A shared Ouzoud day trip from Marrakech is €40 per person; private is €38 each for two. Here is the full cost, including what the boat and lunch really run to.
What it costs
€40 per person on our
shared Ouzoud day trip from Marrakech.
The private version is **€38 per person for
two**, €27 at four and €22 at six.
Read that twice, because it is unusual: for two or more people the private trip is the
same price or cheaper than the shared seat. The shared tour only makes sense if you are
travelling alone, where it is €40 against €75 for a private car to yourself.
The costs on the ground
Nothing at Ouzoud is expensive, but the tour price does not cover all of it:
| Item | Typical cost | Included? |
|---|---|---|
| Entry to the falls | Free | - |
| Boat to the cascade base | 20-30 MAD | No, pay on site |
| Lunch above the falls | 70-120 MAD | No |
| Local guide down the path | 100-150 MAD per group | Optional |
| Parking (if self-driving) | ~20 MAD | - |
So budget roughly 100-150 MAD each in cash on top of the tour price for the boat and
lunch. That is not a hidden extra - it is simply how the site works, and we would rather
you knew than found out at the top of the path.
Doing it yourself
Ouzoud is genuinely easy to reach independently. It is 150 km of good road from Marrakech,
there is a car park at the top, and the path down is obvious. A hire car for the day plus
fuel will run to roughly 400-600 MAD, which for four people beats any tour.
What you are buying with a tour is the driving - five hours of it, on a day when you also
want to walk a steep path in the heat.
What the day looks like
Leave Marrakech around 8am, arrive around 10:30. The walk down takes twenty minutes past
the macaques, the boat runs across to the spray at the base, and lunch is on one of the
terraces looking straight at the cascade. Back in Marrakech by early evening.
At 110 m over three tiers, Ouzoud is the tallest waterfall in North Africa and the water
runs year round, though it is fullest from March to June after the winter rain.
If you want something quieter and closer, the
Ourika Valley day hike is an hour from Marrakech rather
than two and a half, and is a walk rather than a viewpoint.
Frequently asked questions
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Les voyages qui mènent ici
Guidés par l'équipe qui a écrit ce guide.
Cascades d'Ouzoud — Excursion partagée depuis Marrakech
- The 110 m Ouzoud cascades, highest in North Africa
- Wild Barbary macaques on the gorge trail
- Boat ride at the foot of the falls
€40 / personne
Marrakech aux cascades d'Ouzoud — Excursion d'une journée
- Les cascades d'Ouzoud — 110 m de chute, les plus hautes d'Afrique du Nord
- Macaques de Barbarie sauvages dans leur habitat naturel
- Balade en barque au pied des chutes
€22 / personne à partir de 6
Marrakech à la vallée de l'Ourika — Randonnée d'une journée
- Randonnée jusqu'aux cascades de Setti Fatma (7 chutes)
- Traversée de villages berbères rarement visités par les touristes
- Baignade dans des bassins naturels de montagne
€26 / personne à partir de 6