Destinations

One route at a time, travelled properly before it gets written up. The caravan is in Morocco — more routes join as we go.

First route

Morocco

Morocco is where the caravan begins — the routes we know best. From the noise of Jemaa el-Fnaa to the silence of Erg Chebbi, the classic south loop crosses two Atlas passes, follows a thousand-year-old river of palm groves, and ends on the edge of the Sahara.

We travel it by local bus and shared taxi, sleep in family-run riads and desert camps, and keep every dirham accounted for.

Read the Sahara road guideThe full Morocco guide

Marrakech

Souks, riads and the square that never sleeps.

High Atlas

Tizi n Tichka and the mud villages above the clouds.

Draa Valley

A river of palms lined with kasbahs and ksour.

Erg Chebbi

Dunes like a wall of fire at sunset. The reason you came.

Guides from Morocco

The caravan moves on

Jordan, Uzbekistan and Turkey are on the route map. Each one gets added here once we have actually travelled it — not before.