In this 10 days motorbike tour from Ouarzazate to the Sahara desert, you will Explore the grand dunes, and discover the Paris Dakar road.
An easy run on fast, graded piste to get the tour started, taking us South from Ouarzazate, through to Tazenakht, where we have a Tajine lunch. A dramatic ride through the Jbel Saghro in the afternoon, over little-used mountain tracks, lead us through remote villages hidden in some of the spectacular canyons in this mountain range. Rocky in places, with some tight uphill/downhill, turns that will help develop your use of the rear brake on these challenging tracks. We spend the night in a hotel in the town of Foum Zguid
Fast and flowing tracks take us South until we arrive at the Draa river bed, which we follow westward. Some flat plains enable us to enjoy high-speed riding for much of the day, with occasional halts as we pass through some of the military checkpoints that indicate our proximity to Morocco’s Southern border. Picnic lunch en route.
Continuing in a south-westerly direction, we follow the direction of the Draa River as it heads toward the coast. Some very enjoyable, little-used tracks. Fast and flowing, with some sandy sections. A detour in the afternoon takes us along a palm tree-lined desert canyon where there are Neolithic rock paintings. Again, a picnic “on the road” for lunch.
A short tarmac stretch to start the day takes us to the end of the tarmac road in this lightly-populated area of the country. We’ll pass through our final “checkpoint” of the tour as we leave Torkoz before we head due East across the rocky flood plains of the Anti Atlas mountains. We cross two mountain passes, before an afternoon drink stop at the impressive deserted Foreign Legion fort of El Aiyoun du Draa. A further hour off-road brings us out onto the Tan-Tan road, just North of the Draa River. Due to these tracks being lightly used by tourist traffic, many of the tracks we cover are poorly maintained, requiring a high level of concentration. picnic lunch on the way.
We experience our last taste of the desert this morning as our first piste brings us out to the Atlantic coast. We’ll follow a rugged coastal track for the rest of the morning which brings us to our lunch stop at the former French Foreign Legion fort-turned-auberge, Fort BouJerif. Our afternoon track will lead us down onto the beach where we’ll ride past 2 rusting shipwrecks. We continue northward up the coast to the small town of Mirleft where we’ll enjoy the night at a popular surfer and biker auberge. We’ll arrive in plenty of time to enjoy the sunset over the waves.
After a short tarmac liaison, we’ll continue northward up the Atlantic coast on a spectacular piste that combines sand and scenery. Be sure to have your camera ready! After a picnic lunch, we’ll head inland following twisty, sandy pistes. We’ll make good use of the GPS to make sure we find our way through the maze of crisscrossing tracks. We’ll spend the night in the local Kasbah.
Deep South 10-Day Tour Our final day of riding will be one of the most spectacular as we climb up and over the High Atlas mountains. The morning piste includes twisty mountain tracks that take us to an altitude of 2400 meters. A steep descent follows on the other side which will bring us down past an abandoned French gold mine. We’ll enjoy a delicious tajine lunch at a small Berber inn. An icy tarmac liaison to start the afternoon will allow you to try out your supermoto skills as we follow a river valley down to the start of our final piste. The last piste of the tour takes us up on top of the Plateau de Kik, and then down into Marrakech.
Morning departure from Marrakech to Ouarzazate via the High Atlas Mountains along the Tizi N ‘Tichka, the highest mountain pass in North Africa at 2260 meters above sea level. Stop in a small town on the way for lunch before continuing to Ouarzazate. Head to your hotel for check-in and dinner. Overnight: Hotel in Ouarzazate.
After getting the kit and bikes from our shop, 75km of tarmac gets us to the start of the piste. A quick coffee and we hit the dirt on a beautifully flowing hilly track, that gets increasingly rough and challenging throughout the morning. A steep, and if there has been recent rain, a rocky mountain pass at the end of the morning. Picnic lunch on the trail. The mountains become increasingly canyon-like in the afternoon, before a dramatic descent down the side of a canyon, brings us out onto the Draa Valley. A delightful piste runs through the ancient mud-walled villages of this famous region, though there is the option of following the assistance vehicle on the road to Zagora, and we discover their charm, after lunch, we drive to Tafraout Sidi Ali via Berber village, have dinner and overnight in a local hotel at Tafraou
After breakfast, we will explore M’harech, and we will visit Obahlo Kasbah, after lunch and rest, we drive to Merzouga on the desert road we visit Borika oasis, this will be the end of our 10-day Merzouga motorcycle tour.