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Morocco MTB Tours

Morocco MTB tours in the High Atlas give you something Europe largely no longer has: hundreds of kilometres of unmaintained, un-signposted singletrack that nobody else is riding. These are working mule paths between villages, and they descend better than most trails built on purpose.

Years guiding the Atlas
30+Years guiding the Atlas
Riders per group
2–12Riders per group
Amazigh guides, born here
LocalAmazigh guides, born here
Support vehicle, always
4x4Support vehicle, always

Our mountain bike tours

Day rides to nine-day crossings, graded honestly from easy to advanced.

Rider standing with a mountain bike on the Atlantic beach at Essaouira

VTT

9 jours / 8 nuits

Séjour vélo 9 jours : de l'Atlas à l'Atlantique

Une vraie traversée : départ à 2 300 m dans l'Atlas, arrivée en se baignant dans l'Atlantique.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Riding distance
246 km
Highest point
2,300 m
Season
mars–mai

From€3,090 per person

Two mountain bikers riding narrow singletrack with snow-covered Atlas peaks behind

VTT

8 jours / 7 nuits

Séjour VTT 8 jours dans le Haut Atlas

Huit jours de singletrack en altitude, de la vallée d'Imlil au plateau du Kik, en dormant chaque nuit dans un gîte berbère.

Difficulty
Advanced
Riding distance
214 km
Highest point
2,300 m
Season
mars–mai

From€2,690 per person

Enduro rider in a full-face helmet dropping into a steep rocky descent

VTT enduro

8 jours / 7 nuits

Séjour enduro VTT 8 jours au Maroc

La semaine la plus raide et la plus technique que nous organisons. Oukaïmeden à 2 660 m, des mulets pour porter les vélos et des descentes qui durent des kilomètres.

Difficulty
Advanced
Riding distance
199 km
Highest point
2,660 m
Season
avril–juin

From€2,790 per person

Two riders on red rock slabs beside a dry-stone Amazigh village

VTT

3 jours / 2 nuits

Séjour VTT 3 jours dans l'Atlas

Le court séjour qui a quand même un goût d'expédition — d'Imlil à Amizmiz, à travers trois vallées.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Riding distance
96 km
Highest point
2,300 m
Season
mars–novembre

From€720 per person

Rider crossing a shallow river over wet rock on a High Atlas trail

VTT

2 jours / 1 nuit

Séjour VTT 2 jours dans l'Atlas

Le plus court séjour qui vous offre quand même une nuit en montagne — d'Imlil à Imi Oughlad, puis par le col de Tachet jusqu'à l'Azzaden.

Difficulty
Intermediate
Riding distance
64 km
Highest point
2,100 m
Season
mars–novembre

From€420 per person

Two mountain bikers climbing a track above the Marrakech plain

VTT

1 jour (4–5 h de vélo)

Journée VTT au départ de Marrakech

Départ de l'hôtel à 9 h, du vrai singletrack de l'Atlas à 10 h 30, de retour à Marrakech pour le dîner.

Difficulty
Easy to Moderate
Riding distance
30 km
Highest point
2,300 m
Season
toute l'année

From€125 per person

Two riders on a stony trail past almond trees in blossom

VTT enduro

1 jour (4–5 h de vélo)

Journée enduro à Imlil

Une journée, un maximum de descente. Les lignes les plus raides au-dessus d'Imlil et de l'Azzaden, avec navette là où la route le permet.

Difficulty
Advanced
Riding distance
25 km
Highest point
2,300 m
Season
mars–novembre

From€155 per person

Riders passing through a village lane as children wave from the roadside

Au choix

Vos dates, votre durée

Séjours vélo privés et sur mesure

Presque tous nos séjours sont déjà privatifs. Dites-nous vos dates, votre groupe et votre façon de rouler.

Difficulty
Moderate
Season
toute l'année

From€125 per person

What the trails are like

Narrow, rocky and natural. The mule paths run along the contours between villages, cut wide enough for one loaded animal, and they have been in continuous use for centuries — so the good lines are polished and the bad ones never existed. Expect loose rock, off-camber sections, exposure in places, and almost no berms.

There is no trail centre here, no signage and no maintenance crew. If a section washes out in a storm the village repairs it because they need it, which means the network survives but changes. Our guides ride it constantly, which is how we know what is rideable this month rather than last year.

Riders coming from the Alps or Finale generally find the terrain rawer and less predictable, and the good ones find it better for exactly that reason.

How we grade our MTB tours

Intermediate means you ride regularly, are comfortable on loose rocky descents, and can handle 30 to 38km off-road on consecutive days. The 2-day, 3-day and 9-day Atlas-to-Atlantic tours sit here.

Advanced means steep, committing, technical terrain with consequences — the 8-day classic and the enduro trip. We are deliberately strict about this. Putting an intermediate rider on the enduro tour does not produce a stretched rider, it produces a hurt one.

If you are unsure, tell us how you ride and where, and we will tell you honestly which trip fits. We would rather sell you the right tour than the expensive one.

Bikes and support

We run full-suspension trail bikes with 140–150mm travel from Trek, Scott and Cube, serviced after every tour and set up for your height and weight. For the enduro trip we run 160–170mm bikes, and most riders on that trip bring their own.

The 4x4 shadows every route with bags, spare parts, water and lunch. On the enduro tour it also provides uplift wherever a road reaches the top of a trail.

Bring your own bike if you prefer — we build it, service it daily and carry a spare wheelset. Bring more brake pads than you think you need; Atlas descents eat them.

Common questions

What is the best MTB trail in the Atlas Mountains?

The Kik Plateau for flow — over 20km of open, fast high-plateau riding with the whole range beside you. For technical riding, the trails dropping off the Tizi Tzikerte into the Ouazzaden valley are the best we know, and they are only reachable with mules carrying the bikes over the pass.

How fit do I need to be for a multi-day MTB tour?

Fit enough to ride 30–38km off-road with 800–1,200m of climbing, repeated for several days. Fitness catches people out more than technical skill: a strong rider handles a hard descent, but consecutive days of climbing at altitude is a different demand.

Can I hire a mountain bike, or should I bring mine?

Either works. Our hire fleet is good and saves you the airline bike fee and the risk of a damaged frame. Riders on the enduro trip usually bring their own because bike setup matters more on that terrain.

Are there uplifts, or do we climb everything?

Mostly you climb. The support vehicle does uplifts where a road exists — commonly on the enduro tour and occasionally elsewhere if the group wants to save legs — but the best trails are reached by pedalling, and on one pass by mule.

Come and ride the High Atlas

Tell us when you are coming and how you like to ride. We will build something around it and tell you honestly whether it suits you.

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