Day 7: Taghazout & Souss-Massa

We were raring to go and raced straight to the bus to pick up our rental car in Agadir at the crack of dawn. Richard was immediately dunked in at the deep end, having to get to grips with a gammy clutch in the mayhem of Morocco's rush hour.

But we made haste towards Souss-Massa, where we enjoyed a splendid tour of the national park, spotting countless Ostriches, Addax and Dorkus (as in, both John and the gazelles). It's incredible how unbothered they were, simply thriving, in their lanes, nonchalantly loving life and just chilling as we were able to basically wander between them.

Saying goodbye to our bubbly guide, we were back on the tarmac roads to Tifnit, where we felt the beating heat of the sun and witnessed the crashing of the goliath Atlantic waves under a sail of sand dunes. Next stop was to spot some funky birds (for which I'll be honest, I didn't care to even remember their names, but we did spy some Flamingoes from afar).

The stop back saw us marvel at the sunset from Oufella, a fine fortress overlooking the sprawling city of Agadir.Read more