10 Day Guided Morocco Motorcycle Tour: Discover the Country and Ride the Dunes

Overview

Algeciras, Spain; Midelt - Boumalne Dades - Merzouga, Morocco Join this motorcycle tour with TwinTrail. Discover Morocco with their guided tour. You will cross the Atlas, play in the Erg Chebbi dunes, discover lonely little villages in the middle of nowhere, off-road paths (over 3,000 m), and the immensity of the desert. Enjoy an authentic adventure with 100% trail routes, starting and finishing in Algeciras, in the south of Spain.

Highlights

• Starts and ends in Algeciras
• Go up to the picturesque town of Agoudal
• Ride through endless hamadas and valleys on the way to Merzouga
• Visit the enigmatic monuments of the desert (the celestial staircase and the city of Orion)
• Learn to drive on the sand with the guides and surf the Erg dunes
• Enjoy a simple circular route going around Erg Chebbi
• Ferry from and to Algeciras
• 9 nights' accomodation

Itinerary

1. Day 1: Algeciras

   Arrival in the afternoon at the Hotel Reina Cristina 4-star in Algeciras. Group dinner and welcome briefing. Go to sleep soon because the next day it's time to board the first ferry to Tangier!

2. Day 2:

   It's time to wake up early and go to the port to get on the first ferry to Tanger Med. The trip lasts between 90 and 120 minutes approximately. Once on Moroccan land it is time to cross the border calmly all together. You will start the route seeing Ceuta from above, to then cross Tetouan and head to Chefchaouen, the Blue city, where you will have lunch. Once you discover ChefChaouen, you will head to Fez, where you will spend your first night in Africa. You will arrive at a reasonable time and be able to take a walk through the medina, enjoy its bustling atmosphere, and the contrast of smells

3. Day 3:

   You will leave Fez heading south, passing through Azrou where you are going to meet some little friends. There you will start a beautiful OffRoad section to Khenifra, enjoying its tracks, forests and its high mountain landscape. The final destination of the day is the Bin el Ouidane lake, where your hotel awaits us with fantastic views of the lake, so you can rest after today's long day. 390 km (30% off-road)

4. Day 4:

   Today is going to be a great Offroad day! You will wake up at the foot of the lake, to go along tracks to see the imposing "Cathedral", an impressive rock formation in the center of the Atlas. You are going to cross the Atlas tracks until you reach the Dades Gorge, tracks that will take you to more than 3,000m high. Without a doubt, a day that will leave you breathless, and that will make you enjoy it in equal parts. The Hotel pool will help you to remove all the accumulated dust ;). 218km (85% offroad)

5. Day 5:

   You are going to wake up in the middle of the Atlas, in the beautiful canyon of the Dades Gorge, where just saying goodbye to the hotel, you can enjoy a tea with views of sinuous curves. Today your day ends in Zagora, the door of the Desert, but not before enjoying spectacular Offroad sections. You will leave Boulmane Dades by direct tracks to the immense Tizin Tazazert mountain pass, with distant views of the Jbel Sagro, where you will descend a spectacular offroad section that will take you to Nkob, a town where you are going to have lunch. In the afternoon, you go to Zagora, enjoying a beau

6. Day 6:

   Today you will head to the authentic desert. Our destination is the town of Merzouga, at the foot of Erg Chebbi, but to get there you will go through endless hamadas and valleys, beginning to taste the sand. It will be your first contact with sand and dunes, but don't worry, you're going to do a little sand driving class, and you'll start practicing and enjoying it safely. After having lunch you will enter infinite hamadas, following only the course, without marked tracks, without a doubt a unique sensation. Before hallucinating with the Erg Chebbi dunes, you are going to visit the famous "Por

7. Day 7:

   Today is a relaxing stage in the desert. An easy circular route going around the Erg, passing as close as possible to the dunes, but without going into them... although if you prefer to start "surfing" your first dunes, this is the day to do it! In the afternoon, you are going for a Quad ride through Erg Chebbi, a unique experience that will take you to the highest dune! At the end, you will still have time to cool off in the pool before returning to have dinner at the same Hotel. 90 km (90% offroad)

8. Day 8:

   After the day of rest, you will get up a little earlier to start heading north and leave Merzouga. You will start towards Erfoud, where a beautiful stretch of track begins that takes us to the enigmatic monuments of the desert (the Celestial Stairway and the City of Orion), ending the track near Errachidia. You are going to continue by road to Midelt where you are going to have lunch. The last sprint of this long journey takes us to the great city of Meknes. 470 km (25% offroad)

9. Day 9:

   Continue going north, towards Tangier. Your last day riding through Africa and saying goodbye to the wonderful Moroccan country. Again, you will cross the border together and take the ferry towards Algeciras. You will stay again at the Hotel Reina Cristina to spend the last night in a group. Farewell dinner to remember the good times lived during the trip, say goodbye and prepare for the return home. 320 km (0% offroad)

10. Day 10:

    You will have breakfast at the Hotel and everyone sets out on their journey back home with a lot of good memories and new friends made during the week. And already thinking about the next time you will go down again to magical Morocco.

Ride Details

Terrain

mix of paved and unpaved roads

Bike

personal bike or rent (ask for information)

Mileage

2,380 kilometers / 1,479 miles

Daily rides

190 - 480 kilometers / 118 - 298 miles

Riding gear

not included: helmet, suit, gloves, trail-type boots

Meals

all breakfasts, 9 lunches, and 9 dinners

Accommodation

You will be accommodated at 3 and 4-star hotels. On your first and last nights, you will stay at Hotel Reina Cristina.

Food

You will have local food. Alcoholic drinks are not included.

Getting There

This motorcycle tour starts and ends in Algeciras, Spain. You will travel to Tanger, Midelt, Agoudal, Boumalne Dades, Merzouga, Erfoud, and back to Midelt, Tanger, and Algeciras. [+](https://www.tripaneer.com/twintrail/10-day-guided-morocco-motorcycle-tour-discover-the-country-and-ride-the-dunes# "Zoom in") [−](https://www.tripaneer.com/twintrail/10-day-guided-morocco-motorcycle-tour-discover-the-