Sophie's travels 2011-2012: 11/01/2012 Fes

Sunday, 29 January 2012

11/01/2012 Fes – Merzouga, Morocco

We set off early for the Sahara desert! We drove through amazing scenery including the Middle Atlas Mountains, past little desert oases and stopped in a little town they call the Switzerland of Morocco – where it gets really cold, the fountains were frozen over while we were there but no snow. We drove through a forest with wild monkeys which Laura fed a bag of peanuts – very cute and had lunch at a restaurant in the middle of nowhere which was great (surrounded by desert). We drove on through the desert for a long time – barren, rocky dry land (they call the sand dunes part the Sahara and the rocky parts the desert). We arrived in the Sahara in the dark and got settled in our traditional mud brick rooms. We had an amazing dinner with all sorts of vegies, soup, meats and salad then kicked on with Moroccan music and dancing by candle light and an open fire place – amazing! Despite 8 hours of driving we had a brilliant day, worth every minute of the drive!

Driving from Fes to Merzouga

Lion statue in 'The Switzerland of Morocco'

Driving from Fes to Merzouga

Driving from Fes to Merzouga through the middle Atlas mountians

Driving from Fes to Merzouga

Wild monkey!

Wild monkey eating peanuts

Driving from Fes to Merzouga

The High Atlas Mountains

Donkeys on the drive from Fes to Merzouga

The High Atlas Mountains

The drive from Fes to Merzouga

Fuel

The High Atlas Mountains

Stopping for pics in the desert

Bob our crazy bus driver and The High Atlas Mountains

Arabic graffiti

Bob and the bus...

Laura, Tom and I and The High Atlas Mountains

Tom, Mary and I and The High Atlas Mountains

The High Atlas Mountains

The group soaking up the sun at our lunch stop

Our lunch stop

Driving into the desert

Arabic on the hill sides driving into the desert

The desert!

Driving through the desert to Merzouga

Oasis

Driving through the desert to Merzouga

Oasis

Laura, Tom and at the Oasis stop

Our bus driving through the desert!

Driving through the desert to Merzouga

Oasis

Driving through the desert to Merzouga

Approaching Merzouga at sunset

Our amazing dinner in Merzouga

Dinner in the desert

Dancing to the Berber music!

The group having a go at Berber music

3 comments:

Unknown17 February 2016 at 09:38
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I'm Mohamed africa i welcome to the beautiful moroccan land and quiet magic desert , we will be happy to share with you all great moments of your holidays in morocco,We are berber people born and raised in the desert with our family in southern Morocco, Our childhood was with nomadic life, traveling around the desert with the family, Every month we change the home to nother home looking for a green place for our animales as camels and goats ,Our experience started with guiding the guests from a several hotels in merzouga desert, We learned many langues as English, Spanish, French, Portugues , with the parents we learned our mother langues Berber and Arabic as my second language from the same religion of Islam ,Now after nine years of guiding the travelers from around the world in morocco,We started from few years ago to organize Camel trekking in erg chebbi desert for spent one night in desert by camels ,and more nights like nomade people in their old life ,Trekking in merzouga desert,Yoga meditation with all necessary , Rent 4x4 to explore the area of merzouga , but we avoid the sand dunes to respect the value of the nature, to discover the environment and to teach you about our culture .
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Unknown17 February 2016 at 09:38
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I'm Mohamed africa i welcome to the beautiful moroccan land and quiet magic desert , we will be happy to share with you all great moments of your holidays in morocco,We are berber people born and raised in the desert with our family in southern Morocco, Our childhood was with nomadic life, traveling around the desert with the family, Every month we change the home to nother home looking for a green place for our animales as camels and goats ,Our experience started with guiding the guests from a several hotels in merzouga desert, We learned many langues as English, Spanish, French, Portugues , with the parents we learned our mother langues Berber and Arabic as my second language from the same religion of Islam ,Now after nine years of guiding the travelers from around the world in morocco,We started from few years ago to organize Camel trekking in erg chebbi desert for spent one night in desert by camels ,and more nights like nomade people in their old life ,Trekking in merzouga desert,Yoga meditation with all necessary , Rent 4x4 to explore the area of merzouga , but we avoid the sand dunes to respect the value of the nature, to discover the environment and to teach you about our culture .
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morocco-tours-cameltrekking23 November 2019 at 12:33
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I'm Mohamed africa i welcome to the beautiful moroccan land and quiet magic desert , we will be happy to share with you all great moments of your holidays in morocco,We are berber people born and raised in the desert with our family in southern Morocco, Our childhood was with nomadic life, traveling around the desert with the family, Every month we change the home to nother home looking for a green place for our animales as camels and goats ,Our experience started with guiding the guests from a several hotels in merzouga desert, We learned many langues as English, Spanish, French, Portugues , with the parents we learned our mother langues Berber and Arabic as my second language from the same religion of Islam ,Now after nine years of guiding the travelers from around the world in morocco,We started from few years ago to organize Camel trekking in erg chebbi desert for spent one night in desert by camels ,and more nights like nomade people in their old life ,Trekking in merzouga desert,Yoga meditation with all necessary , Rent 4x4 to explore the area of merzouga , but we avoid the sand dunes to respect the value of the nature, to discover the environment and to teach you about our culture .
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