Oct 7, 2024
Outstanding value! - We booked this trip on TripAdvisor for approximately £22 each.
We were contacted the night before with a time and location close to our hotel. The minibus turned up on time.
It was a great day. Camel ride, tea, food, interesting villages and a nice walk around a mountain village to a small waterfall then a very good lunch at a local restaurant for about £5.45.
The guide Issmail was pleasant and had great knowledge. He was a resident of the final village we went to and his knowledge was second to none. The driver Ibrahim drove smoothly and steadily throughout.
This trip is outstanding value...book via TripAdvisor we saw similar trips for far far higher money at the hotel and locally...
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Sep 29, 2024
What a day in the nature! - What a great day we spent with Issmail and Ibrahim. Very pleasant drive, well organised so not to feel too tired.
It was interesting to ride the dromedaire and to learn about the Berber culture.
The valleys in the Atlas mountains are stunning, and the experience is even better because we visited the guide's hometown.
The waterfalls in the rocks make you want to spend the whole day there 😉
I definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to have a day trip!
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Jul 30, 2024
Very nice excursion - Very pleasant day: camel ride, tea, visit to a cooperative producing argan oil, small hike to the waterfalls
Meal (+7 euro) very good in a Berber house.
All very well orchestrated by our guide Youssef Kamchad who knows the region very well
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Jun 11, 2024
Excellent trip. Would recommend! ⭐️ - We really enjoyed this trip. We had Hamid as our driver who was great and explained what we were doing and where we were going. We had Abdul Nidali as our guide for our hike up the mountains. Abdul was brilliant and very knowledgeable and patient! He showed us lots of things going up the mountain, even getting us fresh cherries from the trees and pointing out things to us. He is also a great photographer and part mountain gazelle! We visited the Argon Oil shop and tried the different bits they supply. The peanut butter and honey was yummy! Lunch was at a restaurant and the food was lovely to go with the views and good value! Would 100% recommend to anyone.
Review provided by Viator
May 7, 2024
Fantastic day out - perfect weather and great journey - Baha & Ismail were our guides. They kindly gave up their time during Ramadan to take us on a tour of Argan Oil Women's Co-operative, The Atlas Mountains, a Waterfall and a camel ride. This experience was very well priced for the entire days worth of activities.
You are picked up at around 8am and taxi'd to a main bus, and then you are joined by your guides. We had around 20 people on the tour with us. The tour guides are natural Berber's who are very knowledgable about their culture and how it fits in with the rest of Morocco. You are taken to a vista view, then to a womens co-operative where you are served a nice breakfast of bread and honey. The guide then buses you to the Atlas mountains, where you will walk as a group to a waterfall. You then have lunch at a local restaurant, we had tagine. The restaurant has amazing views of the mountains, they are unparalleled. The air is clean and the people very friendly. You are then taken to a camel riding area closer to Marrakech - and served tea in a tent. The whole experience was very nice, very well priced, and just enough to tire you out for the day.
Thank you to our drivers, and Baha & Ismail.
TIPS:
Bring water with you. We went in March and I was very thirsty during the hike. It is a 8-10 hour day, so make sure you are hydrated. You can bring snacks if you like.
I tipped the locals well, as they have recently been devastated by the earthquake. This is not mandatory - but just something I felt like I owed them for graciously welcoming me into their culture/area,
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Sep 11, 2024
Value for money was top - Beautiful experience at fair price - The tour was on the whole highly recommended. Value for money is right with this offer. The pick-up worked great, one evening before the time was communicated and then adhered to. Be sure to check WhatsApp here. The valley tour was ok. Unfortunately, it's a tourist thing. Which was to be expected, but it could have been concealed a little more charmingly. Hence, unfortunately, a point deduction. But after the Argan Oil Manufactory was finished, it got better. The small hiking tour to the waterfall and lunch are big pluses! Also the tea at the villagers was very nice. The camel riding was our highlight, even if it was already over after about 20 min. The guide took super creative pictures for this. Overall, this is great value for money! We would book again.
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Aug 5, 2024
Great experience, our... - Great experience, our guide in the mountains was very informative and friendly! The camel ride was also really good
Review provided by Viator
Sep 30, 2024
Not as expected - Worth visiting the sights but it was very a long tour and I felt that some of the nicer areas were rushed and the less interesting parts dragged on. The berber breakfast left me hungrier than I was before and it was quite a long wait until we had the chance to eat the tagine (which I did thoroughly enjoy). The “hike” was a bit disappointing as there were pushy merchants either side of the path and the waterfall was very busy with even more merchants. The gorgeous looking berber village (green luscious hills and simple houses) from the photos was the main event for us, but wasn’t even included in the tour.
The tour guide was friendly and when I left my phone in the minibus it was quickly brought back but I was charged for this service…
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Sep 25, 2024
Great staff, poor tour - Redouane and Salah were lovely guides, Redouane was thoughtful and informative of the history of the Berber people.
The tour itself, I believe, is a little too long and strenuous for a mixed group of people with different walking abilities. The trek to the waterfalls is difficult and the waterfall itself is underwhelming. A very crowded area, a lot of market traders with stalls set up, taking away the magic of it. We paid extra for lunch, a tasty but dried out tagine - this should be included in the price of the tour as there is no other option for lunch.
The camel ride was ok, not in the best of areas - just on the side of a road, taking away from the experience. The drive from the lunch stop to the camel ride was an hour and a half - definitely not worth that journey for the experience.
All in all, the rating reflects our opinion - we cannot fault the staff, however the tour time, content and description should be reviewed. One suggestion would be to remove the organ oil sales stop and source a camel ride experience closer by.
Again, Redouane was a great guide, he opened his home to us and gave us mint tea with snacks and a great view. It was very much appreciated.
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May 3, 2024
My husband and i payed... - My husband and i payed 60€ ( 30€ each) and the 4 travelers with us that booked this experience through BOOKING paied 15€ each. We payed double. We feel that we have been ripped-off by Viator
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