Imilchil Hot Springs
- Location
- Imilchil - Haut Atlas, Morocco
- Water type
- bicarbonate
- Temperature
- 38 °C
- pH
- 7.6
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Loaded with major ions — the essential minerals (Ca, Mg).
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
The hot springs near Imilchil are hidden in the remote high plateau of the central High Atlas Mountains in Morocco, accessible only to those willing to venture deep into one of North Africa's most dramatic and least-visited Berber landscapes of sculpted limestone and cedar forest. Fed by bicarbonate-rich geothermal waters, these springs are known almost exclusively to the Ait Haddidou Berber people who have inhabited this rugged plateau for generations, lending the site an air of authentic cultural discovery rarely encountered in Morocco's tourist landscape. The village of Imilchil is also renowned for its annual Moussem des Fiances festival, and combining a visit to the thermal springs with this extraordinary celebration of Berber courtship tradition offers a truly immersive encounter with High Atlas culture.