Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
AIRPORT TAXIS
You can catch a taxi straight from Al-Massira Airport to numerous destinations. Tariffs for private
hire, which are displayed at the airport information booth:
Agadir or Inezgane
Dh200
Essaouira or Goulimime
Dh1000
Mirleft
Dh700
Tafraoute
Dh900
Taghazout
Dh300
Taroudannt or Tiznit
Dh450
BUS
Journeys within Agadir cost Dh4 and you can buy tickets on the bus. Buses run along Ave
Mohammed V between the port and Inezgane.
TAXI
Orange petits taxis run around Agadir. Prices are worked out by meter; ask for it to be
switched on. It costs about Dh10 to cross town.
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Souss-Massa National Park
One of Morocco's most significant national parks and bird reserves,
Souss-Massa
( 0528
33 38 80;
www.tinyurl.com/ohwlnjs
; Biougra)
stretches down the coast from Inezgane, a block of
over 330 sq km of protected land between the main north-south highway and the beach. It
is a spectacular and wild place of cliffs, sand dunes, farmland, coastal steppes and forests.
The park was created in 1991 in recognition of its importance as a feeding ground for
birds. The Souss estuary, at the northern end of the park, and in particular the Massa
coastal lagoon, near the southern end, are popular with birdwatchers. The best times for
birdwatching are March to April and October to November. Birds found here include os-
preys, marbled ducks, cormorants, greater flamingos, flocks of sandgrouse and warblers.
But the biggest attraction is the northern bald ibis. These birds, revered in ancient Egypt
and once widespread in central Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, are an en-
dangered species, with the world's only sizeable population found on this stretch of coast.
