Highlights
- Unique motorcycle tour in Morocco along the fascinating mountain and panoramic roads in the Middle and High Atlas Mountains
- The endless expanses of the Sahara Desert and the sand dunes of the Erg Chebbi are yours for the taking
- Immerse yourself in the colourful hustle and bustle and the oriental scents of the vibrant imperial cities of Fez, Marrakech and Rabat.
- On this motorbike tour you will ride through the canyons of the Todra and Dades rivers in the south of the High Atlas Mountains
- Cross the mighty Tizi n'Test Pass and let the magnificent Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa, take your breath away
- Visit the ancient caravan settlement in Ait Benhaddou, now listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, against the backdrop of the Atlas Mountains, often covered in snow
- And be amazed by the scenic diversity and beauty of Morocco as you cross the country from north to south
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Gracefully beautiful, charming in appearance and captivating for the senses. On this motorbike tour, hidden gems, gastronomic delights and cultural insights into Morocco's way of life await you. Whether on the back of a camel, under twinkling starry skies or at the campfire in our desert camp - the oriental magic of Morocco unfolds everywhere.
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This fourteen-day motorbike adventure takes you off the beaten track to the most beautiful places in the country. More than half of the trip covers the Atlas Mountains and its south, precisely where the country has remained truly authentic. This gives you plenty of time to discover and enjoy the authentic Morocco, in addition to all the other highlights of the tour.
Daily Stages
A crew member of the Hispania Tours team awaits you at the airport in Málaga and will transfer you to the comfy tour hotel. In the afternoon, after the handover of your motorbike, a detailed tour briefing takes place followed by a joint dinner where you meet the other riders and get in the mood for your Moroccan adventure.
- Destination: Málaga
- Accommodation: 4* tour hotel in Málaga
Your motorbike tour to Morocco starts in the morning on the coastal road from Málaga to Tarifa, the southernmost point of Spain, from where you take the ferry to Africa and reach the legendary port of Tangier through the Straits of Gibraltar. Beautiful motorbike routes await you in the Rif Mountains in the north of the country and you enjoy the first impressions of your journey in the blue city of Chefchaouen, where you spend the night.
- Destination: Chefchaouen
- Distance / duration: 300 km / 6 h
- Accommodation: Typical Riad in Chefchaouen
- Highlights: Tarifa, ferry crossing to Tangier, Strait of Gibraltar, Rif Mountains
The fields in the plains around the ancient imperial and university town of Fez are surprisingly green and fertile. At the Laou river you pass the check point of the former Franco-Spanish colonial border and later you cross the Oued Sebou, the biggest river in North-western Morocco. Once you have arrived at the old town of Fez, you will quickly realize why this place over centuries was a hub for most caravans from all over Africa.
- Destination: Fez
- Distance / duration: 200 km / 4h
- Accommodation: 5* Hotel in Fez
- Highlights: Guided Tour in Fez, Visit leather tannery and Medresa
With the Middle and High Atlas, two mighty mountain ranges are waiting to be crossed in one single day from North to South. The Atlas is a natural climate border in Morocco. On its northern flanks the moistly air of the Atlantic is humid and on its southern side the desert begins. You will exceed the altitude of 2000 meters twice that day and go through the entire spectrum of vegetation of the country. The thousand-year-old cedar woods of the mountains and the following high lands are unique and stunning. Berber nomads are drifting by with their animals as the the sights in the distance make the dimensions of this continent surprisingly clear. There is nothing better than to be here on you motorcycle.
The Gorge of the Ziz river leads you out of the mountains into the Tafilalet, the southernmost group of several palm oases in the Moroccan Sahara. Here you are staying at an oasis after a unique driving day.
- Destination: Errachidia
- Distance / duration: 340 km / 6 h
- Accommodation: Typical Riad in Errachidia
- Highlights: Middle and High Atlas, gorge of the Ziz River, sunset in palm oasis
Palm groves as far as the eye can see. In their center lies the former trading and university town of Sidschilmasa, today's Rissani, which was on the caravan route Niger - Fez - Tangier. The air becomes increasingly dry and small tongues of sand on the asphalt are harbingers of the nearby desert. The sand dune belt of Erg Chebbi, an hour from Rissani, is 22 km long and 5 km wide. Here, at the southwesternmost point of your tour, the starry sky of the desert night will probably remain in your memory for a long time.
- Destination: Merzouga
- Distance / duration: 120 km / 2.5 h
- Accommodation: Desert Camp
- Highlights: Erg Chebbi sand dune belt, palm oasis walk, camel ride into the desert, desert camp
Looking at the sand dunes, you use the time to pursue the secrets of the desert and to sort out and review the countless impressions of the past days.
- Accommodation: typical riad on the edge of the desert
- Highlights: Climbing the highest dune, Erg Chebbi Desert.
After the rest day on the edge of the desert, you have charged enough energy to start one of the queen´s stages of this tour, as the road returns back to the mountains. Far away from the main roads you discover fertile Atlas valleys, revealing the simple way of life of the Berbers. Anywhere else you will experience Morocco as authentic as here. Also today you climb over the 2000 meter mark and he day ends with another highlight, the ride through the Todra Gorge.
- Destination: Boumalne Dadès
- Distance / duration: 345 km / 6.5 h
- Accommodation: 4* Hotel at the Dades Gorge
- Highlights: Todra Gorge, High Atlas, Berber villages
The red stone formations of the Dades Gorge stick out of the ground like long fingers. You drive 60 km deep into the valley, where the Berbers also cultivate every piece of land on the edge of the Dades River. While having your morning coffee at the narrowest point of the gorge, you can enjoy the impressive view of the Dades breakthrough.
We continue westwards along the road of the Kasbahs. Ancient clay castles beside the road bear witness to the caravan past of the south side of the Atlas. Today, the film industry takes advantage of the oriental flair and the clear light of the area. Near Ouarzazate, many abandoned sets still stand in the vicinity of the film studios. Half an hour north of here, on the old caravan route between Timbuktu and Marrakech, is the village of Ait Benhaddou, whose entire centre has been recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1987. Here you will stay in a Kasbah on the banks of the Ounila River.
- Destination: Ait Benhaddou
- Distance / duration: 270 km / 5 h
- Accommodation: Typical riad in Ait Benhaddou
- Highlights: Dades Gorge, Kasbah Trail, World Heritage Site Ait Benhaddou
Although Marrakech is already within reach, you stay a few more days here in the mild south. The Souss Valley separates the two mountain ranges of the Antiatlas and the High Atlas. You can almost feel the Atlantic breeze. One of the longest and most water-rich rivers in the country accompanies you through fertile orchards to your destination in Taroudannt. The city is often referred to as Marrakech's little sister, because in addition to the rammed-earth city wall, the medina, built of mud at the beginning of the 18th century, is very similar.
- Destination: Taroudant
- Distance / duration: 500 km / 7.5 h
- Accommodation: 4* Hotel in Taroudant
- Highlights: Souss Valley, Berber village of Tazenakht, Antiatlas
The very dry Antiatlas differs greatly from the other two Atlas ranges in Morocco, the transition to the stone desert is almost fluid. Even in earlier times, agriculture was only possible here with great difficulty and with very low yields, and so the inhabitants lived as semi-nomads; in many places, the terraced fields and threshing places left behind are still recognisable. The road leads you through almost deserted, but extremely impressive landscapes, which are only rarely interrupted by more fertile valleys..
- Destination: Antialtas
- Distance / duration: 220 km / 4h
- Accommodation: 4* Hotel in Taroudant
- Highlights: Berber villages of the Antiatlas, Tizourgane Kasbah (fortified village)
Marrakesh is a daily´s ride away from Taroudant. The crossing of the High Atlas on this day is to be included to the most beautiful experiences in a bikers life! The single lane brings you on a very winding route through scenic and touristy little developed areas. You arrive at Tinmal mosque, the origin of the Almohad empire in the 12 century as you lay your eyes on the summit of Mount Toubkal, the highest mountain in North Africa with 4,167 metres. Your Atlas experience is crowned by sheer riding pleasure along the entire 230 kilometers long journey, which ends at Marrakesh, the Pearl of the South.
- Destination: Marrakech
- Distance / duration: 235 km / 4,5 h
- Accommodation: 4* hotel in Marrakech
- Highlights: Tizi n'Test mountain pass, Tinmal mosque visit, 1001 nights in Marrakech.
Due to the large number of architecturally significant buildings, including the Koutoubia Mosque dating from 1162, the 12th-century Kasbah and the 14th-century Ben-Jusuf Medersa, the old town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, along with the Agdal Gardens and the Menara Gardens. The city's main attraction is the Djemaa el Fna (literally: Square of the Beheaded), the world-famous medieval market and executioner's square, today a lively place of oriental storytellers, snake charmers and jugglers. In the new town is the Jardin Majorelle, which impresses with its variety of plants and peculiar architecture. It's a good idea to take a break in one of the countless cafés in the medina and take in the colourful hustle and bustle. Don't miss the call to prayer of the muezine at sunset on the Djemaa el Fna square.
- Accommodation: 4* hotel in Marrakech
- Highlights: Visit to the medina, Koutoubia Mosque, souks of the old town, sunset with muezinges singing at the main square Djemmaa el Fna, Majorelle Gardens, Ben Yusuf Medresa.
Today's stage takes you north to the long Atlantic coastline, where the cities of Casablanca and Rabat are located. On the winding roads of Morocco's fertile northern hills you enjoy sheer riding pleasure and your motorcycle to the fullest. Along the coastal road you reach Rabat, the capital of Morocco, and visit its icon, the Hassan Tower, the unfinished minaret of the Great Mosque.
- Destination: Rabat
- Distance / duration: 360 km / 6.5 h
- Accommodation: 5* Hotel in Rabat
- Highlights: Visit mausoleum of the royal family and Hassan Tower
From Rabat you head to Tangier, where the ferry to Europe is waiting and your Moroccan adventure gradually comes to an end. After arrival at the tour hotel, the motorbikes are returned and you say goodbye to the other tour participants during dinner.
- Destination: Málaga
- Distance / duration: 410 km / 7 h
- Accommodation: Tour hotel in Málaga
- Highlights: Ferry crossing to Europe, farewell dinner
The luggage is packed and according to your flight time, our transfer service is ready to take you to the airport. We say goodbye and hope to see you again soon on one of our future motorbike adventures.
Please note: We reserve the right to make small changes to the tour schedule.
Tourdates
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We are also happy to organize this tour as a private tour! Your group, your private tour date. request a private tour
Included services
Accommodation
- Carefully selected accommodations that truly capture the character of the region and guarantee a relaxing break after your days of riding - including only first-class 4* and 5* star hotels and genuine boutique hotels.
- Your luggage will be transported by our tour bus
Meals
- The tour price includes daily breakfast and most of the dinners during the tour; we dine a varying number of times in the hotel or in local restaurants.
- We understand how important a healthy water balance is for the motorcyclist, therefore we provide you with sufficient drinking water on tour.
Activities
As described in the tour itinerary.
Entrance fees are included.
Service and support
- Tour guidance by experienced tour guide with extensive local know-how
- First-class motorbike when booked online(our rental fleet, additional equipment and clothing can be added during the booking)
- Tour bus with back-up motorbike and second tour guide (route escort, if necessary lift)
- Daily tour briefing
- Route book + maps + gift package
- Airport transfer for tours from Málaga
Not included
- Flight, drinks, snacks, tips for tour guides, tips for porters, tips for hotel service, travel protection insurance
- Gasoline and tolls
- Everything not specifically stated in the included service
Top notch hotels
Full comfort for you and your passenger!
Enjoy our hand-picked and first-class hotels that guarantee a relaxed atmosphere in which you can unwind after your days of riding. We see our accommodation not only as a place to rest, but rather as a vital part of the touring experience. Whether it's a 5* luxury hotel or an authentic Kasbah in the oasis...our selection of hotels knows to inspire! The accommodations are selected for their excellent quality, stunning location and outstanding service.
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