Atlas & Sahara Gravel Bike Tour

Discover Morocco like few ever do on this 7-day gravel bike adventure, where rugged mountain passes, hidden valleys and desert-edge landscapes meet authentic culture, remote villages and exceptional local cuisine. Starting and ending in Marrakech, this tour is designed for intermediate to advanced riders seeking adventure, challenge and comfort in the wild. Every ride is fully supported: a dedicated vehicle follows you throughout, carrying luggage and providing assistance, while a local chef prepares fresh, hot meals at lunch, sometimes in the middle of nowhere.

Highlights

• Remote gravel routes across the High Atlas, valleys and desert-edge landscapes
• Dedicated support vehicle carrying luggage and providing mechanical assistance
• Chef-prepared fresh hot lunches served in stunning remote scenery
• Stay in Berber villages, visit local markets and meet Amazigh families
• Explore Ait Benhaddou, Telouet Kasbah and other UNESCO sites
• From snow-capped peaks to saffron fields and desert plateaus
• Daily distances of 70–110 km with climbs and flowing descents

This 7-day gravel riding journey threads through Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert, chosen so every stage strings together the region's finest riding and its most rewarding scenery. Adventure gravel riding on unpaved pistes, caravan tracks and quiet backroads defines the character of the route, and the terrain is best described as gravel roads, mountain tracks, valley trails.

Expect daily distances of 70–110 km / day with climbing of up to 1,600 m / day, linking terraced valleys, stone Amazigh (Berber) villages, ancient mule tracks and dramatic mountain passes. Long, honest ascents are repaid with flowing descents and vast panoramas — from snow-dusted High Atlas ridgelines to palm-fringed oases and desert horizons, depending on where the route takes you.

A dedicated 4x4 support vehicle shadows the group throughout, carrying luggage, water, snacks, spares and a travelling chef, so you ride unburdened while never being far from help. Your guide continually reads the group and shapes each day around the weather, your fitness and the light — pausing at the viewpoints, springs, kasbahs and villages that make Atlas Mountains and Sahara Desert unforgettable.