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Originally Posted by Richard Washington
We spent four nights on the Mhamid- Foum Zguid stretch. The first was about 50 km out of Mhamid on the east side (a little towards the Algerian border) in some nice low dunes in the river bed near a well. We left the main M-FG piste quite early on and roamed through the hilly region east of the piste ending up in a wide river bed with lovely dunes. We spent another couple of nights near Erg Chegaga (a bit further on and about 30 km east of the main M-FG piste). Erg Chagaga is a nice alternative to the main erg that everyone goes to in Maroc. The final night was after the big dry lake bed and about 5km off piste up a river valley to the west of the piste. There were many such alternatives and there was nothing special about this one, just that it was 'off-piste' and pretty country. These four nights were the best country we covered in Maroc. We wanted to do the same on the FG-tata stretch, but ended up driving the tar road and not finding much opportunity to leave.
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Many thanks Richard and Chris. Sounds Promising then.
Richard, can you clarify, did you head east from Mhamid for your first night, or did you follow the M7 route towards Foum-Zguid then turn left (Southwards) towards the border?
If you went east from the M7 route you would be going back towards Tagounite? Can you check the directions given? I don't suppose you have any way points for any of your offpiste stuff do you?
Thanks for those Waypoints Chris, I will see where they plot on the map and take it from there. Interesting point about not being able to camp south of the road west of Oued Tissint. May have to hit the road at Foum-Zguid afterall then?
Regards,
Diff
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