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Morocco - Route of Caravans North Extension to Tangier - proposed not ridden

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Nutmeg67b
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Trail stats

Distance
526.03 mi
Elevation gain
60,410 ft
Technical difficulty
Moderate
Elevation loss
53,212 ft
Max elevation
8,698 ft
TrailRank 
19
Min elevation
10 ft
Trail type
One Way
Coordinates
21710
Uploaded
January 24, 2023
Recorded
January 2023
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near Ancienne Medina, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima (Morocco)

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Itinerary description

I’m planning on riding “The route of caravans south” next year and would like to complete the route from Imilchil to Tangier (then travel onwards through Spain)

Unfortunately such a route hasn’t been published so I have put this together by piecing together interesting sections on Wikiloc / RidewithGPS/ Komoot etc and also from the heatmaps on those apps (+ strava), plus of course my own reading of maps and potentially interesting places / sections.

Any thoughts, comments would be most appreciated as this is still work in development. Ideally I’d like to travel on quiet roads / pistes - totally avoiding busy roads and happy for some singletrack. Plan is to ride with a gravel bike + camping gear, self supported.


Here’s the route of caravans south…
https://bikepacking.com/routes/morocco-traverse-south/

Thanks! All constructive comments gratefully received.f

Comments  (13)

  • Abadam79 Mar 12, 2023

    Hello,

    I'm planning to ride next month in the Middle Atlas from Tanger. I'm interested about your trace, have you rode it now ? Where did you get inspired to make the track ?

    Thank you !
    Sébastien

  • peregrino Mar 17, 2023

    Hello, I made ROC some years ago and now I want to go to Ceuta or Tanger by Fes. I read about this route drafted from north of Imilchil to Tangier . Did you made this Route?
    I´m preparing my gpx to ride in May.
    I want to avoid the majority of tarmac
    Thanks

    Ricardo

  • Abadam79 Mar 21, 2023

    Not yet.

    I live in Madrid. I decided to travel to morocco some days ago. I'll be there the first days of april, probably for a week of riding before joining a friend in Fes. I'm preparing now the bike and all the stuff I need. Just bought a map of the country.

    Here is the main idea : Tanger - Chefchaouen - Rhafsai - Taza - Midelt - Ifrane - Meknes - Fes

    All comments will surely be appreciated :-)

  • peregrino Mar 23, 2023

    Hi Abadam79, I live in Lisbon, we are almost neighbours :-)

    Have a nice trip there. Are you going in bikepacking?

    If you follow this track, give me some tips because I´m mixing a lot of tracks including this. I want to go from Tanger to Imilchil off road.
    I will leave you my email because it´s easy for us to talk

    dalazer@

    Thanks
    Ricardo

  • Abadam79 Mar 23, 2023

    Thanks !

    I´m going to lisbon tomorow for the week end....by plane :-(

    No problem to talk about trips, exchange our experiences and tracks.

    Sebastien, sarial@

  • peregrino Mar 25, 2023

    Hi Sebastien,

    Is This page doesn´t appear the rest of email

    Join to mine in this box above.

    Your email ends in?

  • Abadam79 Mar 27, 2023

    Hi Ricardo, I don't know how I can get your email adress ?

  • peregrino Mar 28, 2023

    I know. I have the same problem with you
    My email ends in gmail com
    starts in dalazer

  • Nutmeg67b Apr 3, 2023

    Hello - thanks for your comments — I have not ridden this yet but hope to do so next year. I pieced it together from tracks I found on internet plus careful looking at google earth etc. I would amend this to go to /from Tangier Med port as I understand that there’s a lot less hassle there!

  • Nutmeg67b Apr 3, 2023

    I’ve tried to avoid tarmac as much as possible

  • peregrino Apr 4, 2023

    Hi Nutmeg67b,
    Thanks for the track. It´s a good way to start.
    I have many and I´m trying to decide the best option

    Ricardo

  • Nutmeg67b Apr 13, 2023

    HI Ricardo, thanks ever so much. If you could share any insights or route options you’ve found I’d really appreciate it! all the best.

  • peregrino Apr 13, 2023

    Hi, abadam 79 is doing the majority of the route.
    I don´t know if I can do it this year.

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