Ait Ouazik is a few kilometres away from Tazzarine. The village lies in a valley. You can still visit the ruines of a Kasbah. The attraction is the prehistoric site consisting of rock drawings. The drawings date from about 5000 years BC when the area was still steppe.
The drawings represent wild animals such as elephants, rhinos, giraffes, ostriches, buffalo, antelope, etc. .. Also geometric figures are found such as spirals, concentric arcs, circles. All these figures refer to a period of hunting. Some scenes seem to indicate how hunting was performed in earlier times namely by using traps. Also the search and and accessing of the game can be distracted from the drawings.
On arrival at the site Ait Ahmed Lahcen will be pleased to guide you around. See our travel guide to the Rock carvings of Ait Ouazik.
