Merzouga and Sahara

We spent a night in Merzouga, a town on the edge of the Sahara desert. It was windy and quite hostile/ the climate and the people. Stepping out of the campervan and walking past the swimming pool onEn savoir plus
We spent a night in Merzouga, a town on the edge of the Sahara desert. It was windy and quite hostile/ the climate and the people. Stepping out of the campervan and walking past the swimming pool onEn savoir plus
From the desert we traversed miles of rocky landscapes that looked lunar. Seeing all the fossil and crystal sellers along the roadside Tagan was determined to find his own fossils and crystals and weEn savoir plus
After a long sun stroked journey across barren landscapes we arrived in Zagora, a cosmopolitan feeling city in an oasis of palm groves. We set up camp for four or five days at la palmeraie d’AmazrouEn savoir plus
From Zagora we drove the N12 towards Tata, hitting a newly tarmaced stretch of road sandwiched between the Sahara dessert and the Atlas Mountains, following Morocco’s border with Algeria andEn savoir plus
We washed and rested at camping Hayat on the river at Tata. Like most rivers we have come across on our travels the river was dammed further up stream and only a trickle ebbed through, channeled inEn savoir plus
We trekked to the coastal towns of Sidi Ifni and Mirleft, only to find it was foggy and raining. We drove along the amazing relatively unspoilt coastline and liked this fishing village, SheikhEn savoir plus
We spent a week in Tafraoute having some ‘petit reparations de campingcar’! We had been recommended a garage here: Chez Mohammed Farih who has spent years working on old Mercedes vehicles. We madeEn savoir plus
A fellow traveller suggested Taghazout would be a nice quiet place to stop for Ramadan, and bonus would be a beach which is somebody’s favourite. Winding our way through Aourir and Tamraght, we wentEn savoir plus
Named the mini Marrakech, we met my dad and his partner here and stayed in the lovely Riad Dar Dzahara for a few nights. The Riad was a calm oasis right in the centre of the bussling medina. We ateEn savoir plus
On Vandogtraveller’s recommendation we made our way to Sidi Kaouki, a sleepy surfers’ beach with a few surf shacks and a couple of hotels and uninspiring campsites. Loads of winkles and mussels toEn savoir plus
VoyageurLooks like home xx