Meski - The Blue Source - Errachidia

Meski - The Blue Source - Errachidia

One day Excursion or few days camping

Meski is a small town in the Province of Errachidia in the region Draa-Tafilalet of Morocco. It has fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. It was the location of a battle between French and Berber forces in the Zaian War on 15 January 1919 where General Joseph-François Poeymirau defeated Sidi Mhand n'Ifrutant.

 Here's a youtube video where you can see Meski pool from all angles and sides:

Short version:

Longer version:

2021 Version in 4k:

You can do a one day excursion to Meski from Errachidia, there are Big Taxis that would take you there from Errachidia's Taxi station, it costs 6 Moroccan Dirhams (about half a Euro)

There are also buses that go from Errachidia to Meski and back, it costs 3 moroccan dirhams.

if one day excursion is not enough for you then there's another option, you can camp there for few days, it costs 20Dh per person/night, which is roughly 2 euros..

the place is amazing, water and green nature all around you, you can swim in the pool at night when it's empty or in daylight under the sun and get a nice tan. there are shops there too. Camping starts there from spring but if you come in the summer (July - August) you will have a lot of company, many tourists and local come to camp in Meski for few days, it is magical to spend the nights under the stars hearing water and enjoying the cool breeze in hot weather.

So Brink your tent and coming camping in Meski, it's gonna be a great experience, afterwards you can continue your journey to the desert for some camel trekking in the Huge Sahara dessert dunes.

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Paradise valley - Agadir

Paradise valley - Agadir

Paradise Valley is a section of the Tamraght River valley in the Moroccan Atlas mountains. It is located approximately 20 km north of Agadir. The valley is known for its abundance of rock pools and small waterfalls.

Most visitors to Paradise Valley travel onwards from the palm groves and gorges of the river Tamrhakht up into the mountains towards Imouzzer. The names of this and other villages differ according to whom or from where you are receiving your directions. This variance applies also to the names of valleys, estimates of distance, timetables of bus transport, and of course the cost of getting there and back. Getting to Paradise Valley and the mountains beyond requires a hire car or collective grand taxi.

Here you can see two youtube video of Paradise valley Agadir:

Part one

Part two

It was an amazing experience, the unfinished road might be a problem to reach paradise valley but mostly it is a good road, then you have to walk for about 20 mins in the valley, and that's fun because you will be walking in nature, among mountains, trees and water..

I also noticed some small "cafes" created by locals, the beautiful thing is that some of them have chairs on water so you can feel water running on your feet while you're having a drink as you could see in the video.

Paradise valley is in the middle of the road to Imouzzar, another nice place with beautiful waterfalls

This is a video of some Cliff Jumps in Paradise valley Idaoutanane:

some cliffs are pretty high, so if you are into cliff jumping then this area would satisfy your desire, waters are good, depending on what time of year you decide to visit, avoid the summer as it is way too crowded with both locals and tourists, best time of year to visit paradise valley is during the spring, between April and May, after the rain season is over and the level of water is a little high, and also everything around you would be green and the weather is mostly beautiful.

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Chefchaouen or chawen

Chefchaouen or Chaouen

Chefchaouen is one of, if not the, most beautiful places to see in northwest Morocco, also called "the blue city" or "the blue town" because of the blue colors that dominates most of its buldings.
Watch the beauty of Chefchaouen in these videos:

In this second video you can see more of chefchaouen plus Akchour or "Akechour", wich is a beautiful natural place near chefchaouen, with breathtaking waterfalls and beautiful clean water:

More about Chefchaouen from Wikipedia:
Chefchaouen or Chaouen (Amazigh: ⵜⵛⴻⴼⵜⵛⴰⵡⴻⵏ Accawn, Arabic: شفشاون/الشاون, Spanish: Chauen, lit. "horns") is a city in northwest Morocco. It is the chief town of the province of the same name, and is noted for its buildings in shades of blue.Chefchaouen is situated in the Rif Mountains, just inland from Tangier and Tetouan. The city was founded in 1471, as a small fortress which still exists to this day, by Moorish exiles from Spain led by Moulay Ali Ben Moussa Ben Rached El Alami to fight the Portuguese invasions of northern Morocco. It was known as one of the main concentrations of Moriscos and Jews who sought refuge in this mountainous city after the Spanish Reconquista in medieval times. In 1920, the Spanish seized Chefchaouen to form part of Spanish Morocco. Spanish troops imprisoned Abd el-Krim in the kasbah from 1916 to 1917, after he talked with the German consul Dr. Walter Zechlin (1879–1962). (After defeating him with the help of the French force Abd el-Krim was deported to Réunion in 1926). Spain returned the city after the independence of Morocco in 1956.

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Basic informations about Morocco

 Basic informations about Morocco

Morocco is not only a holiday destination for tours and excursions, apart from being a touristical attraction for its famous sand dunes desert, imperial cities, moutains and beaches, Morocco is also an old country that is very rich and diverse culturally.
So if you have a chance to visit Morocco make sure to have a taste of the real thing. 
Here is a short description so you can have an idea:

Morocco (Arabic: المغرب‎ al-Maghrib ; Amazigh: ⴰⵎⵕⵕⵓⴽ or ⵍⵎⴰⵖⵔⵉⴱ "Ameṛṛuk" or "Lmaɣrib"), officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of over 32 million and an area of 710,850 km² . Despite being situated in Africa, Morocco remains the only African state not to be a member of the African Union due to its unilateral withdrawal on November 12, 1984 over the admission of the so called (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) in 1982 by the African Union as a full member without the organization of a referendum of self determination in the disputed territory of  Sahara.

Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament. The King of Morocco holds vast executive and legislative powers, including the power to dissolve the parliament. Executive power is exercised by the government but the king's decisions usually overwrite those of the government if there is a contradiction. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the two chambers of parliament, the Assembly of Representatives and the Assembly of Councillors. The king can also issue decrees called "dahirs" which have the force of law. The latest Parliamentary elections were held on November 25, 2011, and were considered by some neutral observers to be mostly free and fair. Voter turnout in these elections was estimated to be 43% of registered voters, but only about 25% of Moroccan adult citizens actually voted. The rest either chose not to vote or they were not registered as voters, thus not allowed to vote. The political capital of Morocco is Rabat, although the largest city is Casablanca; other major cities include Marrakesh, Tetouan, Tangier, Salé, Fes, Agadir, Meknes, Oujda, Kenitra, and Nador.

Almost all Moroccans speak either Amazigh or Moroccan Arabic as mother tongues. Hassaniya Arabic, sometimes considered as a variety of Moroccan Arabic, is spoken in the southern provinces  in the country by a small population.

source: Wikipedia

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