Ourika Valley & Setti Fatma Waterfalls: Private Day Trip

About the Ourika Valley day trip

The Ourika Valley is the easiest escape from the heat and noise of Marrakech into the High Atlas. One hour from the city, the road follows a green river valley lined with terraced fields, walnut trees and red-earth Berber villages up to Setti Fatma, where a series of seven waterfalls tumbles down the mountain.

On this private day trip you visit a women’s argan oil cooperative, drink tea in a traditional Berber house, eat lunch at a riverside restaurant with your feet almost in the water and hike to the first waterfalls with a local mountain guide. If the Monday market in Tnine Ourika is on, we stop there too.

Because the car is private, there is no rush to meet a bus: walk further up to the higher falls, linger over lunch or head back early if the children are tired.

Highlights

• High Atlas scenery one hour from Marrakech
• Tea in a traditional Berber house
• Women’s argan oil cooperative
• Lunch at a riverside restaurant
• Guided walk to the Setti Fatma waterfalls
• Tnine Ourika Monday market (Mondays)

Route map of the Ourika Valley day trip

Berber villages, walnut valleys and North Africa’s highest peak, Jbel Toubkal, just an hour from Marrakech. All tours in Atlas Mountains

Itinerary for the day

1. 09:00 Pick-up in Marrakech

   Hotel or riad pick-up

   Your driver meets you at your accommodation and heads south across the Haouz plain towards the mountains.

2. 10:00 Argan cooperative & Berber house

   ≈ 45 km

   See how women crack and grind argan nuts by hand, taste amlou (argan, almond and honey spread), then visit a Berber family home for tea and bread from the clay oven.

3. 11:30 Setti Fatma waterfalls hike

   ≈ 20 km

   With a local guide, walk and scramble 1–2 hours up to the first waterfalls. Strong walkers can continue to the higher falls.

4. 13:30 Lunch by the river

   Tagine or grilled meat at a terrace restaurant above the Ourika river.

5. 17:00 Back in Marrakech

   ≈ 65 km · 1 h 15

   Return to your accommodation in the late afternoon.

Times and driving durations are approximate and can be adapted. It is a private tour, so you can change stops with your driver-guide.

Prices for the Ourika Valley day trip

Your private tour, with prices per group size. All prices are in euros and include everything listed under “What’s included”.

The more you are, the less you pay per person. Children count as travellers when they need a bed.

What's included