Tag: desert
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Road trip in Morocco #3 – from Boumalne-Dadès to Ouarzazate
Our second road trip across Morocco took 3 days, 2 nights, from our desert camp at Merzouga to Essaouira on the Atlantic coast. The first night was spent in Boumalne-Dadès, and the second in Ouarzazate. This post covers the journey between these two points. See earlier posts about the road trip here and here. This…
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Roaming around the desert – part 2
Continuing with the drive around the desert area near our camp, accompanied by some lively traditional Gnawa music. spotify:playlist:37i9dQZF1DWYCFWZy4Gz9M … along the way, we stopped to see a herd of donkeys that gathered around a well in the middle of a featureless flat desert. The well was built by funds from the charity – Coeur…
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Road trip in Morocco #1 – from Fes to Merzouga
This road trip is one of two which took us across Morocco. We arranged a driver to take us, 6 people, from Fes to Merzouga, south of the country. The journey in a Mercedes minivan started at 7:30 am and covered almost 500 km in one day. According to Google Map, it predicts 7.5 hrs.…