While hiking under the magnificent Imi n’Ifri natural bridge in Morocco I was stopped by two local boys who pointed at something behind me and said few explaining words in French. My French is extremely poor but the word Afrique was still understandable. Here is what I saw:
Well, it is not a perfect shape of Africa but the resemblance is still quite astonishing.
This is something that could potentially bring quite a number of tourists to this spot but unfortunately the locals have made no efforts to exploit it. At least no intelligent efforts like information boards, websites, etc. Except these two boys who, by the way, did not ask any money for it (which is somewhat unusual in this part of the world).
Imi n’Ifri natural bridge is made of limestone. There is a river flowing under the bridge and the bridge itself is pretty high. Perhaps 50 meters from the river to the arch or maybe a bit less but it was beautiful and well worth a visit. A roundtrip down and back up should take about an hour and you do not need a guide 🙂
Here is a closer look of the limestone and the river cutting its way through it.