| 8 Days | 5 Days ½ Cycling | Grade Sportive: 4 | Technical : 3 |
Day 1 Casablanca Marrakech Arrival to Casablanca Airport, welcome by our guide and transfer to Marrakech by minibus. Overnight at 3* hotel on BB basis (Hotel Oudaya or equivalent) Day 2 Marrakech – Toundout : Early Departure to Demnate and the Tizi n’Fedghate Pass, prepare bikes and start cycling near Ghessat towards east.
Highlights:
- Imi n’Ifri natural bridge
Overnight in a Gite at Toundout
Meals: B – L – D
210 km road transfer. 30 km MTB. Uneven: +150m, Day 3 Toundout – Boutghrar – Ait Yul: 72 km MTB. Uneven: +550m,-350m. Highlights:
- Ait Zaghar plateau with nomads and Troglodyte caves
- The Qati Canyons (if not too much water!)
- Superb Berber red stone and mud bricks villages
Overnight in a Gite at Ait Yul
Meals: B – L – D
Day 4 Dades – Tagmout: 70 km MTB / Uneven: +750m, -520m.
Highlights:
- Dades Valley, discovery of rose fields and Kasbahs
- The Challenging Tagmout Pass 1980m to cross the Saghro Range
- Superb views on the snow capped Atlas Mountains
Overnight in Gite or Camp at Ait Tagmout
Meals: B – L – D
Day 5 Tagmout – Tansikht: 65 km de MTB / Uneven: +1200m, -1520m. Highlights:
- Challenging traverse of the Djebel Saghro
- Encounter the last family nomad camps
- Superb scenery of Canyons, pitons, valleys …
Overnight in Gite or Camp at Tansikht
Meals: B – L – D
Day 6 Tansikht – Tissergate: 62 km MTB / Uneven: +100m, -300m. Highlights:
- Cycle along the legendary Draa Valley
- Witness the traditional life in the oases with intense farming
- Discover one of the most important and longest Palm grove in Morocco …
Overnight in Gite at Tissergate
Meals: B – L – D
Day 7 Tissergate – Marrakech:
Highlights:
- Cycle to Zagora, the start point to the great Sahara
- Drive along the right bank of the Draa Valley
- Cross the spectacular Tichka Pass …
Overnight in 3* hotel in Marrakech
Meals: B – L
Day 8 Departure: Transfer to Casablanca Airport and flight back home.
Meals: B