CYCLING TRIPS IN MOROCCORoad Cycling Morocco
from North to South
Difficulty
Medium
Min Age
14 +
Duration
11 Days
This is Road Cycling Morocco at its most complete: eleven days from the High Atlas to the edge of the Sahara, crossing the 2,260-meter Tichka Pass, the fortified kasbahs of Ait Benhaddou, and canyon country most travelers only see from a tour bus window.
By day six you’re at the foot of the dunes in Merzouga, climbing the great dune at sunset with views that reach all the way to Algeria. The final mountain pass, on the way back to Marrakech, brings seven separate peaks over 4.000 meters into view at once. Few Road Cycling Morocco Routes cover this much ground, or this much of the country’s extremes, in a single trip.
Includes & Excludes
✔️ English and French speaking local guide
✔️ Road bike with helmet
✔️ all meals during this trip
✔️ A support vehicle follow us all the time and the van for transfers
✔️ Accommodation
❌ Travel insurance
Essential Equipment
We recommend packing the following items:
– Normal daily clothes
– Padded cycling shorts and gloves
– Breathable top or cycling jersey
– Sunglasses/eye protection
– Stiff-soled shoes suitable for cycling
– Waterproofs and long cycling trousers
– For the earlier departures you may need some warmer layers
– Sun cream
– Water bottle or Camelback
PER PERSON
€ 1000
Tour
Itinerary
Departure
Day 1
Marrakech Airport
You are welcomed by me personally at Marrakech Airport, followed by a short transfer of about 20 minutes to your hotel in Marrakech. If you have brought your own bike with you, we take you to our shop to assemble it, and we keep your bike box until the end of the trip. In the evening, we have dinner together and a quick meeting to get to know each other and talk about our trip.
Day 2
Marrakech – Ait Benhaddou
81 km / elevation gain: 1,460 m
Departure at 8:00 am after breakfast by road to Taddert via the Tichka Pass (2,260 m).
Bike stage to Ait Benhaddou.
Lunch during the stage at Telouet.
Dinner and night no. 2 at Ait Benhaddou.
Day 3
Ait Benhaddou – Dades
114 km / elevation gain: 960 m
Early in the morning, walk to the UNESCO site of Ait Benhaddou.
Drive to Ouarzazate.
Bike stage to Boulmane-Dades through the Valley of 1,000 Kasbahs and the Valley of the Roses.
Lunch midway.
Dinner and night no. 3 in Boulmane-Dades.
Day 4
The Canyon of the Dades
92 km / elevation gain: 1,300 m
This stage in the Dades Valley, with its kasbahs and cultivated terraces, is a marvel.
Lunch at km 36. After that, everyone can adapt their own stage, as we make a return trip to the gorge.
Dinner and night no. 4 at Boulmane-Dades.
Day 5
Dades – Erfoud
90 km / elevation gain: 310 m
We visit the Todra Gorges and the Tinghir oasis early in the morning.
Then bike stage to Erfoud, the capital of fossils and the cheche (traditional desert headscarf).
Lunch at Tinejdad.
Dinner and night no. 5 at Erfoud.
Day 6
Erfoud – Merzouga
50 km / elevation gain: 200 m
A short stage in a dreamlike setting, on a very rolling course across expanses of fine sand.
In the afternoon, we go by bus to the foot of the great dune. Walkers can climb it to see Algeria, 20 km away. A camel excursion and mint tea are possible.
Visit to the Berber handicraft cooperative (no obligation to buy).
Dinner and night no. 6 in Merzouga at the foot of the dunes.
Day 7
Merzouga – Alnif
104 km / elevation gain: 560 m
Road transfer to Rissani (1 hour), where we visit the souk and its donkey market.
Lunch in the Mecissi area.
Dinner and night no. 7 at Alnif.
Day 8
Alnif – Zagora
100 km via Tizi n’Tafilalet / elevation gain: 430 m
Transfer to Tarzarine, where our stage of the day begins.
A relatively rolling stage through arid landscapes.
Very typical lunch before Tizi n’Test.
Dinner and night no. 8 in Zagora, the pearl of the south.
Day 9
Zagora – Agdz through the Draa Valley
90 km / elevation gain: 560 m
We follow the largest palm grove in Morocco to Agdz.
A stage through the Draa oasis, with lunch en route.
Dinner and night no. 9 in a typical and comfortable riad.
Day 10
Agdz – Ouarzazate
78 km / elevation gain: 1,260 m
A very nice pass for this last stage, with a 17 km climb to cross in a fantastic landscape, in a desert of pebbles.
At the top, we admire the seven summits of more than 4,000 m in Morocco.
Lunch at Ouarzazate.
In the afternoon, we reach Marrakech by road.
Dinner and night no. 10 in Marrakech (the hotel of the first day).
Day 11
Transfer to Marrakech Airport
End of our services after breakfast.
Transfer to Marrakech Airport according to your flight schedule.
End of our services.
TREKKING
BIKING
LOCATION & HOURS
Douar Aroumd, Imlil, Asni, Al Haouz, Marrakech
Biking in Morocco is a locally owned tour company offering authentic cycling and trekking adventures across Morocco. Led by experienced local guides Abderrahim and Lahcen Idmansour, we share our knowledge, culture, and passion for Morocco to create memorable experiences for travelers from around the world.
