Sunset at Auberge Borj Biramane Our truck looking insignificant against the mountain. The dry river bed route to the village We stayed in the…

We stopped for a couple of days in Tata, a modern-looking Saharan town near the Algerian border.  We were surprised that the camp site…

One piece of advice we were given, which we always took very seriously: NEVER DRIVE AFTER DARK. Outside the town centres it was pitch…

We drove through a desolate, rocky plateau in the Anti-Atlas mountains. It was a sparsely populated area with less than 200 mm of rain…

Zagora was the blue dot We stayed in Zagora for a few days. The camp site was set in a Palmerie and Himi, the…

Coming down the mountain Driving on a dry lake bed Coming through the acacia trees Hamid, Hassan and Tony The time we spent with…

We ended our off-piste driving at Tafraoute, a large and dusty village of mainly mud brick huts, plus one small hotel. The village was…

One of our overnight stops We stayed four more nights in the Sahara, it was hard work driving off road. I don’t suppose we…

Erg ChebbiView from our desert camp We stayed two nights at a camp site at Hassilabied, one of the many tourist villages in the…

We watched as the builders constructed this wall from the earth.  The dampened soil had to be carefully prepared over two days, no cement…