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Marrakech to Ouzoud Falls

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Recorded distance
158 km
Riding-time estimate
2 h 59
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

A named mountain-road corridor with sustained elevation change and pass scenery. It links naturally to Ouzoud waterfalls and Atlas foothills.

Editorial context

Coordinates are curated start-via-end route seeds. They are not a surveyed centreline or navigation geometry. Run road snapping, topology checks, access checks and a live-status review before publication.

Access context

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Seasonal context

Mar-May; Sep-Nov

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Marrakech

    Marrakech announces itself with a smell before it shows its face: woodsmoke, orange blossom, leather, grilled meat, with mint and diesel in the mix. The city, founded in the later eleventh century by the Almoravids, grew from a camp of tents at the edge of the Haouz plain into the capital of a series of Berber dynasties. Its walls and many of its buildings are built of local red clay, giving it the nickname of the red city, and behind them sits the old medina, a maze of lanes where mopeds, donkey carts and tourists push through together. The Koutoubia mosque, whose minaret rises about seventy metres above the roofs and dates from the twelfth century, is the landmark you steer by.

    Read the complete Marrakech write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Marrakech sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Ouzoud.

  2. 2. Ouzoud

    Water has been falling off this cliff for a very long time. The Cascades d'Ouzoud, in the foothills of the Middle Atlas east of Marrakech, plunge about a hundred metres in three tiers into a pool, surrounded by olive groves and red cliffs, and are among the tallest waterfalls in North Africa. On sunny days a rainbow forms in the spray, and the sound of the falls fills the whole gorge. The name is said to come from an Amazigh word for grinding, and old stone mills still line the stream above the falls.

    Read the complete Ouzoud write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Ouzoud comes up 158 km in.

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