{"id":58723,"date":"2023-01-12T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T02:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=58723"},"modified":"2025-03-12T21:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T10:44:08","slug":"how-to-hike-bike-and-camel-ride-your-way-off-moroccos-beaten-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/how-to-hike-bike-and-camel-ride-your-way-off-moroccos-beaten-path\/","title":{"rendered":"How to hike, bike and camel-ride your way off Morocco\u2019s beaten path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travellers might be drawn to Morocco for its markets and food, but now, with the launch of a new active trip, Intrepid trip leader Fayssal Mallouki is excited to showcase the country\u2019s more adventurous side.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With their dynamic mix of culture, cuisine and architecture, Morocco\u2019s<\/a> cities \u2013 from Marrakech to Fez to Casablanca \u2013 have long been a travel favourite. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But beyond the cities\u2019 bustling medinas (old towns) and newer layers of modernity, Morocco has plenty to offer the adventurous and active traveller<\/a> looking to explore beyond the bus windows. If you\u2019re after a more intimate, immersive and open-air journey through Morocco’s diverse landscape, Intrepid\u2019s new Morocco: Hike & Bike<\/a> trip could be exactly what you need in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this trip, travellers walk, cycle and even ride camels through beautiful, lesser-known parts of the country, from the rolling sand dunes of the Sahara Desert through to the oases and towering gorges dotting the Atlas Mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intrepid trip leader Fayssal Mallouki, who hails from M\u2019rirt city in Khenifra province, is excited to be leading this trip from April 2023. Fayssal has been working with Intrepid since 2018, and loves to welcome visitors to his country. \u201cI\u2019m a very social and adventurous person, and I love meeting people from different places and nationalities,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Fayssal was 14 years old, his brother introduced him to cycling, and he has since spent plenty of time exploring the natural world of Morocco on two wheels. As his admiration for the great outdoors grew, so did his love for trekking, which he started doing in 2015. This new trip lets him combine these two modes of travel, all while sharing his extensive local knowledge and appreciation of his home country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe mixture between hiking and cycling in the new itinerary will make the trip very active and adventurous,\u201d he says. \u201cActive trips are a different experience as well, because the customers gain a deeper understanding of many things, including the cultures of the country, through their interactions with the local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trip itinerary reads like a highlight reel of Moroccan adventures: ride rocky trails through Berber villages and hike through valleys and high mountain passes in the Atlas ranges; explore the Todra Gorge\u2019s towering orange limestone cliffs and nearby palm groves by foot; take a camel safari to a secluded campsite in the Saharan Desert, where you\u2019ll sleep soundly under the brilliant night sky; and visit the 11th-century mud-brick kasbah (fortified village) of Ait Benhaddou, featured in Game of Thrones<\/em> and Gladiator<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Kasbah Ait Benhaddou is a remarkable place, the road it rests on \u2013 one of the few routes across the Atlas Mountains \u2013 is pretty special in its own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince ancient times, Morocco has been the centre of trading in the north-west of Africa. Fez and Marrakech have alway been very important commercial, exchange and meeting points for most traders,\u201d Fayssal explains. \u201cTo reach the cities, many of the caravans [groups of people travelling together, often on trade expeditions] <\/strong>used to travel from the eastern and sub-Saharan countries across the Atlas Mountains on the same paths that exist today. Our itinerary passes through these routes \u2013 the Ounila and Ziz Valleys \u2013 making the trip just fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We know \u2013 this all sounds pretty amazing. But what if you\u2019re worried your athletic levels aren\u2019t quite up to scratch for all of this hiking and biking? While a base level of fitness is a good idea for any active trip, Fayssal and the other local leaders will always do what they can to help their group. \u201cWe always try to make an active adventure easier for the customers if need be,\u201d he says. \u201cFor example, e-bikes are usually available for cycling trips and can be provided by the company.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a country famed for its vibrant cities, Fayssal is looking forward to showing travellers a different \u2013 but no less impressive \u2013 side to this well-loved destination. \u201cWith incredible biodiversity, four mountain ranges, the Sahara, oceans, and the mixture between old and new cities, Morocco is a great destination for an active adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be one of the first to immerse yourself in a lesser-known side of Morocco on Intrepid\u2019s Morocco: Hike & Bike<\/a> trip.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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