Posts by Seb33650

This trail has almost no difficulty except for a slight section... Basically, from Merzouga, it's tarmac for a little while... "it" moves fast in this area, and as I write this, I don't know how far it's gone. But it shouldn't be far from the first village, which is Ouzina... After that, the trail is prepared for tarmac, so it's easy but really annoying... A magnificent power line also shows you the way... You'll arrive at another village: Remlia... There's a little restaurant to grab a cold drink if needed...

After Remlia, if you want to go to Tafraout... there's a 1 or 2 km section depending on the trail you take that will be the only difficulty... It's the dry riverbed with lots of different paths... Try to find a landmark to get closer to the mountain on your right (to the north) to follow it... In a 4x4, I don't see how you could go wrong, but be careful... For info, I went through there in a stock 205 (not a rally-prepped one), so in a 4x4... "it" will be fine.

Once you're alongside the mountain, there's a hostel that had its heyday in the past... Auberge de la passe de M'harech... You'll see a first hostel on a slight promontory, with "riad" written in white on the stone... Keep going further... it's nice and pretty there... Brahim is a good guy, plus there's a small pool...

After that, you'll retrace your steps... You'll have to cross the riverbed, nothing too complicated... It's dusty, though... Try to visualize ahead; you'll spot a sort of marabout and a big lone tree... The trail is over there, you'll find it easily... Then... straight on to Tafraout...

It's a piece of cake, you won't have any issues...

For the trail from M'hamid to Foum Zguid via Chegaga... In a 4x4, it's not too complicated... The last time I did this trail was last May at 45°C... in a 205, but prepped this time... If a fool in a 205 can make it, in a 4x4, you'll be fine... The only slightly annoying part is the hamada, not many landmarks... I don't know what you use for navigation, but this trail is easy to follow if you have Osmand... The great guru Gandinoche also made a GPS available for his fans that shows this trail and even where to take a piss...

Really nothing nasty in a 4x4, classic trails where you'll hardly ever find yourself alone...

Thanks so much, it really feels like I'm there! Well, I'm heading to this region for the very first time in three weeks... with a basic rental car, like a Dacia Sandero. Originally, our route was planned from Merzouga to Zagora via the northern road... but I must admit your description of the trail above really interests me... Do you think it's possible to take it in a "normal" car, not prepped, not a 4x4? And how much time should I plan to reach Zagora?

thanks lea (I’ll read your story) and thanks everyone..

thanks kate and good point indeed

thanks mathews

Hi there

Any standard rental car will do. The Sandero is a great choice.

Thanks, Djalma

thanks attila for this reply.

Hi,

For this very classic route, any sedan will do.

The roads are equivalent to French national and departmental roads.