Wild Morocco

25/05/2024

Our brand of slow travel offers experiences unique to this part of the world. We'll let you disconnect for a few days, get back to nature, and back to basics in wilderness camps each night.

Our desert hiking season picks up again from the end of September. Ask us for more details or check out our recent FAQ article on the website.

With thanks to for the awesome images! 🙏🏼

21/05/2024

Our photo tour is unique to our part of the world. Join us to get off the beaten path and capture some once in a lifetime images alongside an expert tutor.

New dates and details of our photo tour, 'Colours of Morocco' with , are now on our site (1st-9th February 2025) wildmorocco.com

Please get in touch to learn more, or to enquire about alternative dates for a bespoke photography trip.

Image credit 🌌🌠🌒 'Desert Twilight'.

14/05/2024

Thanks to for joining us for a 4 days hike through some very moody weather last month. 🙏🏼💪🏼
Thankfully there were some calm spells such as this one. Before the star-gazing, time enough for fireside tea and tales.
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Hiking season picks up again from the end of September, through to mid-April.
Please contact us for details of hikes from 3-7 days, or with a request to tailor a different one.



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24/04/2024

Our blue man logo come to life 🙌🏼

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19/04/2024

Apart from showcasing one of the many reasons we love desert hiking (hint - look up), I also love this shot for the tagine silhouette in the kitchen tent!! ⛺🌌👣
Desert hiking picks up again from the end of September, please let us know if you'd like to sign up. Further information is also on our site in our recent blog post with FAQ specific to our desert hikes.

📷 👏🏼💯 great shot thanks!

15/04/2024

If you're looking to capture unique landscape shots, or to hone your photography technique with an expert, or to just get off the beaten track for a few days with some epic night skies, look up details of our photo tour.

New dates and details of our photo tour, 'Colours of Morocco' with , are now on our site (1st-9th February 2025) wildmorocco.com

Please get in touch to learn more, or to enquire about alternative dates for a bespoke photography trip.

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12/04/2024

Camp Al Koutban is nestled at the foot of the tallest dunes in the Erg Chigaga. Come stay with us for the quietude and immersion in the raw beauty of the desert.

04/04/2024

We've been looking in the archives recently. I love the light in this one and that perfect moment with the little girl running into frame.
This was taken in the Ksar at Mhamid, across the river from the 'modern' village, so not many visitors know it's there. But it truly is from another time.

Thanks to for this! 🙏🏼💙

28/03/2024

One of the appeals of taking great pictures in Morocco is the natural light, especially the low Winter sun.
Here's the UNESCO site of Ait Ben Haddou, late afternoon.
New dates for the next tour with are now on our site (1st-9th February 2025) wildmorocco.com

Please get in touch to learn more, or to enquire about alternative dates.

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24/03/2024

Epic views around every corner...

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21/03/2024

Lights, camel, action!
We're delighted to announce dates for our next photography tour with , from 1 February 2025, travelling across 9 days.
Details on itinerary and pricing will be shared on our site shortly, along with a selection of images from our recent workshop.
In the meantime please contact us with any questions and to add your name to the list.
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07/03/2024

Camp Al Koutban is nestled at the foot of the tallest dunes in the Erg Chigaga. Come stay with us for the quietude and immersion in the raw beauty of the desert.
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11/02/2024

Day's end in the desert, camping out near the acacia groves near the mountains.
We leave the Chigaga dunes behind to explore more of the other-worldly scenery the Iriqui National Park has to offer.
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14/01/2024

Hiking near the Erg Zahar dunes.
Hike via Zahar on either of our 4 days or 6 days routes, or customise an alternative. Hikes start from the village of Mhamid el Ghozlane.
One of our goals is to introduce visitors to the nomadic way of life. Further, alongside this, to introduce visitors to the beauty of the Iriqui National Park.
Ask us for more information.
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Credit image to 🙏🏼🙌🏼💯 chokran!
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07/01/2024

Another world... Camping in the desert opens up another space to wonder at.
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With our thanks to for visiting last month. 🙏🏼👣🌠🌟🌵
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07/01/2024

02/01/2024

Does anyone out there need lifting from the Winter gloom and the back-to-work blues?
Here's a healthy dose of Saharan sun for you.
Join us.

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Credit image to guide Brahim 🙏🏼🙌🏼💯 chokran!
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28/12/2023

Perfect hiking and camping conditions right now.
Join us.

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Credit image to guide 🙏🏼🙌🏼💯 chokran!!
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25/12/2023

Such a beautiful sight. The Dorcas gazelle.

Thank you for sharing with us
Up close, near December 2023.

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22/12/2023

Looking down on the High Atlas Mountains, travelling North from Ouarzazate. They should be snow-capped by now, but it's not unheard of.
Fingers crossed for a change in conditions next month.

If you're planning a trip to the Sahara, and are happy to bypass Marrakech or Fes (on at least one/both of the travel days), we recommend using Ouarzazate airport as one of your transit points. Ouarzazate is connected to major hubs in Europe (UK, Spain, France, Portugal), as well as domestically.

From Ouarzazate, you can travel down to Mhamid El Ghozlane for desert hikes and/or onward camping trips to Erg Chigaga dunes.
Travel by public transport, with a private driver, or rent a car. We can provide details for all options.

And, if nothing else, you get to appreciate the scale of the Atlas peaks and wonder at how people live there.
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16/12/2023

Group Photography Tour:
Join us Feb 10 - Feb 18 2024
'Colours of Morocco' is our unique photography tour guided by tutor Michael Breitung , and open to keen photographers of all levels.
We travel through the Kingdom's most compelling landscapes, from desert to coast, and time our 3 nights in the Sahara with the new moon (for epic night photography/the Milky Way images).
Should you have technical questions before signing up, Michael is on hand to help you with tips on kit, etc.
Click through the link in our bio for the full itinerary and booking. Or head straight to our site wildmorocco.com
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14/12/2023

A still from one of our 6 day hikes, wild camps each night.
Slow travel, as it should be.
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We are delighted to be listed once again in the latest edition of Morocco 🇲🇦
Bringing us close to the 10th year of listing (2024).

Shout out to ALL of our unique team who make this possible and who bring our itineraries to life. 🙏🏼
Chokran.
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10/12/2023

The Erg Chigaga dunes at day's end.
The dunes sit at the heart of Morocco's Iriqui National Park, home to a variety of animal, plant and bird life.

Visit the dunes with us by foot, vehicle, or camel, and be prepared to camp - you decide how simple or how luxurious.

Try to time your visit around the new moon or when the moon rises during the day - allowing you chance to sit back and take in the Milky Way each evening.

NB: Our forthcoming photography workshop runs from 10 February during the period of the new moon.

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01/12/2023

Between October and December saffron is harvested.

As soon as a picker’s basket is full of flowers they are processed, when the three precious red filaments (stigmas) are carefully detached from the stem.

The bees love the pollen in the saffron flowers and jostle with the pickers for access to the flowers. After the stigmas have been removed, the flowers are left outside for the bees to collect the remaining pollen.



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26/11/2023

Hiking off-grid and camping wild in the Moroccan Sahara during Winter.

Join us from 12 FEBRUARY 2024 for 4 days group hiking via remote dunes and unique desert wilderness.

We provide the camping equipment and our hikes are fully-catered.
Contact us to learn more.

Credit for the photography.

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26/11/2023

Hands up if you crave -

▪️Wide open spaces
▪️The natural world
▪️Walking
▪️Camping
▪️Unparalleled scenery
▪️Disconnecting

Then get in touch!
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12/11/2023

Right now we have a new moon. This means sitting down to dinner in the desert under the Milky Way...
This also means incredible timing for astrophotography and marvelling at the night sky.

Our Photography Tour in February runs to coincide with 3 nights spent in the desert under the period of a new moon.
Join your tutor to learn techniques for taking captivating night images from unique viewpoints.
Our Tour also covers incredible landscape shots, both within and out of the desert. Full details on our website.

Alternatively please contact either us or with any questions on the Photo Tour.

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10/11/2023

Nothing quite beats this - star-gazing on a warm night after a day's hiking.

Credit with our thanks!
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09/11/2023

The Addax is a critically-endangered species.*
We hope that you'll have the opportunity to see some of these beautiful, protected animals for yourselves on your next desert trip with us (notably in the Iriqui National Park). Many thanks for this great shot taken during your recent hike.

The number of survivors in the wild is estimated at fewer than 100 animals in Chad and Niger.
However, efforts to restore populations here in Morocco (and in Tunisia and Chad) are underway.

Large populations would have once covered great parts of the Sahara and Sahel.
The historic plight of the addax is symptomatic of pressures on precious desert ecosystems that have been overlooked and undervalued.

(*ref. the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF)).

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29/10/2023

What to expect during one of our multi-day desert treks?...

Scroll through the images for varied landscapes, hiking off-grid, rare wildlife, sunsets, remote camping spots, and friendly baggage camels - all bringing you back to glorious nature.
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Credit for the inspirational images and 💯 guiding 👌🏼 chukran!