Morocco Motorcycle Tour: Sahara, Atlas & Kasbahs

Your Morocco motorcycle tour starts at the meeting-point hotel in the far southwest of Germany, near Lörrach. Over a shared dinner you get to know each other, before the tour briefing sets the tone for the upcoming stages through France, Spain, and Morocco.

As a guided Morocco motorcycle tour, the first stage leads via Mulhouse and Besançon heading south. At Lyon you cross the Rhône, then it's only around 100 km to Valence – about 530 km of riding lie behind you today.

Via Montpellier and Narbonne, this onroad Morocco motorcycle tour continues toward Spain. About 540 km later you reach Barcelona, the Catalonian port city from which the ferry to Africa departs the next day.

After checking in at the ferry terminal, you secure your motorcycle and luggage, then it's time to relax: the Barcelona-Tangier ferry carries you and your bikes overnight by sea from Europe to Africa.

In the afternoon the ferry docks at Tangier Med. After customs formalities, the group meets their interpreter, who accompanies the entire Morocco motorcycle tour, before heading to the first hotel in Tangier City.

The first stage of this Rif Mountains motorcycle tour leads via Chefchaouen to the royal city of Meknes. Around 300 km of green, fertile landscape lie between Tangier and the impressive old town, which you can explore on an evening walk.

After breakfast, this High Atlas motorcycle tour leads over the fertile plain of Meknes up into the Middle Atlas. Via Beni Mellal and the Bin el Ouidane dam wall, you reach your accommodation near Ouzoud.

A walk to Morocco's highest waterfalls opens the day. Afterward, this Marrakech motorcycle tour follows the northern flank of the High Atlas to the "Pearl of the South," where you'll spend the next two nights.

A private bus with a local guide takes you into the heart of Marrakech: sights, the souks, and dinner at one of the city's best restaurants are on the program of this Morocco motorcycle tour today.

The 2,260-meter-high Col du Tichka takes you over the High Atlas to the Road of the Kasbahs. A photo stop at the fortified town of Ait Benhaddou is a must on this stretch, before you reach your accommodation near the Dades Gorge.

After the Dades Gorge valley, the Todra Gorge awaits with its 300-meter-high cliff walls. In the afternoon you continue to the Merzouga desert camp, where you'll ride camels to your night under the starry Sahara sky.

After sunrise over the dunes, four-wheel-drive jeeps take you back to your motorcycles. Via the Col du Zad and ancient caravan routes, this stage of the Morocco motorcycle tour reaches the royal city of Fes in the evening.

From a viewpoint outside the city, you'll overlook all of Fes, before the local guide dives deeper into the history of Morocco's royal cities and leads you through the most exotic corners of the medina and its narrow, history-laden alleys.

Via Sidi Kacem and Tetouan, past the Mediterranean coast and the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, this Morocco motorcycle tour takes you back to the port of Tangier Med, where the ferry departs for Barcelona late in the evening.

A day at sea: on deck of the ferry, you can quietly look back over the experiences of this Morocco motorcycle tour, before European ground awaits under your tires again in Barcelona the next noon and the journey home begins.

After arriving in Barcelona, the route follows the Costa Brava on small back roads, including the winding coastal road between Tossa de Mar and Sant Feliu, to just beyond the French border near Perpignan.

After a short stretch of highway from Nîmes, the winding Ardèche Valley beckons in good weather. Today's destination is Valence again, which you already know from the outbound leg of this Morocco motorcycle tour.

The last shared stage leads back to the meeting-point hotel in southwest Germany, where over a final evening together the group looks back once more over this entire Morocco motorcycle tour and all its stages.

After one final shared breakfast, it's time to say goodbye: the individual journey home concludes this guided Morocco motorcycle tour full of Sahara, Atlas, Kasbahs, and countless kilometers on two wheels.