This is what the other camps are preparing you for.
Land in Casablanca. Drive south to Taghazout. A short ride to wake the legs, then up the coast — Imsouane, Essaouira. One long day inland: 177 kilometres from the Atlantic to Marrakech. Then Tizi n'Tichka, up and down — two thousand metres both ways. Then Marrakech takes over. Ten days, seven rides, one mountain — twice.
Eleven days.
Casablanca arrival
Land at Casablanca (CMN). Transfer south to Taghazout — the surf base for the first two nights. Transfer method under research.
Agadir loop
A short ride to wake the legs. Easy spin to find the rhythm before the coast.
Taghazout → Imsouane
Up the coast to the long-right fishing point at Imsouane. Rolling, medium day.
Imsouane → Essaouira
The long coastal day into the walls of the medina. The hardest day on the coast.
Essaouira → Marrakech · EPIC
One long day inland — 177 kilometres from the Atlantic to Marrakech. N8 via Sidi Mokhtar, route to be plotted on Strava.
Palmeraie Recon
A recon spin through the palm grove. Easy legs before the mountain.
Tizi n'Tichka · QUEEN
Out and back over the pass — two thousand metres each way. Vans follow up and down. Ride what you can; the van waits at the top.
Marrakech → Agafay
Out to the Agafay — stone desert under the Atlas, the gate to the Sahara. A rolling day on the bike before the rest days. Averages 85 km, 600 m up.
Marrakech · free day
Off bike. Souk, hammam, medina. Villa 150 at Amelkis is ours.
Marrakech · free day
Off bike. Rest, eat, wander. Last night in the villa.
Transfer · departure
Transfer Marrakech → Casablanca. Bikes packed, flights home.
How it runs.
Twelve riders — a mix of strong and steady. Self-drive support, no team bus. Group ride, no drop policy. On the mountain the vans follow up and down: ride what you can, the van waits at the top.
Where we sleep.
Surf base on the coast, a riad in the Essaouira medina, a private villa buyout in Marrakech for the back half of the trip.
