It is HOT, okay! day 3-Ourika Valley

On the third day of our trip, we adventured into Ourika Valley. We hired a 20-passenger van to drive us there (1.5 hours each way and stay and wait for us while we climbed the mountain). It was an all day deal which cost us about $15 per person to put some prices into perspective. The journey there was absolutely beautiful and our driver stopped along the way for us to take pictures, see how argan oil is made and eat lunch.

 Charlotte, me, Natalie, & Carolyn

 I LOVE camels!

 Moroccan women making argan oil

This is where we ate lunch. And yes, we did cross that bridge & no, I did not trust it. 

After we arrived to Ourika valley, a man instantly approached our van and asked to be our tour guide for 500 Dirham, so like $5. Carolyn had read blogs about seeing the '7 waterfalls' at the Ourika Valley and told us that we did not even need a tour guide as it was just a trail. So we then got the man to agree to 300 Dirham= $3 per person. Looking back, I cannot remember our guides name but he saved all of our lives and we paid him more than $3 each. 

 Starting the journey off! this is when we still thought it was a simple trail. 

 This is when the trek got interesting. We had to pay this man 20 Dirham to climb his ladder. Total Oregan Trail move. 

 View along the way. We still went up but you can see the small town we came from in distance.

Family Photo!