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On the way north from Agdz you will start to climb over the remnants of the Anti Atlas mountains. There's a track to the right which should be marked Tizgui or waterfall. It's worth taking that then walking down to the tiny fall as there's a tea room there.

Tizgui is a common name in Morocco and has something to do with gorge and water. This Tizgui is marked on a map from the 1890s so it must have been special.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/arF-GzH6TsY
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On day 5, don't miss Imi n'Ifri which is 10km or so before Demnate where the RN23 (used to be the RR307) joins the RR302.

It's a massive natural bridge. Park up, walk down and through, the up the other side. At one point when you look back the bridge entrance forms a map of Africa.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlEgmpaCOT8
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On the way north from Agdz you will start to climb over the remnants of the Anti Atlas mountains. There's a track to the right which should be marked Tizgui or waterfall. It's worth taking that then walking down to the tiny fall as there's a tea room there.

Tizgui is a common name in Morocco and has something to do with gorge and water. This Tizgui is marked on a map from the 1890s so it must have been special.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/arF-GzH6TsY

Your recommendation has come at the right time. I'm having a quick tea now before heading to the piste from El borj to north of agdiz. I'll look for the signs and find it.

I ended up with the GS310. Loc2roues where the most responsive and very reliable and recommended here. Great bike, very forgiving and enough power. Rear brake is almost non exsistant, but manageable.
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The El Borj piste (52km) joins the N9 at 30.7381, -6.6658.
A 310 will easily manage it, but you'll pass no one/nothing after the farm/orchard at KM12.

The Tisgui turn-off is 19km back down the N9 towards Agdz. I rode up for a look last month, now a road which leads past Tisgui to a new dam on the Draa river (dead end). Don't know if this affects the waterfall. I saw a few signs for the cascade but after seeing a picture wasn't that inspired to look.

Responsiveness is what Loc seem to have capitalised on.
Or what their competitors haven't all yet mastered.
Counts for a lot, even when there are potentially more interesting bikes on offer elsewhere.

Is there any snow on the High Atlas yet?
Weather still looks quite warm down there.
I'll be back out next week.
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