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| Ouzoud Falls • شلالات أوزود | ||
| province | Azilal | |
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| height | 1,068 m | |
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The Ouzoud Falls arabic:شلالات أوزود, schallālāt Ūzūd, (French: Cascades d'Ouzoud) are waterfalls in the Middle Atlas near the village of Ouzoudin the province Azilal, 150 km northeast of Marrakech. They are considered to be the tallest and most beautiful waterfalls Morocco.
Ouzoud is the word for in the Berber language olive and refers to the olive trees near the falls.
background
Ouzoud is in the valley of the Oued Tissakht in a plain of the Middle Atlas at about 1060 m. The place is scattered between fields and forest. The center of the place are the waterfalls, which fall over red rocks in several floors, a total of 110 meters. The banks of the waterfalls are covered with fig trees and jungle-like lianas.
There is a footpath to get to the top of the falls and a steep path down to the right of the falls. At the bottom you can cross the river with a small ferry and get back up the normal way via the stairs.
getting there
Ouzoud lies between the N8 in the north and the R304 in the south. The N8 connects Marrakech With Beni Mellal and moves further north up Fes. The R304 is part of a road that runs in a west-east direction from Marrakech to Azilal leads through the Middle Atlas and joins the N8 a little west of Beni Mellal.
By bus
no bus connection to Ouzoud, but Marrakech-Azilal or Beni Mellal
In the street
Starting from Marrakech one can 145 km the N8 Drive east and turn south at Ouled Ayad onto the P3105. On the further 45 km to Ouzoud you pass a mountain saddle with an impressive view of the Ait Attab plain in the north and the Ouzoud depression in the south.
Alternatively, after 58 km on the N8 at Laamirate, turn onto the R208 and drive to Ouled Khellouf. There follow the R304 about 40 km to the north, in the direction of Azilal, until the junction on the P3105 to Ouzoud.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Ouzoud waterfalls (arabic:شلالات أوزود, schallālāt Ūzūd, French cascades d'Ouzoud)
(32 ° 0 '56 "N.6 ° 43 '14 "W.)
- 1 Ouzoud waterfalls (arabic:شلالات أوزود, schallālāt Ūzūd, French cascades d'Ouzoud)
activities
shop
kitchen
accommodation
- 3 Hotel de France(32 ° 1 ′ 0 ″ N.6 ° 43 ′ 2 ″ W.)
security
health
Practical advice
trips
- Demnate arabic:دمنات, Too Demnat), The city, with about 25,000 inhabitants, is 970 m above sea level. About 2 km east of Imi-n-Ifri there is a gorge lined with waterfalls in spring, which is surrounded by a natural rock arch ((French: pont naturel) is overstretched.
literature
- : Morocco. Victoria, Australia: Lonely Planet Publications, 2007 (8th edition), ISBN 978-1-74059-974-0 (closely).
- : The Rough Guide to Morocco. Rough guides, 2010, ISBN 1848364776 (closely).
Web links
https://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Morocco/Tadla-Azilal/Ouzoud-Falls/blog-289569.html
