Author Archives: Charlie

Exquisite Riad Zamzam!

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Tucked away in an untouristy part of the Marrakech medina, Riad Zamzam effortlessly merges eastern exoticism with friendly and professional service, to create a formula which is gaining both high praise from its guests, and awards! Owned and run by [...]

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Featured Tour

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This month’s featured tour is a superb biking and hiking traverse of the High Atlas Mountains – The High Atlas Traverse The High Atlas Mountains are the setting for this off-road biking traverse of the most accessible region of the [...]

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Nomads Run & Bike

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A few days left before the Nomad’s Run and Bike in the Agafay Desert, close to Marrakech. There are three races – a 21km run, a 45km run and a 49km mountain bike race. Details can be found here : [...]

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Magnificent Malika!

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A couple of years ago we uncovered a real High Atlas gem, an undiscovered treasure set in olive groves in the foothills of the mountains. Domaine Malika is a luxury guest house run by Paul and Agnes, with a clear [...]

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Walking with Nomads

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Here is a nice article written by one of our customers about our pioneering Walking with Nomads trek…..thanks Lewis!! (Departures May and September 2012) I am by nature, wary of ‘organised’ or ‘packaged’ holidays. Amongst mountains in particular, I prefer [...]

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Toubkal Ultra

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We will shortly be promoting the Toubkal Ultra Marathon on our website. This event, which takes place on the 4th and 5th October 2012 is one of the toughest trail running events in the calendar and takes in the dramatic [...]

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Marrakech Marathon

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Managed to get a bit of last minute training in at the weekend for the forthcoming Marrakech International Marathon 2012. I think, given the last minute nature of my preparations, that it’ll have to be the half marathon this time [...]

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La Pause Marathon

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The recce in the Agafay Desert illustrated, in no uncertain terms, that we’ll have to make amendments to the 50km running route. 8km in a sandy river bed is fine for runners but on a bike it’s pure hell. We’ll [...]

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La Pause Marathon

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Off to the Agafay Desert at the weekend to work out a route for the La Pause Marathon 2012. This event, which will be small this year, but likely to grow in the coming years, will offer both running and [...]

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Biking Mizik to Ouirgane

On top of the Mizik Pass

On  Sunday we’re off to the mountains to film the epic descent from the Tizi-n-Mizik all the way down to the Ouirgane reservoir. That’s about 1800m of downhill, 90% on singletrack!

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