Magical Morocco Motorcycle Tour
Mountains, Oases & Casbahs
Spain | Morocco
Feb. 15 — Mar. 02, 2025 Sold Out
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Morocco is magical! Morocco has dramatically changing scenery around every turn ranging from rolling green hills and snow-peaked mountains, to the mysterious red sand dunes of the Sahara Desert. On this motorcycle tour in Morocco, you’ll visit the largest Medina in the world, explore casbahs, see oases and have opportunities to buy hand-made rugs, drink mint tea and ride a camel in the Sahara’s sand dunes at sunset! You will dine on succulent dishes like couscous and tagine.
Your riding days will see you grinning your way through broad sweepers and snaking around mountain passes on excellently maintained paved roads. Morocco really is magical!
IMTBIKE ROUTE rating
It is essential to know the different skill levels needed to participate in the IMTBIKE TOURS that are offered to you. IMTBIKE makes sure that it offers different tours for all riding styles and levels. The IMTBIKE team always works diligently in designing our routes. This is a laborious process which entails reviewing all road choices before selecting the best option for an IMTBIKE tour.
The most experienced motorcyclists looks for roads that require technical skill; narrow twisty roads with little traffic and endless curves. But these same roads would be too difficult for a less experienced rider.
The local driving habits, the amount of traffic, the asphalt quality and the radius of the curves vary considerably from country to country and even in different regions of the same country. They will also vary depending on the season of the year. All of these factors have been studied by IMTBIKE and have been taken into consideration when rating our tours.
IMTBIKE thinks it is also important to know about the different types of roads you will be enjoying on your tour. To understand the road types easier, IMTBIKE has divided them into two categories, and we have calculated an approximate percentage of each on all of our tours.
- TOURING ROADS: These are wider roads comprised mainly of larger radius sweepers. They are still curvy roads but not tight mountainous twisty curves. Please remember that you will ride very few straight roads on IMTBIKE tours!
- CHALLENGING ROADS: These are roads that are tight twisty turns which require more technical skill. Many times they will be narrower roads without a shoulder and sometimes with steep inclines or descents. Normally they will be mountainous roads accompanied by spectacular sceneries.
If you have never ridden a motorcycle outside of your country, or if you have little experience riding on mountain roads with many curves, we recommend that you choose a tour rated moderate or intermediate. If you have any questions or doubts please do not hesitate to call or email us. We are always happy to answer your questions to make sure that you choose the best tour for your riding level.
Moderate
This route offers wider sweeping turns that are easy to maneuver. This route may have some tighter turns in a few places but this will be the exception. Regardless, even on moderate tours you must be able to ride a large cylinder motorcycle in any condition. Never plan to learn how to ride a motorcycle on an IMTBIKE tour. We recommend having a minimum of 8.000 km (5.000 miles) of experience riding a large cylinder motorcycle to participate on a MODERATE rated IMTBIKE Tour and you should ride a motorcycle on a regular basis at home.
Intermediate
This route rating can have sections of very twisty curves on narrow roads with no center line to divide the road. There will also wider radius curves on these routes. Traffic conditions can be intense at times in some urban environments and the local driving habits may seem aggressive and unpredictable to you. It is imperative that you are an experienced motorcyclist. We recommend that you have a minimum of 12.000 km (7500 miles) of large cylinder motorcycle experience to participate on a INTERMEDIATE rated IMTBIKE Tour and you should ride a motorcycle on a regular basis at home.
Advanced
This route rating has long sections of technical narrow twisty roads and sometimes single lane roads. These twisty roads will often be in mountains where steep inclines and descents will be commonplace. Some riding days can be long and challenging. Traffic conditions can be intense at times in some urban environments and the local driving habits may seem aggressive and unpredictable to you. It is imperative that you are a very experienced motorcyclist on a large cylinder motorcycle. We recommend that you have a minimum of 16.000 km (10.000 miles) of large cylinder motorcycle experience on an ADVANCE rated IMTBIKE Tour and of course you should ride a motorcycle on a regular basis at home.
IMTBIKE Average Daily Riding Hours
5 to 7 hours
6 to 8 hours
7 to 9 hours
How many hours a day you ride on a tour is important information in helping you decide on the right IMTBIKE tour for you. Some tour members want to ride as many hours as possible everyday, while others prefer to stop more frequently and dedicate more time to enjoying the scenery, visiting cultural sights and arrive at the hotel earlier to relax before dinner. The daily riding hours are calculated including the coffee breaks and photo stops but they do not include the time taken for lunch.
Normally we’ll start our riding day at 9:30am and we will take about a one hour lunch break sometime between 1pm and 2pm. So if the daily riding hours for a given tour are 5-7, then you will arrive at the hotel between 3:30pm- 5:30pm depending on the average speed of the group.
Tour Facts
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Start / End MalagaTotal Distance 1,841 miles / 2,964 km
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Total Time 16 DaysRiding Days 14 Days
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Rest Days 3 Fez, Erfoud, MarrakechBreakfast 15 Included Breakfasts
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Dinners 12 DinnersDaily Mileage 160-220 miles / 250-350 km
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Hotel Overnights 15 NightsRiding Season Autumn, Winter
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Highlights: Chefchouaen- blue village in Rif Mountains, Fez Medina tour, Erg Chebbi Sand dunes, Marrakech Djemaa el Fna Square.Accommodations: Awesome hotels. First-class 4-5 star hotels plus some Moroccan Riads. Riads are Moroccan Palace homes converted into exotic boutique hotels.
*All IMTBIKE lodgings are hand-picked for their quality of service, local charm and strategic locations.
From: € 6705
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Daily Itinerary
- Day 1: Arrival Malaga
- Day 2: Malaga - Ceuta
- Day 3: Ceuta - Chefchaouen
- Day 4: Chefchaouen - Fez
- Day 5: Fez rest day
- Day 6: Fez - Erfoud
- Day 7: Erfoud Rest Day
- Day 8: Erfoud - Todra Gorge - Boumalne Dades
- Day 9: Boumalne Dades - Zagora
- Day 10: Zagora-Ait Ben Haddou
- Day 11: Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech
- Day 12: Marrakech Rest Day
- Day 13: Marrakech - Rabat
- Day 14: Rabat - Tanger
- Day 15: Tanger - Malaga
- Day 16: Flight home
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Day 1: Arrival Malaga, safety briefing and welcome dinner
Transfer included from the Airport to the hotel. You will have some free time to relax or do some sightseeing before the welcome briefing. After the briefing we will enjoy a welcome dinner in a traditional Spanish restaurant. The first and last days mentioned in the itinerary are the arrival and departure days for your tour. Depending on the country you are flying from, you may have to leave a day early. Please book your flights accordingly!
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Day 2: Malaga - Ceuta
Our first riding day will lead us out of Malaga and towards the famous white pueblos in the Sierra de Grazelema Mountains. You will ride on good tarmac over rolling hills to the high Sierra Mountains with Bravo bull ranches and cork trees around every corner. Ronda is one of the main white pueblos and it is perched on a 300 meter gorge. Ronda is also home to the first bull ring in Spain. This is the perfect place for a lunch stop and stroll! After our break, traffic free roads will wind us down to the coastal port town of Algeciras. Here we’ll take a 45 minute boat ride across the Strait of Gibraltar to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta for our first night on African soil.
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Day 3: Ceuta - Chefchaouen
Leaving Ceuta we’ll head to the border and cross into Morocco. Once in Morocco the real adventure begins! We will ride to Tetuan for a lunch stop and first cup of mint tea. After lunch we will ride coastal sweepers before crossing the verdant Rif Mountains to the town of Chefchaouen where we will spend our first night in Morocco in a “Riad” Hotel located in the heart of the medina.
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Day 4: Chefchaouen - Volubilis - Fez
Northern Morocco is very green with rolling hills and fields of winter wheat. This image of Morocco always surprises people! We will weave through these hills to the Roman Ruins at Volubilis where we'll stop for lunch and to visit the ruins at this westernmost Roman outpost. From here we will ride to the Imperial city of Fez.
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Day 5: Fez rest day
Today is a rest day and we have a special guided trip organized for you to the Medina. The Fez Medina is the largest in the world and boasts over 13,000 streets with ceramic shops, leather tanneries, handmade rugs, food markets, and just about everything else. You feel like you have gone back in time a thousand years!
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Day 6: Fez - Erfoud
Today’s ride will start with the snow-capped Middle Atlas Mountains and finish with the red sand dunes of the Sahara Desert in Southern Morocco. The scenery will change dramatically from lush green mountains, to brown-hued high altitude desert, to date palm trees and oasis, and finally to the Sahara Desert. Few rides will offer you such a stunning variety of scenery in just one day!
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Day 7: Erfoud - Erg Chebbi Sand Dunes - Erfoud
Today is a rest day and you can relax by the pool, go to the hammam or take a day trip to the Erg Chebbi sand dunes. Our hotel has Land Cruisers, quads, and dirt bikes that can be used to explore these beautiful red-hued dunes. Today is a great day for a camel ride in the dunes and the perfect day to watch the sunset from the top of the highest dune!
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Day 8: Erfoud - Todra Gorge - Boumalne Dades
On today’s ride you will see camels roaming the desert, adobe casbah villages and, if by chance it rained, there may even be a Wadi crossing! We’ll visit the Todra Gorge with its 200 meter (600ft) high walls jutting straight up from the narrow canyon floor. This is the Morocco that you have always dreamed about!
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Day 9: Boumalne Dades - Zagora
Today is an exciting day that will take us on little-known back roads over rocky mountains and lead us to the southernmost town on this tour, Zagora. The scenery today will be a highlight of the tour as will the Date Palm oasis where we will stay. esque coffee stop we’ll continue along the route of the casbahs to Ait Ben Haddou and arrive in time for an afternoon visit.
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Day 10: Zagora-Ait Ben Haddou
Leaving Zagora we will enjoy a ride along the Draa Valley filled with date palms. This is one of the most impressive date palm oasis anywhere. You will also have a chance to see Ouarzazate known as the Moroccan Hollywood before our overnight stop in Ait Ben Haddou.
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Day 11: Ait Ben Haddou - Marrakech
Today you will ride countless kilometers of non-stop curves over the Tizi-n-Tichka pass in the High Atlas Mountains. You will see snow-capped peaks and ride sweepers and twisties all the way to the famous Imperial city of Marrakech. This is the highest paved mountain pass in northern Africa and we’ll stop at the top for a photo. When we arrive in Marrakesh you will have time to visit the Famous Djemaa el-Fna Square before our dinner in a typical Moroccan Restaurant in a 14th century medina house.
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Day 12: Marrakech rest day
Today is a rest day and you can make a day ride to the quaint fishing village of Essaouira in the morning and then visit the medina and historical Marrakech in the afternoon or you can spend your time relaxing by the pool at our hotel the choice is yours!
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Day 13: Marrakech - Rabat
The road out of Marrakech will curve through Morocco’s bread basket as miles of fertile land will surround you for the first 200 kilometers. Afterwards we will head back into the mountains for some more great sweepers and pine forest scenery all the way to Rabat the capital of Morocco.
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Day 14: Rabat - Tanger
Today we will head along the Atlantic Coast enroute to Tangers. The movie Casablanca is really based on Tangers not Casablanca! Tangers has an alluring past as a haven for rich heiresses, spies, and Beat poets like Ginsberg, Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs; musicians like Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones. We’ll spend the night here so you can walk the same streets as these fascinating people!
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Day 15: Tanger - Malaga
Today we will ferry back to mainland Spain and ride some more curves in Andalucia’s verdant mountains before heading back to Malaga with enough time for a walk around the city before our farewell dinner. After dinner we will all say our goodbyes.
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Day 16: Flight home
Today it’s time to head back to the airport for your flight home. Until our next motorcycle adventure together! Hasta Pronto!
Included in Tour:
- Airport pickup on the first day of the tour.
- Overnight accommodations in carefully selected 4 & 5 star Hotels and Boutique Riads.
- A delicious evening meal featuring Moroccan specialties.
- Complete buffet breakfast every morning.
- New model BMW motorcycle fully equipped with 3 BMW cases.
- Tour handbook (normally about 70 pages-very comprehensive) and highlighted map.
- Expert multilingual guide on a motorcycle.
- Multilingual guide in support vehicle which will carry your luggage, any oversized purchases you make; or even a passenger or two.
- Tour Souvenirs.
Not included in Tour:
- Air ticket, lunches, gasoline, drinks, tolls, personal spending and tips
