Merja Zerga National Park, is Morocco’s premier wetland park rich in birdlife. Situated on the Atlantic coast north of Rabat and kenitra, the area’s combination of ocean, coastal lagoon, sand dunes and plentiful fish acts as magnet for numerous migratory as well as resident birds. It is a key point of the East Atlantic Flyway.
Merja Zerga is located at the doorstop of the small fishing village of Moulay Bousselham;
Roughly midway between Morocco’s Atlantic coast imperial city of Rabat and its northern Mediterranean city of Tangier. Larache, Asilah and Kenitra as well as the ancient Roman site of Lixus are around this area.