Todra Gorge
Travel Blogs from Todra Gorge, Morocco
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Dramatic Cliffs
... a quick breakfast back at the auberge, we piled into the vans, many of us tired and smelling of camels. Next destination: Todra Gorge, a massive fault in the plateau dividing the High Atlas Mountains from the Jebel Sarho range which soars up to 300 m ...
Trek through the Todra Gorge
... when you fall in love with the place you're travelling through. We awoke early this morning for our 5 hour trek through Todra Gorge. This type of activity is excellent preparation for my 4 day trek through the Inca Empire in Peru next month. Whilst ...
From the Sahara Desert to Todra Gorge
... breakfast. It is basically bread everywhere we go with coffee and tea. We travelled through more desert scenery to Todra Gorge. The scenery I observed today was absolutely beautiful. Our hotel for tonight is the Hotel Taborile in an unbelievable ...
The Land of The Rip Off
... really hot and we wanted to do a 3-4 hour hike in the Gorge. We walked up into the Gorge following a rough map from Lonely Planet. Todra Gorge was big and brown. I keep getting suprised at how arid this country is. It's so brown and dry. We passed many ...
Todra Gorge
... : how to stand up for the group when a dodgy waiter is trying to bully them into paying more money! Brahim led a walk through Todra Gorge and I was watching and making mental notes. My first assignment is a walking tour! I don't know if I could keep up ...
Sunrise in the Sahara Desert
... is a huge country and we sure did a lot of driving! Leaving Erfoud behind us we headed for the Todra Gorge. This is a narrow canyon that rises about 200m high. After a lunch break here we went to Ouarzazate (pronounced ...
A Berber Welcome
After a quick shower to wash off the desert we headed to the town of Tinerhir, the easiest place from which to visit the Todra Gorge. Tinerhir is a small town on the outskirts of the gorge. It has one main strip lined with dusty cafés, small shops ...
Jun 18, 2010
Easter Sunday
... his 7-yr old sister. She carries her beauty in her eyes - like all Berber people. These people make up 60% of Morocco's population & were treated as the minority. Their language is only now allowed to be used in schools to teach the subjects. A lot ...
Todra Gorge to Aremd
... pizza, followed my mandarins for desert and I got some henna on my hand and foot as a welcome gift from Aziz's niece. The Todra Gorge was beautiful, and it was very enjoyable playing the drums in front of the fire and chatting more to Aziz, his youngest ...
Todra Gorge
... up camp & rode the camels back to the hostel (auberge) for breakfast. It was back in the tour minibus for the drive to Todra Gorge. This gorges is very very deep & the road runs through the middle of it. The hotel was built into one side. The ...
made it through the sandstorm and onto Todra
... ; There was a room for the 3 people who rested while we ate - we called this the sick bay! More driving we arrived in Todra just after 4 and checked into the Hotel la vallee - all of us in desperate need of a shower. Water was cold so it was a ...
a hike through Todra and lazing by the pool
... rock wall on the other side of the valley that was used in the opening scenes of Mission Impossible 2. The King of Morocco loves films and Hollywood and welcomes anyone to come to the country and film - many movies are made here - its a lot ...
Fantastic views and rock climbing
It was quite a long drive down from Volubilis to our next destination of the spectacular geological formation of Todra gorge. It was a full days drive before bush camping a couple of hours away from Todra. I used this opportunity to sneak up the the ...
Sunrise on the Sahara
... , and a much needed quick change then back in the bus. Long rest of the day in the bus - ended mid afternoon at the Todra gorge. The gorge is impressive for size, sheer walls rising up 300 meters - had lunch in a local restaurant - discovered a new meal ...
Morocco - days 2 to 8
... and the sky so clear. i felt like the world had stopped. It was an unexplainable experience. Thursday 7th and Friday 8th - Todra Gorge We woke early and continued our amazing experience by watching the sun rise, and we all sat in silence on ...
Morocco's not so grand canyon
the sahara was beautiful although we just stepped about 3 inches into it lol spent the night outside under the sky heard wolves in the middle of the night thought oh shit...rode a camel for about 45 minutes which was hysterical as the boys (NOT ...
Todra Gorge
... ;and one of our guides sped off on his motor bike and had me fixed up within about half an hour. Phew. Then we drove off through outer Morocco, chanelling Babel, to the Todra Gorge. Lovely place. Great hotel with a swimming pool. And ...
It was supposed to be a quiet day by the pool...
... leave much time in the afternoon for just hanging out, but I did manage a little swim - I didn't bring my swimsuit all the way to Morocco for nothing. Then it was off to the local hammam (bath house) for a good scrub. Oh, the hammam. Or ...
Todra Gorge
We already knew that the cost of a grand taxi from Rissani to Todra Gorge was ~300 dirhams and when we asked the price they charged typical moroccan price 500 DH. So we said we would find our own taxi, this pissed the guy off and we walked into town. The ...
dreaming of climbing in Todra Gorge
... and small river. And ahhhhhh, the climbing here looks spectacular, with bolted 300m long routes all over the place! What I'd have given for a climbing partner.... I think I'll have to come back here another time, Todra Gorge and I have unfinished ...
Chicken legs and a hammam experience
Went down for breakfast at 7am then left in the minibus through the village to the start of our hike. We started climbing straight away, and I got exhausted pretty quickly, stopping for many rest and drink stops. The views as we were climbing were ...
Todra Gorge
... collect our main luggage and back into the mini van for the approx 4hr drive to Todra Gorge. Todra Gorge is a spectacular canyon with sheer rock walls up to 300 m high, now gaining fame as a rock-climbing destination. ...
Todra Gorge
... . Lunch stop was another 1 ½ hours. Sat in the sun which started getting very hot. Continued on to our hotel at Todra Gorge, a fantastic place tucked into the mountains. It has a pool and lovely terraces where there is always a good view. After ...
The Arch
The Romans never made it this far south, so it was up to us to introduce the arch to Todra Gorge, Morocco. I'm putting this shit on my straight resume, as this is the greatest feat of engineering mankind has ever ...
Palmeries, Nomads & Berber delights
... . It looked impenetrable but we found a fissure with a stream and hence a palmerie or two. This was the route into Todra Gorge. But before entering the gorge, there was the town of Tinehir with its vast palmeries, old ksars ruined but atmospherically ...
The piste to the Atlas Nomads
We left, early in the morning, and traveled along the Todra Gorge and then across the piste to drink tea with the nomads in the Atlas Mountains. We met a nomad family who live in the caves and sat on the ledge drinking sweet mint tea with them. Nomads ...
Best. Tagine. Ever.
... nbsp; Bliss. After a stop at a fossil museum in Aroumd (I passed), we eventually made it to our home for two nights - Todra Gorge. Cool breezes, a pool, hot water in the shower. What's not to love? I thought it was all pretty ...
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