Experience the best of Ouzoud

Ouzoud is a small village in the Azilal province, on the northern edge of the High Atlas, where the Cascades d'Ouzoud, a wide waterfall that drops about a hundred metres in several tiers, pour into a deep pool. The village's lanes lead down through olive groves to viewpoints and a path along the river at the base of the falls.

Barbary macaques live in the trees beside the path and watch visitors for food. Small boats row across the pool beneath the spray, where rainbows form on sunny mornings, and old stone water mills stand beside the stream. The Oued el Abid gorge continues below the falls, and the Berber villages of the Azilal hills lie around. Marrakech lies a long drive to the south-west.

Cafés and restaurants on the terraces grill meat and serve tagine, with views of the falls, and fresh orange juice is sold in the lanes. The waterfall is strongest in spring after the rains and snowmelt, and its flow drops in the dry summer, when the pools turn warm.