Marrakech - Taghazout - Essaouira

4-day trip, Atlas and Atlantic coast.

Discover Taroudant and Essaouira.

Hébergements de luxe pour des nuits de détente.

Program

We welcome you upon arrival at the airport.

Our driver will take you to your Riad, in the medina, where you will spend your first night.

Dinner will be served in your Riad as well as breakfast the next day before your departure.

Around 8:00/8:30 our driver will pick you up at your hotel or Riad and drop you off at our base.

At 9:00 you will be at the departure base where your motorcycles will be ready to ride.

Our hostess will do the last departure formalities with you, check your license and passport.

A welcome coffee, tea, orange juice will be offered to you in our reception bar accompanied by Moroccan pastries.

You can take advantage of this moment of relaxation to get to know your guide and any other participants.

You will choose your helmet and gloves, and you will contact your motorcycle ready in your name.

All motorcycles are equipped with Top Case for all your personal belongings necessary for this motorcycle ride.

A 4x4 assistance vehicle will do the entire raid with you and will transport your luggage.

Your guide will then give you the safety instructions so that you can drive serenely in Moroccan traffic.

And off we go for 4 days of riding and nearly 990 km…. At the latest at 10am we will hit the road.

This 4-day ride is a summary of beautiful Atlas mountain roads by motorbike and breathtaking landscapes.

You can visit Taroudant with a guide on the morning of the second day and Essaouira on foot in the afternoon of the 3rd day,

To begin we will go around Marrakech and you will be able to appreciate the architecture of the ramparts of the Medina.

We will go along the popular and authentic districts of Marrakech before heading towards the Ourika road.

After 30 minutes maximum we will have left Marrakech and we will start the road towards the Tizi N'test pass.

Your motorcycles are suitable for this long ride and particularly comfortable for the rider and any passenger.

All the roads taken during this long road trip are very pleasant winding roads with magnificent mountain landscapes.

Every lunchtime a well-deserved break is organized in traditional Moroccan restaurants.

The selected hotels, Riads, Guest houses will always be chosen for their calm, luxury and relaxation areas.

In the mornings, 'quiet' departures at 10 am after a hearty Moroccan breakfast.

Day 1 - Marrakech/Taroudant - 236 km (via the Tizi N'Test pass).

Day 2 - Taroudant/Taghazout - 234 km (via Anti-Atlas mountain roads, to the coast).

Day 3 - Taghazout/Essaouira - 270 km (via coastal roads).

Day 4 - Essaouira/Marrakech - 250 km (via the desert plains and the Agafay desert).

In total: 990 km or an average of: 250 km/day

The first day we reach Taroudant via the Tizi N'Test pass (2,100 m), lunch at the pass.

The first night will be at the Riad le Jasmin in Taroudant, a green oasis 5km from Taroudant with its magnificent swimming pool.

In Taroudant the swimming pool is at your disposal all evening and even all night….

The second day is magical, you will drive for 3 hours in the mountains, crossing a maximum of 5 cars, it is exceptional.

We will leave a little earlier than usual (between 9am and 9:30am to quickly visit the Kasbah of Taroudant on foot and the medina by motorbike.

This second day ends at the seaside and you will follow the coastline for 60km to watch the surfers.

The night will be spent in a guesthouse facing the sea and the aperitif at sunset will leave you with a memory for a long time.

The Corsican boss André will welcome you and prepare fabulous grilled meat or fish.

The next day direction Essaouira by taking the coastal road.

A coffee break in Imsouane where we guarantee an unexpected spectacle, you will no longer be in Morocco but in Australia.

Imsouane is a magnificent bay and it is the macque of surfers from all over the world…. A truly mind-blowing and totally improbable spot.

Lunch will be taken in Sidi Kaouki in a restaurant with a Spanish atmosphere, we will be a few kilometers from Essaouira.

We will have arrived in the middle of the afternoon, you can if you wish take your motorbikes to visit Essaouira on foot.

The less courageous can spend the end of the afternoon by the pool.

The third night will be in Essaouira, a city famous for its authentic fishing port and its windy beaches.

The return to Marrakech will take small roads that will take us through villages and rural landscapes.

Before lunch in Chichaoua we will cross desert plains as far as the eye can see.

Finally, before reaching Marrakech, we will follow the Agafay desert, to arrive at Lake Lalla Takerkoust.

During this road trip all expenses are included, accommodation, meals, coffee breaks, snack breaks, gasoline, no surprises for your wallet.

The only expenses that are not included and will remain at your expense are alcoholic beverages.

Your guide, familiar with Moroccan roads, will be able to adapt the speed of the group according to the level of the drivers and the traffic conditions.

On the way back to the base on the last day, at our bar you can have a drink at the end and start to regret the moment when you have to think about going back….

Our driver will then take you back to the Riad reserved for you where you will have your last dinner.

The next day our driver will take you back to the airport.

Our greatest satisfaction will be your smiles when we leave with the promise to start again….