Overview
An extraordinary 16-day Adventure Motorcycle tour. We’ll cross the Middle, High and Anti-Atlas Mountains, experience the stark, lunar beauty of the Djebel Sarhro and plunge into the canyons of the Assif Melloul and Aguinan on our way to and from the Sahara Desert. As rich in colour as it is in culture, the diversity will have you mesmerised.
With 26% of the route being ‘piste’, this is the Adventure your Adventure bike was built for.
Carrying everything an Adventure rider should be, we’ll camp out twice; once in the mountains and once in the desert. Will you spend your rest day tweaking your suspension, or chillin’ by the pool?
As a Level 2 tour you’ll need some dirt road experience. You’ll want to be to be comfortable on loose surfaces and confident at low speeds. (Don’t worry…it’s not Dakar!) Suitable for both single and multi-cylinder Adventure bikes.
To get an idea of the terrain, head over to the Big Sky Riders YouTube Channel for some helmetcam footage.
It’s not all about the riding. We’ll be staying in the photogenic ‘Blue City’ of Chefchaouen, getting lost in the labyrinth of passageways that are the UNESCO listed Medina of Fez, staring in awe at the mosaics of the UNESCO listed Roman City of Volubilis and experiencing the Berber market town of Tazenakht (where the persistent carpet sellers of Marrakech come to buy their goods).
All served up with the delicious local cuisine and washed down with endless mint tea!
How do I get to Malaga?
This trip starts and finishes in Southern Spain.
This gives you three options:
1) Riding there and back directly
- Brittany Ferries sail from Portsmouth and Plymouth to Bilbao and Santander in Northern Spain.
- The most direct (non-toll) route to Malaga is 620 miles. Achievable in as little as a day and a half or, if you have time on your side, you could explore the empty backroads and discover the beauty of inland Spain.
- You could even ride all the way from the UK through France and Spain. Brittany Ferries serve the westerly ports of St.Malo, Le Harve and Caen (all from Portsmouth), P&O look after Dover-Calais, and there’s the Chunnel option from Folkstone to Calais.
- Our favourite (living in Hampshire), is the overnight boat to St.Malo.
2. Incorporating Morocco into a longer European Tour
- How much time have you got? How broad is your imagination?
3. Transporting your bike with our travel partners – Fly and Ride
- Our travel partner Fly and Ride can transport your bike between Gatwick and Malaga.
- Once you’ve confirmed your bike transport you can book a cheap flight to Malaga from many of the UK’s regional airports.
- Your transfer to/from Malaga airport to our hotel is included, and your bike will be waiting for you. Take a look at their website for full details.
Ian Kimm, Scotland. Atlas Eight 2019 – BMW R1200GS.” –
I wanted a tour that would challenge my skills and hopefully improve on the ones I had. The level 2 [Atlas Eight] did that for me. I have done a little off road on smaller dirt bike when I was a lot younger, but I never done anything like the Atlas 8 on a 240kg + bike.
I had been to Morocco before but I wasn’t confident wandering onto the trails by myself and without back-up or knowing where I was going – there is no AA or RAC breakdown recovery! You could spend several days looking for good trails to ride and time for me was limited due to work commitments. It seemed a smart move to go on a guided tour and well worth the money.
I had a fabulous time on the tour, it gave me a true sense of adventure motorcycling. As the days progressed and my confidence and my ability improved I was keeping up with Adam….well almost.
Don’t miss it. You will be reminiscing it for decades!