Daily Itinerary:
Arrival
We will arrange an airport pick up whatever flight you arrive on.
Hotel Nassim. 4 star. Bar and pool
Day 1
Marrakech to Demnate
10.00 pick up from the hotel, transfer to Wilderness Wheels shop for briefing, get riding kit, and then depart.
1 hr riding through to lunch (Touama?) followed by first off road experience.
We will have an early finish to the first day.
Accommodation: Hostel at Imi n Iffri. (2 star Bar no pool)
40km off road 100km tarmac
Day 2
Demnate to Bin el Ouidane
Leaving
the hostel at 8.30, we cover 100km on pleasant country roads before
starting one of the longer off road sections of the week. Very
rideable, the track climbs up to 7500ft, and passes the rock formation
known as “The Cathedral”, before descending back to the reservoir at
Bin el Ouidane.
Accommodation: Hotel at Bin el Ouidane. (2 star Bar no pool)
90km off road 120km tarmac
Day 3
Bin el Ouidane to Khenifra
This
morning brings a long cross-country ride on narrow tarmac lanes. Very
little traffic here makes for an enjoyable ride. We will have a picnic
lunch in this farming area before an optional off road section on the
afternoon. We arrive at our pleasant accommodation mid afternoon where
we can enjoy a swim in the hotel pool.
Accommodation: Hotel de France (3 star Bar and pool)
50km off road 140km tarmac
Day 4
Khenifra to Ain Leuh
This
will be a shorter day today. We head east, and quickly find ourselves
in the forested lanes of the Middle Atlas. A pleasant stop for a picnic
lunch at the huge natural spring that is the source of one of Morocco’s
major rivers, Oum er Rbia.
A short tarmac section heads North to the
hostel where we stay tonight, and an optional section of forest track
for those who want a more active afternoon.
At our clean but simple
accommodation (mainly communal sleeping area) we enjoy local dance
entertainment and a whole roast sheep for our evening meal.
Accommodation: Hostel. (No bar or pool)
40km off road 130km tarmac
Day 5
Ain Leuh to Azrou
Our
_ rest day. A late breakfast today, and while our mechanics do some
maintenance on the bikes, we walk along to the orphanage, and after a
tour of the project by the director, whom we will present with our
raised funds, we enjoy lunch with the children and staff of the project.
During
an afternoon off road loop through the local cedar forest, we hopefully
will have a chance to get acquainted with some of the barbary apes who
live there.
Accommodation: Hotel Panorama (3 star Bar no pool)
50km off road 40km tarmac
Day 6
Azrou to Beni Mellal
Hopefully the riders will have benefited from yesterday’s easy day, as today’s ride is the most demanding of the whole trip.
Beautiful
scenery takes us through some of the truly untouched areas of the
Middle Atlas. Long stretches of track through ancient cedar forests,
passing only the occasional settlement of forest workers. There are a
few demanding sections for the inexperienced, but our guides will help
you through. After a picnic lunch in the forest, we join a country
tarmac road mid-afternoon, for a further 2-hour ride through to Beni
Mellal.
Accommodation: Hotel Ouzoud (4 star Bar and pool)
120km off road 170km tarmac
Day 7
Beni Mellal to Marrakech
This
will be our final day together. A short run into the surrounding hills
brings us to the famous waterfalls of Cascades d’Ouzoud. The energetic
can walk down and even enjoy a quick swim in the huge natural pool at
its base. We will have lunch overlooking the falls.
A network of fast, smooth cross-country tracks lead us back to Marrakech.
We enjoy the facilities at the hotel, and time over dinner for informal speeches and maybe even a few prizes.
Accommodation: Hotel Nassim (4 star Bar and pool)
70km off road 160km tarmac
Departure
We will take care of airport transfers again.
Total distance 1300km
460km off road 840km tarmac
Contact InformationWilderness Wheels Morocco
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45000 Ouarzazate
Morocco
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00 212 24 88 81 28"
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00 212 68 73 00 08
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00 212 67 05 61 14
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