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Casablanca
Morocco
Marrakech Agadir
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Morocco - Atlas to Desert
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his superb desert biking adventure focuses on the deep south of Morocco, a land of big skies and stark mountain ranges where mudbrick kasbahs appear to rise up out of the desert, sitting in tranquil palm oases and framed by dramatic backdrops of snowcapped mountains. We follow a route of palm oases, finding the occasional refreshing pool for a dip, cycling alongside ruined villages and kasbahs which, in the early morning and late afternoon are bathed in a sublime desert light; its not surprising that the whole region has become popular with filmmakers.
Grade:
Algeria
Atlas to Desert
Tour Duration: 10 days Price: £835 (land only) Estimated Flight Cost: £175 Optional: Bike Hire £120 Insurance £44 Carbon Offset Cost: £4 Tour Details: Place to place 6 nights hotels / auberges 1 night family house, 2 nights camping 90% meals provided 7 days biking 2 days sightseeing/resting Guided & vehicle support Tour Dates & Codes:
starts
29 Feb 08 15 Mar 08 28 Mar 08 11 Apr 08 26 Sep 08 10 Oct 08 24 Oct 08 27 Feb 09 13 Mar 09 27 Mar 09 09 Apr 09
The riding is on non-technical hard-pack trails, which are We ride along Moroccos dirt normally in a good condition roads, taking us from Marrakech to although they can be rough, the Tichka Pass, the highest in the covering, on average, about High Atlas, and then southward, 50km per day. En route we pass descending along the Draa Valley through numerous traditional to the fringes of the Sahara villages, on the way visiting the Desert. ancient kasbah of Ait Benhaddou and making plenty of mint tea stops to experience close-up the legendary hospitality that has risen up from the remote outposts of the desert. As we descend from the High Atlas we see a gradual change in flora and fauna as the desert starts to make its imprint on the landscape.
ends
09 Mar 08 24 Mar 08 06 Apr 08 20 Apr 08 05 Oct 08 19 Oct 08 02 Nov 08 08 Mar 09 22 Mar 09 05 Apr 09 18 Apr 09
code
MAD08/01 MAD08/02± MAD08/03 MAD08/04 MAD08/05 MAD08/06 MAD08/07 MAD09/01* MAD09/02* MAD09/03* MAD09/04*
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As we arrive at the fringe of the Sahara Desert, not far from the town of Zagora, we take a break from bikes and kasbah hotels and instead opt for camels and a night under the stars in a Berber desert tent, surrounded by pre-Saharan dunes.
* Prices for 2009 subject to increase.
± Prices for this departure £885
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