High Atlas Mountains
Welcome to North Africa’s highest mountain range, known by local Berbers as ‘Idraren Draren’ (Mountains of Mountains), and a trekker’s paradise from spring through to autumn. The High Atlas runs diagonally across Morocco for almost 1000km, encircling Marrakesh to the south and east from the Atlantic Coast just north of Agadir to Khenifra in the northeast. Its saw-toothed Jurassic peaks act as a weather barrier between the mild, Mediterranean climate to the north and the encroaching Sahara to the south.
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Top places to visit in High Atlas Mountains
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Attraction in MoroccoAnima Garden - Attraction in MoroccoTizi n'Test
- Attraction in MoroccoTizi n'Tichka
- Attraction in MoroccoAghmat Archaeological Site
- Attraction in MoroccoBin El Ouidane
- Attraction in MoroccoEcomusée Berbère
- Attraction in MoroccoSafranerie de l'Ourika
- Attraction in MoroccoAl Mutamid Mausoleum
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High Atlas Mountains and beyond
- destinationOurika Valley
- destinationToubkal National Park
- destinationImlil
