Morocco Travel Blog | Ackour Waterfalls - Chefchouen
If you're visiting Chefchouen, you must make a trip to the Rif Mountains or else you're missing out on half the beauty. It's about a half hour drive from the blue city and very easy to find drivers especially through your hotel or riad.
When: Spring or Summer is the best time to visit so you can take a dive into these waterfalls!
Cost: the drive there and back will usually cost you around 400 dirhams and a guide which you will definitelly need, costs 400 dirhams as well. So about $80 total for the both of us
Who: we went with our riad host, Ismail and his reliable driver
Duration: usually takes about 4 hours, but our guide told us we were the first ones to make the whole trip in 2.5 hours (because we didn't take our sweet time with lunch at the top)
Tips: learn the city's secret and wear blue to avoid insects, old gym shoes and a spandex hiking outfit - incline is high, be ready to slip left and right
My personal experience: I was really psyched about this since we heard a lot of interesting things about Rif Mountains, how beautiful they are and how crazy the hasish plantation owners are. We definitely experienced the beauty of the Rif Mountains throughout our drive and hike into the waterfalls, but definitely no hostility from the locals - maybe because our guide knew them pretty well. This was probably one of the toughest and steepest hikes I've ever done. I've never had to river hop so often, but it was so much fun! Each river was so beautiful and exciting to cross with the vast stepping stones to choose from. I slipped a couple times so make sure you bring gym shoes with good grip! I've also never climbed sand before so that was interesting and quite hilarious. It's a great workout and every part of the way is just gorgeous and filled with surprises. You hike up a couple levels and suddenly you find yourself in a cornfield (yeah so random but this is what I mean!). We got to the waterfall pretty fast and we went early in the morning so we on the way there we had it all to ourselves and I'm glad. The waterfall is stunning! I wish it was warm enough for us to take a dip, but it was still beautiful to experience. Enjoy the hike, it's worth all that effort!