We had never been in Morocco during the month of March and we were surprised at the abundance of wild flowers growing in the…

We stayed for two nights on the banks of the River Ziz, the deep gorge providing a spectacular backdrop.  The weather was sunny but…

  The sand dunes (ergs) were just a small portion of the huge Sahara Desert, which covered 8% the earth’s surface.  Most of the…

Himi and his family were the owners of La Palmeraie D’Amezrou, a camp site set in the shade of palm trees in the Draa…

We left Tata and set off north east towards Zagora.  The scenery was mountainous, rocky and starkly beautiful. We passed herds of camels, roaming…

It was March, the start of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims fasted between dawn and sunset.   Over 40% of the population…

An hour’s drive from Fort Bou was a nature reserve at La Plage Blanche, 40 km of sandy beach where the Sahara Desert met…

Bou Jerif was a hotel and camp site adjacent to the ruins of a fort built in 1935 by the French Foreign Legion.  The…

Our next stop was at Sidi Ifni, a seaside town popular with surfers.  Most of the camp sites were at beach level but the…