As I moved to Morocco recently and due to work reasons I now have to explore the country a lot, and, be with my clients to make photos and new itineraries around the country in their 4wd.
My last trip was 4 days with ” Marrakech Expedition 4×4” from my friend Ali whom along with his brother started this transport agency specialized in the southern part of Morocco. We went away for 4 days where I had the opportunity to talk, discuss and interact with them while traveling in their tour, and more or less the trip goes like this:
Atlas and Sahara Desert 4 days Tour.:
Day 1: Marrakech – Telouet – Ouarzazate = 200 Km total with 32 Km off-road
Day 2: Ouarzazate – Skoura Oasis – Kelaa Mgouna – Boumalne – Todra Gorges – Tinjdad -Touroug – Erfoud – Merzouga = 350 Km Total with 35 off-road
Day 3: Merzouga – Rissani – Alnif – Tazarine – Nkob – Draa Valley – Zagora = 360 Km Total with 90 Km off-road
Day 4: Zagora – Ouarzazate – Marrakesh = 350 Km Total
Everyday you mixed a bit of off-road as we were driving a nice 4wd Toyota Land Cruiser, and we pass from the big city of Marrakech to the other side of the Atlas Mountains arriving in Ouarzazate. Next day we went to Oasis Skoura to enjoy the nice palm groves and small little oasis in the middle of the palm trees. Omar was quite a friend as we left Ali in his office in Ouarzazate. Now both of us continued the trip south to Merzouga but passing the most beautiful canyons in Morocco: Gorges du Todra. We got to the desert to enjoy the Sun Set in the dunes. We made a lot of photos and are now sleeping in this nice hotel in the dunes of Erg Chebbi. There’s a chance to choose from sleeping on the hotel and take a camel trekking excursion into the dunes and overnight in a traditional nomad tend. The next day we headed to Zagora making the ancient Sahara track between Merzouga and Zagora. This is an extreme travel as the landscapes are pure and untouched, the real thing is here, this is the Sahara. We got to Zagora by the end of the afternoon. And that was it we now drove from Zagora all the way in the Draa Valley lunching in Ouarzazate with Ali who came to join us in a small nice restaurant near his office. We got to Marrakech around 6pm. Nice trip.
On this picture above, we stopped in Gorges du Todra to have a small snack and there were some donkeys in the river. Very nice place.If by chance you want to travel to Morocco and try this tour out please check their website at: 4×4 Morocco
Tags: 4x4 morocco, Africa, atlas mountains, camel trekking, erg chebbi, land cruiser, marrakech, merzouga, Morocco, ouarzazate, sahara desert, skoura, toyota, zagora
April 25, 2008 at 6:36 am
ay, this is the same trip I am hoping to do when I am there in a couple of weeks.
sounds wonderful…
April 30, 2008 at 11:34 am
I love to be there ……………..
April 30, 2008 at 11:44 am
Yeah Morocco is a nice place to visit.It is much better though it is extremely hot in summer mainly in august, but still there plenty of sights and places to visit.
Concerning people they are nice but the sellers they will exaggerate in insisting that you buy from them, just be cool and calm, they don´t bite anyway they just speak no need for worries.
August 8, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Since my post back in April, I’ve traveled from Canada to Morocco twice, both times to the south. I think I’ve fallen in love with the country, and am already planning my third trip there this year.
This time I spent three weeks there (July/August – having just returned yesterday – and found the heat to be quite bearable (except on the dunes during the day — ouch!). The landscape in the south is gorgeous – I especially love the drive approaching Rissani from Merzouga, and onwards to Erfoud. No problems with sellers being aggressive, no problems with men being aggressive either (I travel alone as a woman) — I find the people in the south to be incredibly warm and welcoming. I cant wait to be back there…