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MARCH 2012 SOLIDARITY RAID.

Event Details

Time: March 9, 2012 at 2pm to March 25, 2012 at 7pm
Location: Morocco
City/Town: Morocco
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/maps/m…
Phone: 0035054031219
Event Type: solidarity, raid
Organized By: MarocAtlas Gibraltar 4x4 club,Alfred Balban,
Latest Activity: Jun 3, 2021

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Event Description

We will meet at the parking at Rosia Bay at 2pm for a group photo,then depart from Gibraltar and head up to Tarifa were we will board the ferry to take us straight to Tangiers were we will stay at a Hotel for the night so as to make an early start in the morning.

Stage 1;We will hit the road and head up to Midelt using the A1 and N13/P21,548 km, 5 hours 39 mins.On the way we will stop for lunch at the Ceddar Forest were you will see the Barbary apes in the wild.We will stay at the Hotel Asma for the night.

Stage 2;Will have to be an early morning start to enter the tracks up the Gibel Aiachi and do almost 200 kms through the Circ Du Jafar,the most dangerous tracks in the Grand Atlas,here we will visit the locals and do some solidarity work on the way up to Imichid,stay at arbuerge Tislite at the foot of Tislite Lake over 2250 metres high.

Stage 3,317 kms;Will take us down the south side of the Atlas doing up to 3000 m picks and spectacular views of the Boumain Dades Valley,we will be doing Solidarity work on the way down till we will reach the Todra Gorge where we will stop for lunch at the Hotel Les Roches.After lunch we will head down south to Erfoud were we wil Refuel our vehicles and hit the fast tracks to Merzouga.Here we will stay for two nights at the Kasbah Le Touareg.We will be experiencing the magic of the desert and drive on the Erg Cherbi dunes visiting the nomads and doing solidarity work in the area.

Stage 4,195 kms.We will make an early start to enter the Legendary Paris Dakar Rally tracks through M'cesi to take us up to Tagounite,we will camp in the desert for the night before getting to Zagora,also doing solidarity work on the way as this are desolated areas.

Stage 5,198 kms.Will take us through the legendary tracks to Fourum Zguid were we will have to pass a military control post,List of participants and their vehicles will be provided so as to make things easier at the controls,this is a safety reasons for the group as its easy to get lost and end up in algeria.We will be driving over a prehistorical lake called Lake Iriki,you will experience the mirage and actcually see the lake.

Stage 6,462 kms;This will be a long drive through Assa with a possible desert camp before arriving to Plage Blanche were you will be able to drive your vehicle on the beach for over 50 kms,depending on the weather we will camp or stay at the Bou Sherif camp site were you will camp or get a room.

Stage 7,176 kms;We will get the tracks by the coast line that will take us to the wreck on the beach and then to Sidi Ifni were we will stop to have lunch of sea food,then drive up to the Valley of the Painted rocks in Tafroute,camping will be in the valley.

Stage 8,380 kms;We will make an early start to be able to drive through the semi Atlas to get us to Marrakaesh,there we will spend the night and do some shopping in the famous market of Jmel Efna.Later we will make a drive up to the Ouzoud Falls 125 kms,stay there for the night and next morning drive on the highway back to Tangiers.

Requisits: The Organisation would appreciate the participants to remember this is a Solidarity Raid so you will have to need to leave space in your vehicles to be able to load stuff.

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Comment by Alfred Balban on March 17, 2012 at 2:21: 13th of March.

First day in Merzouga the group had the morning off so to rest from the days past.

At mid-day we went off to get a taste on the dunes and get new comer's aquainted with driving on the sand,we all had some fun with our cars and then we went to Tokojt village,east from Merzouga.Here we did some solidarity work on the way to our friends Albergue Tokojt were the group will have their lunch and meet our old friend Mobarek.We had a marvelous lunch and drove back again doing some solidarity work on our way back to the Kasbah Le Touareg.We arranged to go to see the Gnawa group at khemilia were we had some members participating in their traditional dance with their dressings,later got back to the kasbah for dinner and chill out.

Comment by Alfred Balban on March 17, 2012 at 1:11: 12th of March.

I got up at 7:00 am and got everyone up for breakfast,we had some who slept together in the lounge room and some in diferent rooms,the lounge room became an orchestra in the middle of the night with the snoring of 10 men.

We went to Imilchid to fuel up and got the tracks from Agoudal to Todra Gorge by the Dades.We had some difficulties with the snow even though we were already on the south face of the Atlas,we managed to break the ice to move along but we were stopped on our track by an avalanche that had covered the track completely.We had to make a detour by dropping our vehicles down the ledge of the mountain and use another alternative,this took us more time than usual so we did not visit the Todra but drove down to Merzouga to our friend Hassan at Kasbah Le Touareg, arriving late at night.

Comment by Alfred Balban on March 16, 2012 at 21:15: 11th of March.

The next morning we were visited by the local barbary apes the same ones we have in Gibraltar.

We packed up the camp and started back on the road to Midelt were we saw on the way the Gibel Aiachi Mountains covered in snow.That was our stage of the day cross the Atlas from North to South but impossible by the amount of snow.We carried on the road to Rich and went up to 2250 metres to the Tislite Lake in Imilchid.We have stayed at the Tislte Albergue as always and had the typical Berber tortilla and their kind hospitality.Still no internet so all this was written at the lake at 3 degrees.12 31 am.

Comment by Alfred Balban on March 16, 2012 at 20:45: 10th of March

We made a start at 11:00 am from Tangier using the highway to Rabat and Meknes then we headed to Boukrane were our 12 th vehicle was waiting for us he had taken a different route the day before to meet us on the way.

Some vehicles are so loaded that we had problems to keep up with each other.The stage to Midelt was not finnished but we managed to reach the Cedar Forest 1750 metres over sea level,were we camped for the night surrounded by snow.

Comment by Alfred Balban on March 14, 2012 at 4:51: We found some more dificulties with ice on the yracks on the south side of the Atlas on the tracks down to Boumain Dades.

Comment by Marocatlasgib4x4 Club on March 13, 2012 at 5:11: Members are having a rough Raid this year!

Comment by Alfred Balban on March 10, 2012 at 10:52: Here we are at the Hotel Ahlen,the participants are all ready to start their expedition.

We will travell today about 500 kms up to Midelt,at the foot of the Grand Atlas.

Comment by farid bouyfrour on March 9, 2012 at 15:12: verry god

Comment by Marocatlasgib4x4 Club on March 9, 2012 at 9:28: Going now to the boarder to talk with the cheif of customs on the spanish side so we can pass without any problems as a Solidarity Group.

Comment by Louis Balban on March 8, 2012 at 21:44: I would like to thank GBC for their great coverage given to MarocAtlas in tonight's news, also to the club members present at Eastern Beach yesterday and to the public for their support. A special thanks also goes to the Gibraltar Digital Photography Group for having taken such amazing shots.