Toubkal National Park is located in the High Atlas mountain range in central-western Morocco. It is 70 kilometers away from Marrakesh. The park was established in 1942 and covers an area of 380 km. Jbel Toubkal is the highest mountain in the park, reaching a height of 4,167 meters.
Main attractions
The Toubkal National Park has many things to see and do. Climbing to the mountain's top takes two days and shows beautiful flower-covered areas in spring and colorful forests of cedar, oak, and juniper trees in autumn. The Berber village of Imlil, located near mountains, is a place where visitors can see how local people live simply. The ecomuseum of the Toubkal National Park explains the park's history and describes projects that help protect the environment and endangered animals.
Archaeological sites
In October 2012, Salafists were blamed for damaging an 8,000-year-old petroglyph inside the park. The petroglyph showed the Sun as a god.
Geography
The park has been named an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it is home to many bird species, such as Barbary partridges, Levaillant's woodpeckers, subalpine warblers, Sardinian warblers, spectacled warblers, Tristram's warblers, Moussier's redstarts, black-eared wheatears, and black wheatears.
The park includes the following mountains:
- Toubkal (4167 m)
- Ouanoukrim (4089 m)
- Plateau de Tazarhart (3995 m)
- L'Aksoual (3910 m)
- Ineghmar (3892 m)
- Bou Iguenouane (3882 m)
- Le Tichki (3753 m)
- Azrou Tamadout (3664 m)