1. Marrakech - Haouz Plain / Tadla region - Ouzoud village and waterfalls - Marrakech
Out of Marrakech, at a time you set (about 2.5 to 3 hours on the road). Your driver comes to the door of your hotel or riad. Nobody else is added to your group. The road runs northeast over the Haouz Plain and into the farming country of the Tadla, through wide stretches of olive trees, peach orchards and old villages.
Stopping where you like. The driver pulls over on request: a roadside olive press, a viewpoint, a village market, anywhere the light is good. Done that way, the three hours count as part of the day rather than dead time.
Meeting your guide at Ouzoud. In the village you are introduced to your local English-speaking guide, whose fee is already in the price. He takes you onto the paths down to the falls and talks through the geology, the plant life and where the pictures are.
At the falls, for as long as you like. The walk down runs under shaded olive and fig trees to a series of viewpoints over the 110-metre Cascades d'Ouzoud, where the spray keeps a rainbow standing whenever the sun is on it. Your guide knows the quieter paths and the angles most visitors never find, and he will show you the macaque families in the trees around you.
Down at the bottom. There are natural pools at the base where you can swim, and boats to take out for about 20 MAD if you fancy it. The guide stays with you and nothing is being timed, so photographers can go back to a viewpoint, wait for the light to turn or follow the river further along.
Lunch by the water. Your guide sends you to the riverside restaurant he rates rather than the one that happens to be nearest: Berber tagine, fresh salad and mint tea with the noise of the cascades behind you. Reckon on 80 to 120 MAD.
Three hours, five hours, more. Stay as long as it suits you. Your driver sits waiting in the village car park, and you go when you decide to go.
The drive home, whenever you want it (about 2.5 to 3 hours). Once you are done, you walk back up to your driver. The return takes about 2.5 to 3 hours with stops on the way if you want them, and you are set down at the same door you left from.