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Travel to Oukaimeden, visa requirements / Get around / Oukaimeden attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Oukaimeden souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Oukaimeden nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get outOukaimeden is a ski resort in the High Atlas. It is one of the few places in Morocco where skiing is possible, and it also boasts the highest ski lift in Africa (reaching 10,825 feet).
Travel to Oukaimeden - Visa Requirements
Morocco’s best ski resort and Africa’s highest at 10,734 feet. To get you to the top you have your choice of chair lift, T-bar or donkey. The best skiing in the Atlas Mountains is found in January to February.
Tours and Getting around Oukaimeden
Oukaimeden tourist attractions and sightseeing
Oukaimeden city tours
In January and February it's actually possible to get the distinct accomplishment of having skied in Africa under your belt. 45 kilometres south of the city, high in the Atlas mountains, lies the "ski resort" Oukaimeden, sitting at 2,600m. The resorts single chairlift (or the optional donkey) takes you up to 3,258m – at the peak of Jebel Attar. One you're up there, there is five runs to take you down again, the longest of which is some 3 kilometres, alternatively take some of the less imposing drag lifts at the bottom of the slope. A one day ski pass should set you back some 90 Dirhams. There are four hotels to choose from if you want to sleep over.
Oukaimeden souvenirs and shopping
Oukaimeden Restaurants: cheap, moderate and expensive
Oukaimeden nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs
Oukaimeden cheap and luxurious hotels, youth hostels and lodging
Get out
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