MOROCCO | Down to the DESERT
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- We head through the High Atlas Mountains along an epically scenic route. A night at the Dades gorge sets us up for a long ride to Merzouga.
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This mountains are an open book for geologists and earth born scientists, what a scenery (in the beginning)! Somewhere I read, that this roof mountains were a location of some Sergio Leone western movies. Congrats, a very nice trip! I will do it in May/June 2024, KR Henry
It is a fascinating country with huge diversity of landscapes. The north is surprisingly green farming countryside, then hit the middle Atlas and its forest then just rock and stone in the high atlas. Further south its just sand and rock! A stunning bike destination.
@@rustynuts82 Thank you! 👍
Nice trip! I rode on many of the same roads as you two, maybe similar time period, I was there in May, 2023. Yes, that big area reminiscent of the Grand Canyon, beautiful. Was an I retesting road, then switchbacks of Dades Goege, I enjoyed the desert in Merzouga. Cheers from the USA.
Must have passed each other on the road! Glad you had a great experience too, it’s a fascinating country.
quite a few people walking up that sand dune! they should put a cafe at the top, bet it’s much steeper than it looks as well. Another excellent vid
Thanks. It was extremely steep!
Think i nearly had a heart attack at the top of that dune! XD
It was a near death experience alright!
Well, what can one say but it needs courage and determination to travel to the outback. Very exciting and energising in the mix! /
You would like it there mum!
Spellbinding, scary, all in one. Fascinating scenery, people and villages.
Was Chatting to Jamie whilst waiting at Santander, I'm definitely will be riding to Morocco next year, thanks for all the valuable insights, very Inspirational, !!!!
Hi Jarvid, I remember seeing you guys swapping stories. Its a great destination for bit of an adventure. I will be back too, loads more to see that we didn’t get to. One more episode to go crossing the desert and riding back home.
Enjoyed,outstanding content. goodbye. Rusty, 😯
Those are dirt tracks!!! 😮
Yeah, got proper cool in the high atlas
Good vid, looking forward to the desert episode!
What was the off-road loop to avoid the n12 ? At minute 7:44? Can you show the map of it
Thanks
Hi, it was just a 40 minute gravel track up over a ridge then to a village, back to the N12. Was better than sitting on tarmac. Posted the map in the community page
Given your experience would you take an Africa Twin 1000cc or a much lighter CRF450L. Clearly the AT is better on the tarmac but looking for a balanced view? And second question, full knoblies or something like E07 as a 50/50 tyre? Planning for September 24
If you’re travelling alone and planning to go through proper sandy stuff then definitely the lighter bike. But mostly the riding is on tarmac, gravel, stone tracks. The AT will be ideal with E07, which is what I used. The only place the 450 will really make sense is if you intend to do a lot of technical off road. My son did it all on his KTM1190, carrying camping gear! But the desert section was tough for him, I had a slightly easier time on the smaller BMW. When I return, the desert stuff is where I want to be. So will opt for a 450 type machine. It is a fairly long haul to get there, so the single thumper could be hard going. Fly/hire will be my next trip.
Thank you for responding. I want to explore the country but I’d normally avoid technical stuff when alone because of the higher risks and often the remoteness of such trails. Thinking of doing the Portuguese ACT route as the way across Spain/Portugal.
The AT will be perfect, keep the luggage as light as possible. Morocco is an excellent destination, get south of midelt and its fantastic riding.