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Need advice planing my 2012 Morocco holiday
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I'm going to visit Morocco on my Holidays, for 2 weeks, driving my land Rover series 3, and would like to do as much off-road as possible. The plan is to go slow (Couldn't go fast even if I wanted anyway ) camping along the way, if possible in camping parks, but don't mind a couple of nights in the wild.

I've based myself on Chris Scott's book, and these are the tracks :

1) M01 Sid Ifni -> Plague Blanch -> Tan Tan
2)MW3 Tan Tan -> Assa
3)MA2 Assa - > Ait Herbil -> Tafraoute
4)MA3 Tafraoute -> Akka
5)MS8 Akka -> Tata -> Tagounite
6)MS6 Tagounite -> erg chebbi -> Rissani

What do you think ? Are these tracks a good choice or too difficult ?

My initial plan is to leave on the 21/4 should be nice and warm without being
baking hot.

I'm also looking to get another car to go together, if anyone wants to join me that would be good.

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Thanks for the link, I'll check carefully.

Any thoughts about the tracks I mentioned ?
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Looks like a nice tour. If you had time, you could run over Nekob to Tinerhir piste, in my mind one of the best in the country.

Beware the tide at the beach - but then you'll know that!

Beaware of possible aggressive touts at Rissani - the only place we experienced hassle in Maroc - just keep smiling!

The run up the Algerian border gives you a great prespective on remoter parts of the Sahara farther east in Algeria and Libya and may whet your appetite for another tour!
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Quote:
1) M01 Sid Ifni -> Plague Blanch -> Tan Tan
2)MW3 Tan Tan -> Assa
3)MA2 Assa - > Ait Herbil -> Tafraoute
4)MA3 Tafraoute -> Akka
5)MS8 Akka -> Tata -> Tagounite
6)MS6 Tagounite -> erg chebbi -> Rissani
I've done

MO1, very nice driving along the beach, recommended. Very nice place to camp is N28 32.759 W10 59.583 Ksar Tafnidilt, not expensive.

MA3, stunning route well worth doing, all the routes I have done in the Anti Atlas are nice and far less touristy than the a lot of Morocco.

MS8, quieter and more remote feeling than MS6, you maybe able to travel along the piste from Migourdane if you're lucky, more chance travelling East to West though as there is (was when I was there) an Army check point around Migourdane who may stop you.

MS6, fantastic, must be done route in my opinion.

Overall, I think you have chosen a very nice part of Morocco to explore. I will be there around that time so we may bump into each other.

Have fun

I have some pictures Here of some of those routes if you're interested.
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Thank you all for your input, I've read about the tide beach, does the beach disappear completely with high tide ? or do we have some margin for error ?

Reggwensie you are talking about mh4 route ? I'm going to give these part of Morocco a miss this time, but if all goes well I'll be back many times , and this route , together with the todra gorge will be definitely on my list.

Twenty4seven, I've seen your pics, really nice, makes me want to go right now! what time of the year did you went ?

MA3 is it very rocky/bumpy ?

About MS8 I'll try my luck in going west to east. Does this track cross the Iriki lake ? I also want to visit Erg Chegaga, and possibly camp there for 1 night. Judging by your pic you camped in the wild, any problems ?

These routes, would they be suitable for a single vehicle ? ie, if something goes really bad, I can expect a car to pass in a few days (3 to 5 ) ? Because at the moment I don't have any company.

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Hi

In case you didn't read on the travel reports, we returned to Portugal safe and sound, already planning the next trip back

about what to take, well books have been writen on this subject , 2 I strongly recommend is "Sahara overland" from our own moderator Chris Scott, and the other is "Vehicle dependent expedition guide" from Tom Sheppard.

Best advice I can give is to try and take the minimum possible, I know is difficult , but try to avoid the "this might be usefull" syndrome.

In my particular case I took 2 boxes with spares for the car, the only thing I used was a new set of spark plugs that I always carry with me anyway, but then again I was travelling just with my wife, if I had another car travelling with me probably I wouln't had taken so much.

The only thing I really miss was lip balm, when we arrived at Merzouga after week in the pistes our lips where really dry and painfull.

Have a good journey

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I popped into a chemist in a town (can't remember the name but it was full of old Transit vans) and bought some vaseline in a tube for my lips.

They didn't understand my charades for lip balm but they did understand vaseline.
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I always stick some sun block on my nose, then wipe the remainder over my lips. Achieves two in one.

My hands get chapped and I get split finger tip skin with the dry air, so carrying some fairly thick cream is helpful.

My medical kit is extremely comprehensive, mainly filled with tubes of things that are three-quarters empty so they take less space.
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