Morocco Travel: The Top 10 Natural Wonders of Morocco
Part 7
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| Incredible site at Azilal - Bin El Ouidane |
The Dam of Bin El Ouidane
Looking at the scenic
views of blue water, green islands and mountains, the area of the Dam of Bin El
Ouidane looks absolutely beautiful. With this view further being helped by
manmade attractions such as the beautiful Hotel Chems du Lac Bin El Ouidane,
looking at the pictures taken of this place makes me want to go there
instantly.
To say a few
words on the dam itself and its purpose, it’s an arch-dam that was constructed
from 1949 until 1953 with the purpose of its water used for power production
and for it to also supply the region with water.
Today, its water
helps to supply a total of 65 500 hectare territory. As for its growing
importance with respect to sports and tourism, the Dam of Bin Ouidane is slowly
and silently growing out to become one of the very centers of sports and
adventure tourism. The town of Bin El Ouidane gives place to the Morocco
Adventure Kayak School, which makes the area increasingly popular for rafters
and kayakers too. Raft tours are often held along the picturesque Ahansal river
gorge and these are also available for tourists from all around the world. The
number of visitors here is therefore steadily growing, thanks to the
picturesque landscape and the natural gifts of the area, which also makes it
great for hikers, birdwatchers and nature lovers. The area of the town Bin El Ouidan also has a few nice campings.
As for standard tourism, the
quality hotel, Hotel Chems, gifted with an astonishingly beautiful location is
only one of the few which are attracting a growing number of nature lovers who
would like to spend a few relaxed days enjoying this charming green landscape
for a few days.
The dam and the huge lake is located a few
hours from the city of Beni Mellal which has direct highway connection with Casablanca and
further road connections with Marrakech, so these are the two cities from where
you can get there the easiest.
From Beni Mellal, you have the choice to
take a local bus, or arrange prices to get in a shared cab heading to the
region. Take a cab heading to the village of Bin El Ouidane or towards Azilal as that’s the road that literally goes right next to the dam.
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Part 8 of these series.
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Views of the Dam from the Hotel Chems du Lacq
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