I got to Morocco in my van and wanted to leave after one week.
But then I just totally lost track of time and before I knew it my 3 month visa was up and I didn’t want to leave. Here’s what I did travelling Morocco in my van (and a round up of the Morocco posts):
Also see this post: 18 reasons I’ll come back to Morocco
I got the ferry to Morocco on Christmas day
I met my family for new year
We went into the Atlas Mountains
See post: Exploring The High Atlas Mountains of Morocco – and access by van
The van broke down
See: Breaking down in Morocco and how I got it fixed
I dropped family off in Marrakech. I spent a few days exploring
See: Marrakech by van – 14 photos and a sound recording
Then to Essaouria
See: Exploring Essaouira – 33 photos of this amazing town on the west coast of Morocco
I met some cool people and stayed for a couple of weeks
And then to Sidi Kaouki
See: Sidi Kaouki beach on the west coast of Morocco
I met some good van neighbours
This guy delivered bread and fish every morning
We played music every day and I learnt loads about African music
I did this for 3 weeks. See post: Video: playing (and learning) music of West Africa – drums and balafon
I carried on going south and picked up some hitchhikers
They brought me to Taghazout. We hung out for a couple of days
I continued to Tifnit and Mirleft
I was having trouble with camping. So much space but Police kept moving me on
And took some small mountain roads inland
There seemed to be less of a problem with wildcamping the more inland I went
I got to Tafraoute. This is where all the vans are!
See: The valley of the vans in Tafraoute, Morocco
I picked up Leah. She stayed for 8 days in the van
See: 8 days in the van with Leah Shann
We surfed in Taghazout
Post: Hanging out in Taghazout – 14 photos of Morocco’s best known surf town
Explored some roads like this…
And camped at the blue rocks near Tafraoute
See blue rocks post: Wildcamping paradise by the blue rocks in Morocco
Then I picked Mona up and went to Ait Benhaddou
This is where they filmed Gladiator and loads of other films
We took detours through palm groves
We picked up this guy, Abdoul
Trekked into the Sahara Desert on camels
We had one night in the desert. See post: The Sahara desert by campervan and camel
And back up through Todra gorge
I had to start going back up north. 3 days till my visa ran out
We found this lake with snow and mountains
This is was in the Middle Atlas region. Amazing to go from desert to snow! See post: Morocco’s Middle Atlas and a nice camping spot by a lake
And met some wild monkeys in the nearby Cedar Forest
See monkeys and locations here: Finding Morocco’s wild monkeys in 13 photos – with locations
Quick stop in Fez
I got an authentic blanket buying experience
For tips on shopping in Morocco read this: 12 things I learnt shopping in the souks of Morocco
And got some new music
I played him recordings of music I’d heard around Morocco. I spent over an hour buying CDs
Stopped at the blue town Chefchaoen
A nice looking fortress town in the Rif Mountains
It was just a few hours before my visa ran out. I drove north
The land started to turn green and it started to feel like Europe
I got the ferry back to Algeciras, Spain
See the post on getting the ferry. See post on How to get from Spain to Morocco by campervan – in 4 steps
This was my route – total of 2400 miles
Morocco was an amazing place to spend winter in my van
Also see: 18 reasons I’ll come back to Morocco
Are you thinking of coming to Morocco? see this post: 25 things to know before you come to Morocco
And as usual feel free to share your experience, tips and help in the comments below. Oh and please share if you like this post 🙂
