAndy from Splash Morocco saw some tweets Laura had posted about our upcoming trip and after a few exchanged e-mails he had created a bespoke 4x4 tour in the Atlas Mountains for just Laura and I.
We also booked an adventurous morning driving dune buggies through the 'pre-desert' outside Marrakech with Andy and did that first. The round trip of about 40km took us through a few villages and on the way back we had some mint tea and pancakes with some locals. The buggies themselves were fast and great fun.
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| The view at our water stop |
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| Dusty faced Laura & buggy |
We were delighted that Andy was our guide for the 4x4 Atlas Mountain/Ourika Valley tour the next day. Our first stop was a traditional Berber house where we had some breakfast. See Laura's brilliant blog of this here. The view from the house is below.
My special request for our trip was to visit the Morrocan ski resort of Okaimeden after I'd read about it on-line. I'd also just been skiing in France the month before and I was very interested to see it in action.
As we arrived at the slopes, the contrast to skiing in the French Alps was enormous. As well as donkeys, lining the car park were people willing to rent old skis and boots, many of which had the linings showing.
As I looked up on the slopes I saw one person actually skiing and approximately 100 standing around, falling over or sliding down the slope. I decided not to ski.
From the ski resort we visited some more towns in the mountains and stopped for lunch in Asni where we had a traditional Moroccan tagine.
We also saw some magnificent scenery for example this unique rock formation in the hills.
If you are taking a trip to Marrakech, remember to make the most of the souks, maybe stay in a Riad and don't forget there is lots to see outside the city too.
Splash Morocco actually specialise in rafting and do a whole host of other adventure activities. We highly recommend them - you might even be lucky to have Andy as your guide.
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