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ROger and I had already talked about a possible Moroccan trip

Great photo opportunity: Group of M3Ws parked up with a herd of goats perched on top.

The route I had looked at went Tangier-Chefchaouen-Fes-Errachilda-Mezouga-Dades Gorges-Ait Benhaddou-Taroudant-Marrakesh-Rabat-Tangiers. This was my initial attempt stopping overnight at or near those locations.

I’ll be a maybe at this time 😎

Hello Roger! That's 90% our idea.

Our Only difference is the crossing of the Atlas Mountains from Ait Ben Haddou to Marrakesh, instead of driving Southern to Taroudant.

We personally prefer to stay one more day in Marrakech and do a back-and-forth daily trip to Essaouira rather than Taroudant. Essaouira is an amazing old Portuguese city / fortress just by the Atlantic. Beautiful Much more than Taroudant IMHO.

Something I also like from your trip is that you choose not to stop at Casablanca! People think about Casablanca because of the movie and believe it's a romantic decadent city. And it's hell-on-earth and even more with an air cooled 3 Wheeler. Traffic jams, people driving like crazy and absolutely nothing special to see nor visit. Just the super modern Moroccan business city and its craziness: that's Casablanca. To be avoided.

In fact, if we add one or two days more, we can do the circular route Marrakech-Essaouira-Agadir-Taroudant-Marrakech (via Atlas).

As we said, we can build our own route. This is a bespoke travel!

Just a practical question:
Driving an car in Morocco without AC but an open roof - does that make sense even if it's a Morgan?

I have been on old Landrovers in Africa, also no AC but at least with a double decker roof with white reflecting paint to avoid direct sunlight. I am not sure we are used to stand same conditions as Lawrence of Arabia did.

This trip has to be done in October - November. So we can stay in a tent camp in the desert and do not suffer dehydration on a daily basis.

I’ve done this long trip a few times. I remember one we did it end of July and beginning of August. In a new Land Cruiser with even a fridge in it. But when we stopped in Merzouga for the desert night…. OMG! The tent camps were closed, and we stayed in a classic hotel, with 50ºC at day outside and 40ºC at night. We spent most of the day in the swimming pool, alone (no tourist this time of the year there).

This time of the year the only risk would be snow at the top of the Atlas Mountains while crossing them. But not too much risk, as the first heavy snow falls precisely by end of November.

My guess its like driving in Death Valley and the Mojave Desert 120 - 135F which I have done in my +8, bloody hot , sandy , dry as hell and marvelous when you reach the accommodation .

Thx for the reply. October/November does make sense.👍
Low temperatures have never bern a big problem but when it is too hot is too hot 🥵