Jbel Tissouka
2122 mThe second-highest peak of the western Rif and of Talassemtane park after Jbel Lakraa, one of its hardest and most beautiful.
Mountain guide
Chefchaouen mountains
In Chefchaouen province, the mountains are the backbone of the land: borders between tribes, pastures, forests, valleys and old paths between villages. Here is the highest peak of each tribe, and the peaks two tribes share.
- Jbel LakraaBeni Zejel and Akhmasshared peak2159 m
- Jbel TiziraneBeni Khaled2106 m
- Jbel TalousisBeni Selmaneshared peak2005 m
- Jbel KetamBeni Rzine1781 m
- Jbel TaqlabtBeni Mansourshared peak1726 m
- Jbel Bab El QarnGhzaouashared peak1722 m
- Jbel ChouamatMtiwa1585 m
- Jbel TassiftBeni Smih1441 m
- Jbel Lalla MekkaBeni Grir1270 m
- Jbel Dar MaimounBeni Bouzra1235 m
- Jbel Beni BarounBeni Ziat1207 m
- Jbel Zaouiat Sidi YoussefBeni Ahmed913 m
Talassemtane and around
More peaks worth discovering
Jbel Talassemtane
1941 mThe heart of the park and the mountain that gave it its name. Its famous outline is seen from the southern entrance via Bab Taza.
Jbel Kharbouch
1465 mA wooded limestone mountain of Beni Selmane, in Ghomara country, at the eastern entrance of Talassemtane park.
Jbel Ahmed Filali
1161 mA Beni Bouzra mountain overlooking the Mediterranean coast between Tétouan and El Jebha, with dark metamorphic rock.
Jbel Sougna
In the southern part of Bouhachem park. Leo Africanus mentions it in his “Description of Africa” as Jbel Beni Jbara.
Jbel Bouzid
On the eastern edge of Chefchaouen province before Al Hoceima, where the western Rif meets the central Rif.
Villages and places
Villages between mountain and water
Makou village
On the slope of Jbel Lakraa in Bab Taza commune, in upper Akhmas country. Locally pronounced “Magou”.
Adeldal village
A Ghomara village at the springs of the Adelmane river, a tributary of the Kanar, in the heart of Talassemtane park.
Ifahsa and its waterfalls
On provincial road 4105 between Oued Laou and Dar Akoubaa, among oak forests. The finest waterfall is on the Abiati river.
Tanakoub commune
The southern part of Bouhachem natural park: mountains cover about 87% of the commune and natural forest about 57%.
Taghassa
A Ghomara coastal village in Amtar commune: an old harbour and a quiet Mediterranean beach.
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