Twenty kilometres north of Midelt, this kasbah hotel-motel sits in large leafy grounds and offers a wide range of accommodation from rooms to family apartments, as well as camping and caravanning. Rooms are large and comfortable enough; those in fancier Riad Mimouna are a bit smarter than the standard rooms. It makes a reasonably priced stop-off point en route to the desert.
Dinner is Dh120 in the licensed restaurant.
The owners are passionate about the region and offer a number of excursions, including trekking to Jebel Masker (3265m) and Jebel Ayachi (3737m), and full-day 4x4 drives to Cirque Jaffar or Gorges d'Aouli (per vehicle for up to four people Dh1200, including lunch). The birdwatching walk around the ecological lake is free (Dh80 for a picnic lunch).