Cascades D'Ozoud - Azilal

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Nacho's brother, who had visited Morocco on several occasions told us

that the Cascades d'Ozoud were a must. This oasis is located in the

"We never dreamt of seeing these landscapes in Morocco..."

heart of the Atlas Mountains, running across the entire country, with

Travel Partner and driver Nacho facing the Cascades d' Ozoud
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a high peak of over four thousand metres. The road that led us to the

Cascades was beautiful, with big views over olive fields, a natural

lake surrounded by snow and small villages spread out over the coloured

hills. Since we took longer than we expected to get there we decided

to spend the night in Azilal, a red-brick coloured lost village in the

middle of the Atlas. We spent the night in a gorgeous hotel where we

had the best dinner of the trip, the hospitality was superb. We left

early the next morning and arrived by noon at the Cascades. We hired

a guide because we wanted to go down the waterfall to see where it flowed.

We never dreamt of seeing these landscapes in Morocco, we thought that

everything was arid and deserted. However the waterfall formed way up

in the top of the canyon, three streams flowed in a tiny lake in a second

level which finally flowed in an enormous and unique stream forming

a deep and vast crystal lake.