Adventure Motorcycle Journeys around the UK and Beyond

Day 2 / 3

France – Tarifa

Carrying on through France into Spain glad to be clear of all the toll roads, the motorways were no longer a bind as the scenery was stunning, winding through hills and valleys.

We arrived at Tarifa and spent the night, ready to catch the ferry to Tangier the next morning.

Day 5

Chefchaouen – Fez

We took the RN13 out of Chefchaouen and headed towards Fez, the roads and views again were spectacular, plenty of winding bends and switchbacks. We arrived in Fez; the traffic was chaos especially the taxi drivers, we were stopped at traffic lights, when a chap on a moped pulled alongside and advised us on a hotel to stay for the night and asked us to follow him through the traffic, it did cross my mind that this could be a scam …. How wrong was I, he took us to an amazing mansion like hotel in the middle of Fez (Hotel ……) he introduced us to the owner; a gentleman who had built the house for his family who all ran it together.

Day 7

Agoudal – Merzouga

With our sights set on Merzouga and our dessert camp booked we headed out bright and early as we knew we had a lot of distance to cover (323 miles). The chosen route took us through Boumaine Dades, a gorge carved through the bedrock. After we passed through Tinghir the roads and landscape changed. Very flat and sandy we could now tell we were heading towards the desert.

We arrived in Merzouga at our base camp; after being greeted by our host and served with a drink, we then secured the bikes for the night and headed out to our desert camp by jeep.

The night in the desert was amazing, the skies are so clear with no light pollution allowing you to clearly see the stars…. All while sat on a sand dune drinking red wine.

The following day we left the desert on quad bikes, experiencing the sand dunes firsthand, an amazing experience I must say.

Day 9 / 10

Ouarzazate- Ait Mhammed

It was now time to start heading back towards home, we headed for Rabat on the coast, we had no specific route planned and therefore set the Calimoto app on super twisty roads and set off. What a decision this turned out to be… the roads and views were amazing every corner you turned a different view took your breath away that much we got a bit carried away, before we knew it darkness set in, we realized at this point we wouldn’t to make it to Rabat, we stopped and checked on our phones for a hotel near by…… nothing the nearest hotel was 2hrs away.

I consulted with the guru, Google maps of course; and came across a symbol of a bed and the words refuge 30mins away, setting the app going and off we rode, the roads slowly disappeared as we climbed a mountain pass in the pitch dark, after 30mins Google announced we had arrived at your destination…..nothing could be seen, scanning the area I happened to look over my shoulder up the mountain and spotted a light in the distance, I rode up the mountain to be greeted by a family at the door.

I asked the question, is this a refuge? the reply was yes… what a relief because by this time it was 1030pm.

We were welcomed in by the family, offered cups of coffee, they even cooked us a meal and what a fantastic meal it was, nothing was too much trouble.

When we awoke in the morning and looked outside it was only then we realized how high we were in the mountain.

This part of trip was the highlight for us, I would like to thank our host and his family for welcoming us in, if he hadn’t, we would have been spending a night in the wild.

I would highly recommend you spend a night at Refuge Ait Mhammed, however I would suggest you travel to it before dark and bear in mind some of the journey is off road.

Day 12

Rabat – Tangier

We took a route that was part costal and part inland, allowing us to take in a mixture of views along the 165-mile journey. We arrived at the ferry port with plenty of time to spare and luckily caught an earlier ferry.

We arrived at the port in Tarifa and decided to carry on riding through Spain we arrived at a place called Medina Sidonia and decided to spend the night.

Day 14

Through France to
Euro Tunnel

Headed towards Calais passing through Bordeaux, LeMans and Rouen before arriving back at the Euro Tunnel, 593 miles with a ride time of 9hrs 34mins.

We spent the night just outside of Calais, boarded the train the following morning and then made our way back home.

What an amazing trip we had, opportunity of a lifetime, a trip that we will never forget. Morocco is an amazing place the people are friendly and cannot do enough to help.