Morocco Motorcycle Ride

Day three started early after a good night sleep. After breakfast we set off with the contraband team to visit the surrounding villages and the Algerian border to have a better understanding of the contraband in the region. Although you hear about it all the time it is hard to imagine until you actually see it. Oujda…

It’s been more than a week since I arrived to Morocco. Besides work and other duties I still try to find time to ride. Weather is great although driving is sometimes crazy 🙂 Well, you get used to having no rules at one point. It’s great fun though. Here are some videos I cut recently…

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…

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…

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…

For this year’s Morocco winter trip I took the motorbike on a trailer to explore some of the sites we were visiting.  When in Merzouga, we hired a guide as usual to take the family to the dunes and the surrounding sites. I used this opportunity to take the bike and ride in the desert…