![]() I believe that this DZ has a great potential, but currently is undervalued by skydiving community (mainly due to a lack of proper advertisement). My wife and me we spent 5 days at this DZ. Basically, people come here very focused on jumping and nothing else. ![]() The area is not the most touristic of the country by far. Great zone to do an AFF, or for a team to log lots of jumps. There is a large assortment of rigs for rent and the packers (all locals) are very professional (though I never use one). The packing area is large enough (and sheltered), the landing zone comfy (grass), lunch is fun, weather fantastic, and the people on and off the DZ are wonderful and welcoming. There are good coaches but people who want to do RW should mostly expect to self-coach. With two Pilatus, there is no wait, I have done up to ten jumps in a day. In practice, you depart the hotel at 0800 and come back at 1900-2000, after a busy day at the DZ. People come here to jump, period, which means everyone from breakfast to last drink is fully devoted to skydiving. The drop zone package goes with the hotel in town (reasonable rates, some 30 euros per day with breakfast and dinner included), lunch on the spot (traditional Moroccan cuisine at 6 euros per day), ferry to and fro for 2 euros per day. The team is a mix Moroccan-French, operating under French Federation regulations. I have been there three times in winter (2011 to 2013), for a week or so. ![]() Overall, I would really recommend this dropzone to anyone who wants to start his/her skydiving experience. I would really revisit Beni-Mellal in my next vacation, just to skydive with these great guys. They were very experienced, and helpful, never treated us like there is a difference in experience. While the other three instructors, "Pierre" my instructor, "Fabian", and "Regice" were French, but we had no problems dealing with them as they speak English well. Our ground instructor "Drese" was Moroccan who spoke Arabic, English and French. We were the first jumpers of the season, since the season of skydiving in Beni-Mellal starts at the 29th of November, and even though there were only 3 students at that week, they didn't turn us down, and we had a VIP treatment, as they turned the plane for just 3 students, the instructors were more than experienced, and helpful, they gave us every piece of information we needed, always insisting that if we had a question we shouldn't hesitate. We stayed in a small, quiet, clean, and nice hotel called Les Bellas Terrasse, where it was close to both the city and the drop zone. I went there with a friend of mine, since it is the nearest location for me to have an AFF course, because of the lack in dropzones in Libya.
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