Why always rush across "this monotonous stretch of flat land"? Have some fun. For beginners: starts at Boujdour, ends at a public shower some 35 km before Dakhla. Easy piste & off roading + a stretch of old spanish tarmac (don't speed on it or you may fly). Mostly pedal to the metal. Caution mines around WP 8. (Iraifia 1 thermal source) - follow the tracks when approaching and leaving.

1. N26 04.528 W14 27.393
2. N25 43.704 W14 14.890 Iraifia 3 thermal source
3. N25 31.944 W14 15.667
4. N25 25.877 W14 16.155
5. N25 14.592 W14 18.620
6. N25 09.021 W14 19.364
7. N25 03.120 W14 18.138 Iraifia 2 thermal source
8. N25 01.322 W14 24.516 Iraifia 1 thermal source - mines!
9. N24 59.861 W14 27.943
10. N24 56.483 W14 31.564
11. N24 54.058 W14 32.890
12. N24 52.585 W14 34.116
13. N24 50.835 W14 35.516
14. N24 45.943 W14 39.399
15. N24 43.271 W14 41.750
16. N24 37.962 W14 45.349
17. N24 35.279 W14 48.561
18. N24 35.392 W14 48.550
19. N24 32.775 W14 50.299
20. N24 30.750 W14 51.200
21. N24 28.600 W14 53.410
22. N24 26.300 W15 00.150
23. N24 20.240 W15 04.500
24. N24 14.100 W15 13.170
25. N24 08.960 W15 19.700
26. N23 59.030 W15 31.350
27. N23 54.530 W15 35.580
28. N23 53.060 W15 37.690
29. N23 53.580 W15 40.380
30. N23 53.993 W15 42.674 thermal shower 7 dirhams per person

units are: hdd mm.mmm

have fun

many more routes in store

Great stuff, thanks very much.
Definitely plan to explore more of W Sahara, where possible, next year.
Any and all info greatfully received.

Happy travels
Sam

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Thanks florence, very interesting.

@ Sam, when are you going? Do you want to hook up to do some of the WS if our dates fit?

Matt

Hi Matt,
Yeah, for sure if the dates work.
It's later in the year though.
My sister and I leave for Cape to Cape on Sept 1st, I guess hitting Morocco about a month later.
What does next year have in store for you?

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I'm there April and 1st week in May.

I will PM you, save posting all over florence's thread.

Any way is very important not to leave the tracks. The coast was mined by Moroccan army since Polisario began to attack spanish fish-boats in the early ´80s. Officialy there are no mines but there can be a "lost one".

On foot there is no problem, the camels have "found" anti-personel mines.

Virtually all if not all coast has been cleared of mines in the last few years, inland some bad spots remain: among others around Awserd, E rim of Dakhla sebha (south of OK 40), sebha Imlily, SE of Ain Bida, Nekjir Mts., Iraifia, some wells in Adrar Soutouff, etc. All this areas are small ... on foot no problem

I can hardly imagine Polisario (or anybody else) attacking spanish fishing boats as they usually they fish at least 5 Nm offshore.