The Cascades d’Ouzoud (Ouzoud waterfalls) are a fairly long detour from the Beni Mellal Marrakech road taking at least half a day’s journey to reach if you’re going by local bus and taxi. However, there are few places in Morocco so enjoyable and easy-going as these falls, with their seasonal campsites, and in mid-summer it’s incredible to enconter the cool air here, with the water crashing down onto a great drop of rocks amid thickets of lush green trees and vegetation. If you want to view the falls at their best, it is better to go in March, but you’ll find the “resort” side of things pretty much closed down.
Getting to Ouzoud falls is simplest from Beni Mellal; there’s a regular bus to Azilal (a winding 63Km), where you can usually get a place in a grand taxi to the falls (10 dh a place or 50 dh for the taxi). There is also a bus twice a day from Marrakesh along the S508 road, which passes by Azilal. Getting back to Azilal is generally no problem, with grands taxis regularly shuttling from the falls. Better still, if you can arrange to fill a grand taxi from bni Mellal to the falls it will cost you 55/60dh a place.