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In today's episode we're going to take you on a beautiful hike from couple of
years ago to the gorgeous "Akchour waterfalls" in Northern Morocco.
We started our adventure from the city of Chefchaouen
and you might also hear locals referring to it as Chaoeun or tourists calling it
the blue city of Morocco
It's one of the most visited cities and the most Instagram in the country
rich in both history and culture
From the center of the city, you will be able to catch a grand taxi
These are taxis that are
allowed to drive outside of the city and you're gonna be most likely riding with
about six people so when you get there expect the taxi driver to wait for all
the spots to fill in. The cost per person for one way is about four
American dollars and the drive from chefchaouen to the trailhead takes about 45 minutes
The landscape of the Riff mountains throughout the drive is really
breathtaking now when you get to the trailhead you will notice that there are
two trails the first one takes you to the waterfall and then the other one
takes you to the bridge of God
We're gonna start with the first trail to the waterfall
the trail is pretty straightforward for the most part and there are three
remarkable stops: the first one is the first waterfall or the lower waterfall
If you missed on your opportunity to grab some water or snacks at the
trailhead or even from the city this is going to be the right spot to do so
there is a cafe restaurant to either buy some snacks drinks or even sit down
order a meal and enjoy some mint tea the second stop will be the second waterfall
and this one is a little bit larger than the previous one and from that point on
expect to do some water crossing so having hiking poles would you will come
in very handy
as I mentioned earlier there are more and more stands for snacks and drinks
throughout the way the one thing that you don't want to miss if you're looking
for a boost of energy is fresh-squeezed orange juice it's honestly one of the
best that I've ever had
the trail will open to a beautiful meadow and that would be a nice spot to
stop and take a break to enjoy the openness of the landscape the last stop
is the upper waterfall the tallest and the most beautiful it's going to take
you about two hours to get there from the trailhead and again this is going to
vary based on how many breaks you take and how fast of a hiker you are this
waterfall is about 100 meters long and it's mind-blowing to see how much water
is just flowing on and on and on every single day oh it's just sitting here
waiting for our food to be ready the upper waterfall we took some time to
enjoy the chicken and vegetable tagine that we ordered with some homemade bread
and of course some fresh Moroccan mint tea the tagine turned out to be very
very tasty
right after that we started heading back to the trailhead the exact same way we
came in and we made it right on time to explore the second trail that will take
us to the bridge of the gods this is the bridge we aren't aiming for not sure if
you are able to see it even myself it was kind of hard too hard for me to
recognize it's a bridge but there we go it's raging over there the hike to get
to the bridge takes about one hour with a little bit more elevation gain
compared to the first trail but the view is absolutely worth it
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