Morocco Tour Day 2: Onward to Dades

After our first night in the desert we were up soon after dawn and back on the camels. Quite a lot of our fellow tourists decided they would rather return to civilisation via 4WD rather than another bumpy camel ride but we stuck it out.

By mid-morning we were back in the vehicle and off to Tinghir. After taking in a scenic view of the town and surrounds we stopped to visit a house where several weavers worked on traditional Moroccan carpets. After viewing about 20 carpets and a short haggle we left with two rugs.

Next stop was Tougdha Gorge. Ismail told us about the gorge and it's significance to the Berbers. It features a very prolific spring as the source of the river flowing from the gorge. It was quite incredible seeing how much water was bubbling up from underground - the resulting stream was impressively large (see the picture below).

After lunch we drove on to Dades, passing more amazing scenery including "the fingers" and a large rock feature that resembled a face.

The fingers

Can you find the face?

Our Riad up the valley from Dades was simply superb. It was decorated with lovely Moroccan crafted lamps and carpets with a lovely terrace and pool out the back. Our room had a lovely terrace from which you could see the view out over the valley. Dinner was a very elegant and tasty French/Moroccan degustation. It was a great day.

View from the terrace above our room

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