Dear HUBB people,
myself and three other friends are looking forward to our first trip to morocco next month and we’re looking at some of the exciting routes from Chris Scott’s excellent Morocco Overland book.

Among others we’re quite interested in following the classic MS6 route from Taouz to Zagora and I wanted to ask the experts here about a potential alternative way around the Rheris river crossing from Ramlia. 

I’ve seen quite a lot of videos and forum posts about the fesh-fesh there being particularly nasty (or unpassable if the river is flowing) and as we’re on heavy dual sport bikes (BMW GS 850 Adv, Africa Twin 750 and Tenere 700) and not exactly enduro experts (we do have some decent offroad experience but not too confortable on fine sand with such heavy bikes) I can’t hide the fact that we’re a bit nervous about that 5km stretch.

So I thought I’d ask here for some advice on potential detours and alternative ways across. I know there’s an easier way over tarmac via Rissani on the N12 but we would love to do the pistes and experience that great feeling of open space around us that the desert can give, whilst doing some fun and manageable offroading. Especially since the route past the Rheris crossing is said to be much more manageable.

Also how much time would you normally allow for this route? Should we split this in two days and try to sleep in some auberge around half-way through?

One more thing: I saw this post from @TheWarden from around 2 weeks ago, mentioning roadworks around Ouzina. So perhaps there are better ways to reach zagora nowadays?

Thanks so much for the advice! this forum is an incredible resource.

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Peppe.
Discovering the outdoors on 2 wheels. BMW F850 GSA 2022