Photographing Morocco Holidays (Part II)
You are an avid nature lover, drooling over rolling landscapes, mountainous escarpments keeps your head full-tilt and you have to stop the car at every panoramic vista along the road. If this sounds like you, then your holiday should center around a Photo Safari. Email, call or connect two cans to a string for that matter, but whatever you do, contact your Moroccan travel operator and set up a custom Morocco holiday of resplendent natural scenery that is offered in this magical kingdom. Morocco abounds in places that delight the senses and catch you breathless, just right for the lens of a camera. Such places include and definitely not limited to…
Essaouira Morocco
This quaint seaside town is a good place to begin your photo taking trek through Morocco, once you’ve left the zeal of Marrakech. Essaouira has many natural and man-made treats to focus that wide angle on:
Seaside views of wide spans of sandy beaches.
Picturesque villages.
Camel caravans taking tourists for rides
Islands off the coast.
Ancient battlements.
Colorful buildings and people
Windsurfers
Harbor full of fishing boats with fishermen selling catch
Oualidia Lagoon, try to find the castle scenes Jimi Hendrix sang of
Mediterranean Sea.
Agadir Bay in Morocco
Another coastal town. Practically destroyed by an earthquake in 1960, it has been rebuilt. It still has many old and natural sights to see:
Views of the Atlantic Ocean.
Goats climbing high into Argan trees to eat leaves
Kasbah of Agadir.
Unhearalded views of golden beaches.
High Atlas Mountains Morocco
Your Moroccan Photo Safari Holiday will certainly include a trip into the majestic High Atlas Mountains for trekking. Many visions of natural beauty will delight you at every twist and turn. Keep your camera ready for such places as:
Cascades d’Ouzoud.
ïSome of the most beautiful waterfalls in Morocco.
ïSurrounding forests.
Barbary Macaque monkeys.
windy canyoned river far below.
Jebel Toubkal, Morocco & North Africa’s highest peak
Climb to the top for breathtaking views of undulating valleys.
The mountain is snow covered much of the year.
Picture taking opps during a trek from Imlil to Arroumd.
Berber villages clinging to the hill sides in Agoundis Valley.
Picturesque village of Tizi’n'Toughadelt.
Rugged scenery of the Atlas watershed.
Views of the Anti-Atlas Range.
More views too numerous to mention.
Todra Gorge & Palmeraie
Follow the Oued Todra to its source to see stunning views of the lush green Palmeraie. Pictures abound:
Fruit and palm trees overlooking grain crops.
Todra Gorge with towering walls.
Icy waters of the Oued Todra source.
Berber villages
Middle Atlas Mountains
As you climb higher before the peak, the High Atlas Mountains are arid and more barren. The Middle Atlas, however, is covered with swathes of forested peaks and valleys. Glorious views can be found:
Mischiflen (Miechliefen) Crater near Ifrane.
Majestic cedar trees venting a wonderful smell.
Barbary Macaque Monkeys.
Tazekka National Park.
Berber villages.
Anti-Atlas Mountains
The Anti-Atlas Mountains come with a variety of boulder strewn mountains and the lush green palmeraie. Here’s pictures you will want to take:
Small village of Tafraoute.
Ever changing colors of the cliff sides.
Boulders that seem to be pasted on the sides of the canyon walls.
Almond trees in full blossom, at the right time of year.
Forests, conifrers, and deciduous trees
Berber villages
Desert Sands of the Sahara Desert
Visit either (or both) Erg Chebbi or Erg Chigaga for views of the desert oceans. You can set your lens in either place:
Sunrises or sunsets that will inspire internal quietness and awe
Star filled nights bowled beyond belief.
Literal mountains of sand.
Camel caravans.
Hammadas
Golden to rust colored sands.
More on Morocco Holidays
Moroccan holidays can be filled with scenic delights that would take much more room to tell you about than we have space available here.
Timing your Moroccan holiday just right would find you in Morocco for one of its many festivals, too. Festivals provide another chance to get certain photos of a life time. Some of them are religious in nature and are only open to muslims. Others, though, such as the Imilchil Festival held in the Middle Atlas Mountains on the lake plateau of Ait Haddidou, is for young people looking for a mate.
Additionally, the Gnaouan Music Festival held in June in Essouaira combines mystical music of the Gnawan with comtempory music of the world. October brings the Horse Festival of Tissa. Here you will know that time stood still as you gaze on the tent city of yesteryear while watching traditionally clothed riders on magnificent steeds.
Contact you Moroccan travel Operators and design a trip to meet your dreams. You can combine your Photo Safari with a standard trip or private Morocco tours . Your Morocco tour operators can arrange it all, from picture perfect to party and performance demands.
by Carole Morris
Morocco writer, columnist and contributor
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June 29th, 2008 at 7:08 am
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ou are an avid nature lover, drooling over rolling landscapes, mountainous escarpments keeps your head full-tilt and you have to stop the car at every panoramic vista along the road. If this sounds like you, then your holiday should center around a Pho…