Itinerary for 5 day tours
Arrival & departure from Ouarzazate
Arrive in Ouarzazate where you will transfer to a local hotel. You will
be given your riding gear, and a visit to our workshop will enable the
bikes to be set-up to meet your preferences. A quick ride-out is
normally fitted in during the afternoon.
Day 1 Ouarzazate - Boumalne
Most people are keen to get started, but anxious about how they will get on.
We leave Ouarzazate and head North into the High Atlas. A fast, smooth
piste enables a gentle learning curve, before we loop across gravely
flood plains to the delightful oasis town of Skoura for lunch.
A short tarmac link sees us back on piste for the rest of the
afternoon, on a route used by some of the Rallyes that pass through the
South of Morocco.
Option of a short, technical "goat-track" at the end of the afternoon
to take us to the village where we will spend the night at the auberge
"Chez Houcein".
Day 2 Boumalne - Tinghir
A delicious breakfast with home-made breads at the auberge prepares us
for our first piste of the day across to the start of the Dades Gorge.
We climb 500 metres as we head up the gorge on fantastic tarmac, before
heading off on a truly challenging piste that will lead us over the
Tizi n Ougouered (2700metres) to the spectacular Todra gorge on the
other side.
A casual lunch before heading down the gorge itself for the compulsory
photo stop at it's narrowest point, and onto the town of Tinghir for
our evening meal.
Day 3 Tinghir - Merzouga
An early start is preferable to allow us to do the longest bit of
tarmac during the week out to Erfoud. From here, we pick up the piste
heading out to the dunes at Merzouga.
We navigate straight to our auberge (using GPS) where we make our base.
We now have the rest of the day riding the demanding tracks around and
even into the dunes themselves in the wheeltracks of the Dakar rally.
A circumnavigation and traverse of the dunes is normally enough
preparation for an assault on Erg Chebbi, at 200 metres, the highest
dune there.
We witness the changing colours of the Saharan sands at sunset before getting off the dunes and back on piste to the auberge.
A tiring but enjoyable day.
Day 4 Merzouga - Zagora
Another prompt start for this, our longest day in the saddle. Back to
Risani on piste, where we refuel and have an hour on tarmac heading
West along the line of the anti-Atlas mountains. A stop for coffee, and
then we get started on the 200km of piste that remain to Merzouga.
Fast, smooth and a delight to ride, but requiring complete
concentration. High average speeds possible here.
We arrive at our hotel in Zagora late afternoon to a thorough sense of achievement.
Day 5 Zagora - Ouarazate
Various options available on this, our last riding day. For the keen,
another full morning of demanding trails across the anti-Atlas is
suggested. For those wanting something less of a challenge, we head up
the beautiful Draa Valley, stunning especially in springtime, and swap
between tarmac and easy piste up to our lunch stop.
A spectacular mountain pass brings us to within sight of our starting
point of Ouarzazate. A shower, and quick rest before our team banquet.
Depart from Ouarzazate.
Contact InformationWilderness Wheels Morocco
#61 Hay Al-Qods
45000 Ouarzazate
Morocco
infos@wildernesswheels.com
Ouarzazat Office:
00 212 24 88 81 28
Peter Mobile:
00 212 68 73 00 08
Brad Mobile:
00 212 67 05 61 14
Marrakech Office:
00 212 24 33 04 43
