Morocco 2007/2008

Morocco is designed for offroad touring - a land of mountains, and vast and unfrequented area, offering mule tracks, river beds, open plain, forests, moorland, the famous Todra Gorge, and much, much more. The scenery and riding to and in the Atlas Mountains is truly spectacular, and these tours offer a great short-haul escape for riders fed up with mud-plugging, trail closures, and increasingly restricted access. And then of course there’s the sand dunes .....

Our tours are 80-90% off-road, and the tour dates are guaranteed. You will ride up to 8 hours a day, and the terrain varies from fast straights through river crossings and tricky rocky sections to sand dunes, and everything in between. These are 9with one notable exception) not pure desert tours, but take you through beautiful parts of the Middle and High Atlas. Previous off-road experience is required, as is a reasonable level of fitness, as routes and distances can be challenging. Routes are subject to change depending on riding conditions and riders’ experience.

Why tour Morocco?

The nearest desert riding to the UK
Spectacular sand dunes
Grey, cold and wet British weather, or warm sunshine and blue skies?

Why tour Morocco with H-C Travel?

Current model KTM 450EXC motorcycles – if you don’t know just how good this bike is, you’ll soon find out!
Full support crew including mechanic, with a Unimog, 2 trailers, spare bike, your luggage
Our support vehicles follow you ALL the way, equipped with fridge, compressor, large 1st aid box, stretcher, satellite phone link etc.
No less than 3(!) satellite phones – guide, support vehicle and spare
Full medical support: trained staff, medical equipment, splints, oxygen, permanent satellite phone link and guide with first aid kit.
Probably the only tours in the world where you get the chance to use GPS, for real. We have 13 Garmin GPS Map 60CS, with track points every 25 m
Groups can be split by experience, pace or friendship. This has the added bonus of fewer accidents as rides get less tired or stressed.
Regularly checked and updated routes as roads are ‘improved’ and so repeat customers get a different experience second time round.
Own garage and workshop means our bikes are always in tiptop condition.
Riding gear available if required
Moroccan registered tour operator

Our guides

John Griffiths and Su Downham have been running offroad tours since 1996, first in Andorra and since 2001 in Morocco. John was MOR - John Griffiths born in Tanzania, and prior to running tours, he worked for 16 years in the oil related diving business. He has paramedic training and experience, and safety (a highly important issue in biking – one which is often not given sufficient attention) is one of his main concerns.
John plans the routes using GPS, maintains “the fleet” to very high standards; co-ordinates guides etc., and generally run all the operational side of the business.

MOR - Su Su left the UK over 20 years ago. She speaks English, Spanish, Catalan and French fluently and has considerable experience in tourism and PR, as well as having run her own estate agency and building company in Andorra.
She is responsible for all the administration and legal side of the company, finding and booking tour accommodation and arrangements for meals etc., and generally making sure that all aspects of your holiday run smoothly and efficiently.

MOR - Adam In 2005, they were joined by Adam, John’s eldest son, as a mechanic and guide, adding Danish and Swedish to their selection of languages. MOR - Hussein

Houssein is the chief mechanic, working on the bikes and accompanying all our tours. He is a native of Ouarzazarte. This year as the fleet size has increased, he has been joined by his brother Abdu. Both are very accomplished and experienced mechanics and a big asset .

Articles and videos

John Naish of The Times toured with us in 2007. Please click on this link to read his article and see his video.

Websites

UK government information and advice www.fco.gov.uk

Moroccan Tourist Board www.visitmorocco.org