The cascades of Ouzoud

The cascades of Ouzoud ( waterfalls of the mills in Berber ) are waterfalls about 110 m high, on three levels, on Oued ouzoud, at 1060 m altitude in the Middle Atlas in Morocco . This vast site is an important Moroccan tourist site 120 km from Béni Mellal and 150 km northeast of Marrakech .
These waterfalls, considered among the highest and most beautiful in Morocco, often dominated by a rainbow , are located in a verdant rural valley of red sandstone , planted with olive groves , almonds and fig trees And other carob trees , or a dozen small traditional oil mills are still active .
The waterfalls of Ouzoud have recently become accessible from the small town of Aït Aâtab (about 25 km) from Beni Mellal or Marrakech through the sugar city of Oulad Ayad (province of Fquih Ben Salah ).
The preserved attraction, calm and natural, entirely pedestrian, offers many campsites in basic cabins / huts rudimentary in bamboo and reed , bathing places, small restaurants in terrace kitchen Berber, shopping for crafts Berber Middle Atlas, the Along a pedestrian path that descends to the foot of the waterfall. The site is animated among others by some groups of Berber macaques in freedom .