The highest peak of each Chefchaouen tribe
Thirteen tribes and twelve peaks: a ranking that shows how the mountains change, from the Ghomara and Akhmas in the north to the Beni Ahmed in the south.
Tetouan and Chefchaouen mountains blog
Articles on the peaks, villages, parks and tribes, built on the encyclopedia's data, with links to each place's page.
The five highest peaks of Tetouan province
All in the lands of the Beni Hassan tribe, most of them in the Tetouan section of Talassemtane park: this is the roof of Tetouan province.
Jbel Lakraa, roof of the western Rif
At about 2159 metres, Lakraa is the highest peak of the western Rif and of Talassemtane National Park, and the highest peak of two tribes at once.
Jbel Kelti: from Adar and from Tamalout
The highest peak of Tetouan province, surrounded by some of the most remote villages of the Beni Hassan. Here are its approaches and its neighbours.
Peaks between two tribes
In the Chefchaouen mountains, one slope may belong to one tribe and the opposite slope to another. Four peaks explain how this works.
Talassemtane National Park
The highest peaks of the western Rif, isolated villages and a lesser-known Tetouan section: Talassemtane is bigger than its famous image.
The Beni Hassan: tribe of the high peaks
The five highest peaks of Tetouan province, its highest settlement and its most remote villages: all in the lands of one tribe.
The mountains overlooking Tetouan
No need for a long trip to walk in the mountains: four mountains surround Tetouan, with villages, springs and forests on their slopes.
The Haouz mountains of Tetouan
North of the Martil river, a group of sharp peaks, waterfalls and caves, with green villages minutes from the city.
The villages of Jbel Dersa
On the slopes of the mountain closest to Tetouan, villages of springs and orchards that many people from the city know well.
Villages of springs and waterfalls around Tetouan
Around Tetouan, some villages are known for their water before anything else: a spring, a waterfall, a stream or orchards that never dry up.
Bouhachem park
Dense forests between Tetouan and Chefchaouen, and a mountain mentioned by Leo Africanus five centuries ago.
Mountains of the Ghomara country and eastern Chefchaouen
From the eastern entrance of Talassemtane to the edge of Al Hoceima province: limestone mountains, a high Ghomara territory and a coastal village with a long memory.
Mountains facing the sea
In northern Morocco the sea is never far from the peaks: four mountains whose land reaches down to the coast.
The mountains west of Tetouan
Away from the high peaks: mid-altitude mountains, forests and villages on the road to Tangier.
The geology of the Tetouan and Chefchaouen mountains
White limestone walls, a flysch mountain in the middle of limestone, and black metamorphic rock: three stories in stone in the mountains of the north.