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Bigsteveo
12-04-06, 12:12 PM
Does anybody have waypoint for Morocco, especially route into Todra Gorge or links to a site where I can find them.
Big trip in May, which I'll post obviously.
Cheers
Have you tried asking on ADVrider? www.advrider.com
YEN_POWELL
12-04-06, 12:47 PM
Does anybody have waypoint for Morocco, especially route into Todra Gorge or links to a site where I can find them.
Big trip in May, which I'll post obviously.
CheersChris Scotts Sahara book will have the co ordinates. The Todra Gorge is attached to a medium sized town so it's pretty easy to find without GPS. Also go to the Horizons Unlimited site.
Town below and the mouth of the gorge below that.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/yen_powell/Gorgetownviewsm.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/yen_powell/__hr_saycheese.jpg
Bigsteveo
12-04-06, 01:26 PM
Thanks, We are looking to do routes M6, M8 & M9 from Chris Scotts (latest) book but I was looking for the route in from the north, Midelt area.
Perhaps somebody has done a similiar route and has got the track file from their GPS?
As a side point - people must have a play with Google Earth, you can upload your waypoints into it! bloody amazing this interweb thingy....
YEN_POWELL
12-04-06, 01:56 PM
Thanks, We are looking to do routes M6, M8 & M9 from Chris Scotts (latest) book but I was looking for the route in from the north, Midelt area.
Perhaps somebody has done a similiar route and has got the track file from their GPS?
As a side point - people must have a play with Google Earth, you can upload your waypoints into it! bloody amazing this interweb thingy....I did the route from Midelt to Todra using a few key GPS waypoints taken straight off an IGN map (WGS84). It's quite easy to follow, the GPS was just a comfort. It may even be tarmacced some of the way now, there were signs of road beds being prepared when I was there in 02. The tracks are well defined and once you're in the gorge there's only one way to go. If a track splits it just meets up again later on.
I used this website (in French but you can Babelfish it if necessary) when I went to Morocco last year and used the GPS points.
http://www.voyages4x4.com/roadbook_maroc.htm
I did the route from Midelt to Tinerhir via the Todra Gorge and it worked well even though one part of the route was impassable due to damage to the piste.
There is now tarmac in the Todra Gorge itself and for quite some distance up into the mountains afterwards but rough pistes can still be found!
TallJohn
13-04-06, 12:49 PM
I am heading off to Morocco today for a month. Will ride all the M routes from East to West if possible. I guess we will still be there by the time you arrive. John +372 53104847. Check out www.oneroam.co.uk for a very cheap phone home option for your moble!
I am heading off to Morocco today for a month. Will ride all the M routes from East to West if possible. I guess we will still be there by the time you arrive. John +372 53104847. Check out www.oneroam.co.uk for a very cheap phone home option for your moble!
How was the trip? I'd be interested in knowing the routes some of you took?
I've been to Morocco several times now (6) but never by bike. I've hitched from UK to Marrakesh and have also driven the same route. The other more recent times I took an overnight train from Tangiers to Marrakesh then hired a car to drive to Fez via the high Atlas, Todre Gorge, Ouarzazette etc... Loved it every time.
Hoping to go next March/April and having not driven down from Tangiers in 8-9 years I havent a clue on the best route for a bike. Was planning to follow my trusty michellin Map currently held together with tape. Maybe I'll have a Sat Nav by then.
Richardg
08-01-07, 08:10 PM
I am also in the throws of looking for a good route for a tour of Morocco, I have not toured this part of the world before but the basic plan is to come in from Spain on the ferry and spend 9-10 days touring. We would like to take in some 'fire roads' and some of the best biking routes along with a visit or three to some of the exotic places along the way. I would class our party of riders as experienced road riders, but not sand loving desert jockies (we are willing to have a go at some sand though after fitting our Continentals).
Anyone suggestions for a route?, places to see etc?
Tim Cullis
11-03-07, 08:34 PM
Take a look at the Morocco GS Knowledgebase (linked below)
Tim
way points are regularly posted on Horizons for all of north Africa, there is also a website that has a copy of both the Russian maps and the land sat images (you can get these from the NASA website too)... however i don't know how upto date the map images will be compared to the ground as there has been massive amounts on new tarmac laid in the recent months.....
you can also subscribe to the T4maps group which is free, they mainly concentrate on south Africa but you can find both Moroccan and Tunisian waypoints on the database.
Tim Cullis
13-03-07, 01:46 PM
Road sealing will continue to erode the pistes (sic) especially as the World Bank is supplying the funding for 15,500 km of roads by 2015.
I've had a look at t4AMaps but IMHO the simplest mapping solution is Marokko Topo maps at http://www.island-olaf.de/travel/marokko/gps.html
I have travelled extensively with these maps and found the roads and tracks are accurate. The screenshot below shows my saved waypoints for the Dades to Todra link piste, but underneath you can see the track is already clearly marked on the marokko topo map.
http://www.zroadster.net/tim/gs/dad-tod.jpg
Tim
Jeff Kirby
13-04-07, 07:23 PM
Seems this a very popular idea as I too am looking to visit in May of next year and am in the throws of trying to plan route. The more information you guys post the better.
Its the maps I am struggling to find, I have my Michelin but the more detailed plans of off road routes are what I'm after.
Also, I am currently on my own so if there are other interested parties I'd be pleased to talk
it looks like quite a few people are looking at Morocco as destination in the next year so i guess its probably worth me mentioning what we are up to.
Some i know have started to put 2 and 2 together but those that havent....
Kymmy and myself have set up a new company (raidxtreme) which is in part going to supply vehicles and crew for various rally raids around the world. To make sure the equipment is paying its way we will running a few 'trips' out to Morocco during the rally season gaps (and as spectator liasion during Dakar)
if anyone is interested in spending time out there and wishes to be part of a bigger group which will have full service back up ( using one of our tatra 8x8 service trucks), a safety crew ( one of 2 FULLY FIA equipped Range Rovers) or by hiring one of our bikes ( ask for more details!) then let us know. Groups will be kept to a size that will cover the operating costs only!!!....
jen.
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