Ouirgane Valley (1/2 Day): 132 km road transfer/ Apr 9km MTB / Level: 1 / Height
difference: +150m /- 200m
After breakfast at the Hotel, we drive for 66 km towards wes to get to our
ride starting point. We mount our bikes and ride on a double track towards south. We
cross through a small pass in an eroded reddish clay landscape until we reach the
Berber villages of Torort and Agouni. Our tour ends overhanging the Tasekourt Dam
on the Nfiss Valley. Transfer back to Marrakech, arrival by the end of the
morning.
Tacheddirt Valley (1 Day): 121 km road transfer/ Apr 21 km MTB / Level: 2 / Height
difference: +200m /- 1100m
After breakfast a short drive will take us to the foothill of the mount Toubkal,
Morocco’s and North Africa’s highest summit ‘4167m’. Our ride starts at Tizi
n’Tamatart at 2230m high on a side crossing road before we join a double track
descending down the valley. The itinerary is awesome overhanging the deep wady
with its green terraces and bee hive like villages stuck to the arid mountain sides. At
the background we could nearly touch the majestic, often in snow, high Atlas summits.
Our ride takes end at the Asni village around mid afternoon.
NB. This itinerary can be done the other way round and level changes to 3 !
L’Oukaimden (1 Day): 120 km road transfer/ Apr 17 km MTB / Level: 2 / Height
difference: +100m /- 1500m
After breakfast a short drive will take us to Morocco’s most famous ski station
Oukaimden at 2660m. A pretty landscape of high plateau pastures where tradition
Berber shepherd housed contrast with alpine chalets! We mount our bikes for an
amazing descent with a great panorama facing the magnificent pyramid of mount
Toubkal and amazing villages of Assertek. All long our trail, we will se the evolution of
the vegetation from the high altitude odorous juniper trees forest to the low altitude
pine and thuya trees. We carry on our bike ride down the Ghighaya Valley and to the
Marrakech that we reach around mid afternoon.
NB. This itinerary can be done the other way round and level changes to 4 !
The Djebilate (1 Day): 70 km road transfer/ Apr 36 km MTB / Level: 2 / Height
difference: +150m /- 100m
Start from Marrakech: After breakfast we drive north of the city towards the old
Almoravid Bridge on Tensift River. Our ride crosses the “Hercynian Range » in
parallel with the high Atlas. By paths and double tracks we will discover this
little massif with its granitic rock formations and typical villages. We drive back
to Marrakech at mid afternoon. (Period: October to April).
Marrakech Desert (1 Day): 90 km road transfer/ Apr 33 km MTB / Level: 2 / Height
difference: +200m /- 280m
North of the little city of Amezmiz, a small “Desert” stands in between the high range
of the Atlas and the vast Haouz Plain. Across this decor our biking will take place. A
Mongolia look like landscapes of yellow and white plateaus contrasting with the snowy
summits at the background. We drive back to the Marrakech at mid afternoon.
(Period: October to May).