Having started our motorbike touring activity in April, we were quite busy planning and scouting the routes and handling the many rental clients. Then mid-April we have received a mail from a Canadian couple asking for a custom motorcycle tour in Morocco. They had limited time but wanted to see the desert and explore the…
Since I arrived to Morocco I only managed shorter rides mostly within the day. As we had a four-day roadshow planned for the management we decided with Jaime to go by motorbike. We left the office around 2.30pm on Tuesday and headed to Fes via smaller roads. After a short ride on the highway towards Mohammedia…
As mentioned in my previous post it is the month of Ramadan. Working hours are lower during that period since people have to fast for 17 hours which is hard enough with a sleep so even tougher if you have to put in 10-12 hours at the office. As for me this is a great opportunity…
As part of our South-Morocco tour, we planned to spend New Year’s Eve in Ouarzazate. Or near. We usually stay 20km from the city, at the border of the lake, in a family run B&B named “Les Tourmalines”. A quiet, wonderful place. Before leaving Casablanca, I contacted Peter, a friend who lives there and operates…
As we organise tours in Morocco 10 months out of 12, our fleet and guides cover a rather impressive mileage each year. We ride all kind of terrain, from perfect twisty tarmac roads, through potholed small roads, rocky riverbeds fast gravel tracks to deep sand. We therefore use dual sport tires as those offer the…
Today we drove to Merzouga, the real Sahara desert. Although not as extended as the dunes in Algeria, Lybia or even Tunisia, the dunes stretch 30 km long and 8 km wide. The road leading to our accommodation was mostly dirt track. We enjoyed the weather, the sights and the sheer feeling of space in…
