The Drâa valley is just not only a 100 kilometres gorgeous lengthy stretch of date palms between Ouarzazate and Zagora, in Southern Morocco. It really is also a region supplying wonderful possibilities of exploring Marrakech and impressive views of the mauve Atlas Mountains, together with the Oued Drâa River -the longest in Morocco- disappearing steadily when you move downstream from the Atlas Mountains, and where dozens of Kasbahs might be spotted along the river.

On prime of this, within the remarkable Drâa Valley region it is possible to even learn some cave paintings and rock engravings or can venture on a Marrakesh desert trip.

The Drâa Valley is actually a fascinating valley supplying an impressive assortment of irresistible attractions. The all-natural beauty with the valley is stunning and absolutely deserves a stop by. In case you follow the river down from the Higher Atlas Mountains, you will enjoy the sight of an endless plantation, mainly of palm trees, on each river bank. The plantation goes on for quite a few kilometres till the desert seems and takes more than the landscape.

Nevertheless it just isn't till you reach Zagora that true desert progressively begins, initially with just a stone desert displaying some lonely sand dune right here and there. But after you pass M'Hamid, the actual endless sand sea covers the whole horizons along with the actual dunes dominate the scenery. Right here, you may enjoy some accurate desert camel trekking, caravan-style...

Besides the plantations -which contain cereals, vegetables, henna and other crops- and also the desert, there are many (six in total) oases consisting of palm groves a with an average width of three kilometres, but reaching as much as one hundred kilometres in some places. The beauty of those oases -called Mezguita, Tinzouline Ternata Fezouata Ktaoua, and Mhamid el Ghuzlan- is actually impressive as well as the contrast with all the aridity and the dryness of their surrounding is pretty startling.

Other sites which are worth a take a look at along the Drâa Valley are the numerous rock art engravings or petroglyphs that will be located inside the location. There are several web pages where rock art is often admired, while the very best known are Foum Chenna (Tinzouline), Aït Ouaazik (Asguine Tarna, Tazzarine) Tiouririne and Tisguinine (Zagora).

Apart from this rock paintings and engravings, there is a necropolis, also dating from prehistoric times, in Foum Larjam -meaning "Mouth" or "Passage with the Tombs"- on the Djebel Beni-Selmane, towards the south of Tizi Beni- Selmane.

Because the history on the Drâa Valley consists mostly of periods of warfare amongst the various nomadic tribes, there's no wonder that the Drâa is particularly famous for its Kasbahs or Islamic fortresses. You'll find dozens of Kasbahs along the Drâa Valley, but the most well-known ones are, North to South, the Kasbahs of Tamnougalt and of Aït Hammou Ousaid near Agdz, the Kasbahs of El Caïd Ouslim and Oulad Outhmane in Tamezmout, the Kasbahs of Foum and Achnna N'Kob in Tinzouline, the Kasbah of Tat Ifli in Beni Zouli, the Kasbahs of Amezrou, Aït Ali Tighramt Ouziguen, and of Laglaoui in Zagora, the Kasbahs of Agouim Nouaadjou and Tagounite in Tagounite, and also the Kasbahs of Aït Bounou, LaAllouj, Oulad Driss, and Rgabi in M'hamid El Ghuzlane.

Besides the all-natural, the historical along with the architectural wonders that the Drâa Valley gives, you will discover also smaller villages along the valley exactly where time seems to have stopped, so tiny is the effect of modernity on them. In these villages that spot the landscape here and there, females are totally and constantly veiled whilst they wash their clothes on the riverbanks and guys are somehow watchful and distant, possibly unaccustomed to foreign guests. These persons, in addition to Arabic, speak their very own dialect of your Berber vernacular, referred to as Tashelhiyt.