When keen birdwatcher Ollie Wright contacted us to book a tour through the Sahara desert to finish at the Coast, he had several bird species on his wish-list. Importantly, north of Agadir, the Tamri estuary offers one of the best places in the world to see the endangered Northern Bald…
Here’s a colourful, eclectic collection of films shot on location in Morocco’s medinas, desert and mountains. It’s not a ‘top-ten’, simply a list of suggested viewing and we think this has something for everyone!
…or, the village at the world’s end, as a friend fondly describes it. It’s, in his words, not a remarkable village, but it’s the dramatic location and seeming remoteness of the place that have lent its title! Well, the promise of getting off the beaten path and not seeing any…
If you are fortunate enough to be staying overnight in the Ounila Valley at Kasbah Ellouze during a tour with us, we would encourage you to wake up that bit earlier in the morning so you can meet the neighbours and see how they prepare their daily bread. They aren’t…
Of course, having your own driver and 4×4 vehicle is by far the most relaxing and comfortable proposition to navigating the open roads and desert here. I endorse it, but I myself enjoy driving. What I find challenging is trying to concentrate on the road and enjoying the magnificent scenery…
Kasbah Azul is one of our most popular guest-houses en-route to the Sahara Desert. Situated approx. 2km from the town of Agdz, and its dates market, it is about half-way to the great dunes of Erg Chigaga from Marrakech on the Draa River valley.
Given the strategic location of the Telouet mountain pass (the historic Tizi-n-Telouet), it is not surprising that the cradle of the influential Glaoua family was at Telouet. The French constructed the relatively modern mountain road pass, at the Tizi-n-Tichka, but the Telouet pass was the main route for the sub-Saharan caravans travelling to Marrakech,…
Morocco is a nation of food-lovers… We especially love to eat fish in Morocco, and it seems that the further we live from the Coast, the more we eat it! Yes, even along the frontier of the Sahara Desert, at least once a week fish will be served at home.
