MARRAKECH PLAIN & JBILET

If you simply wish a gentle day away from the clamour of Marrakech and seek some tranquility, then this tour and gentle walking will certainly fit the bill.The walking can be made to be as minimal as you wish or it can include a few longer walks, as you like. Travel is in a 4×4 vehicle that allows access to more remote, off the beaten track places.

Lying just a short distance away to the north and east of Marrakech is the Marrakech Plain and its surrounding Jbilet Hills. Lying only a short journey from the city, the world of Jbilet feels like a thousand miles away from the hustle and bustle of Marrakech.

The Jbilet Hills are wonderful and are a very much under-explored area by visitors to Marrakech; they are a hidden gem, an Anzal Tours’s secret. Life here is very rural and traditional farming is the norm.

Many villages are found across the Marrakech PlaIn, blending in to their natural surroundings with their traditional pisé buildings (dried mud). Life may look idyllic here (and in many ways it certainly is – peace, solitude, nature, purity of air, etc.) but life is also a challenge. Rainfall is the key to this area’s survival and without adequate water both arable and pastoral farmers suffer greatly. In recent years and with droughts and climate change, water resources are a major challenge.

Spending a day out on the Marrakech PLain and amongst the Jbilet Hills offers much of fascinating interest and this will be greatly enhanced by your Guide’s stories and information. Wonderful “happenstance” enclounters with the people of the plains offer unique, unplanned experiences that will provide long lasting memories.

HIGHLIGHTS

Visiting an area far from the usual tourist areas

Vast vistas of both plain and hills, their summits and ridgelines

The interest of geology and flora

Gaining a real feel of rural Moroccan life, its pleasures and its challenges

Chance encounters with everyday unplanned events/occurences that add uniqueness to your day’s tour

Meeting and eating and communicating with friendly and welcoming villagers

Gaining true insight into real life aspects of Morocco