5 hrs, 14.0 kms

Day Totals: 13 hrs, 30 .0 kms



As the road winds through the hillside, the scenery is nice, but a bit of an anticlimax after Paradise Valley. That's OK—I could use another 3 hours of walking just to soak in the experience I just had. There are some more interesting rock formations, like a mountainside peppered with mini-caves… and another hill with semi-vertical broken rock slices sandwiched between sections of earth. I really should study up on this kind of stuff.

Alma is just a scattering of houses—not a lot of character to it, but I deserve to claim another "town discovery" on this long hike. Here there’s an alternate way back to Agadir. I almost wish I had taken this peaceful way instead of the coastal highway from Aourir. But from here to Aourir is shorter than from here straight to Agadir, so I continue on south.

Finally I come across the random neighbourhoods on the hillside that mark the edge of Aourir . This town is growing fast—and not in a very organized way—as Agadir is too expensive nowadays for most of the people who work there. The price of houses and apartments has shot to the roof, thanks to so many foreigners, Moroccan expats and people from other parts of Morocco wanting to buy houses there.    So Aourir has gone from being a quaint “Banana Village” known for its banana plantations, to a sprawling, dusty working class suburb.

Finally I reach the bustling market street, reconnect with my Agadir Superhike, and quickly hop on a collective taxi to the city.

NOW I can say I’ve “finished” exploring the South Coast Region of Morocco