From Marrakech, it was an uneventful drive back to the coast and to Essaouira, just that it started to rain, when we reached the coast – the first time since about one year we were told. We went to a campsite (Villa Coriandre), where we waited for the rain to stop, and of course, the …
Outside of Marrakech lies the Anima garden of André Heller, an Austrian artist. It is a small piece of green heaven, in big contrast to the dusty surroundings of the dry landscape, for sure an oasis for the soul. We will spend another day at the campsite to work and get our washing done, before …
Arriving at Marrakech, we put up at the Les Relais campsite outside of town. From there, taxi rides were organised to the square next to the Koutoubia mosque, a very central location. An imperial city, like Meknes, Fez and Rabat, Marrakech was the capital of Morocco for nearly 350 years. It is home to a vast, 900-year-old Medina, the most populated in North Africa, …
From Foum el-Oued we took the road along the coast north, driving through a desert sprinkled with sand dunes in the shape of a crescent moon. We arrived at Tarfaya, once a Spanish colony. The nearby Cape Juby airfield was an important refuelling and stopover station for Aéropostale, an airmail carrier, based in Toulouse, providing an …
From Amtoudi we first reached Guelmim, where we stopped at the big Marjane supermarket. The parking was filled with all kind of campers who did their shopping here. We then drove through town to get the vouchers to upload our SIM card and finally left in the direction of Tan Tan. We finally stopped at …
We had read about the Igudar (pl. for Agadir), fortified communal granaries found in the Maghreb. At the village of Amtoudi, there are 2 Igudar, which had been restored and are open for visitors. In that valley, there were once 7 of them, but the others are already past repair. In addition to harvested grains, the communities inhabiting …
From Tafraoute, we drove south on a good road in the direction of Igmir. Our final destination was Amtoudi, but on the way we took a detour called “Route des Canyons”, which took us to a fascinating landscape formed by the Aït Mansour, the river we had already followed on our way to Tafraoute. We …
We started our hike south of Tafraoute, where a track leads in the direction of the Napoleon’s Hat, a rock formation at the village of Agard-Oudad. After the abandoned fields of the village, we turned right to walk through the fascinating granite landscape, formed by erosions. We felt like being back in Namibia. Sadly we …
From Tafraoute, we went to explore the old Berber villages, nowadays nearly completely abandoned, but some houses are restored as museum, called “maison traditionelle”. We visited one house in the village of Tazka, in walking distance of our campsite. Only 3 of the old houses are still in use, all the other families moved either …
After filling up the car in Foum-Zguid, buying water and veggies, and a quick lunch at a restaurant, we hit the road again, to tackle a track leading over the mountains to Tissint. The route was described as very rocky, but the first part was very comfortable, which made us confident it can’t be too …
