Car Trip Morocco - Day 6 Tinerhir to Tazzarine

After Mohamid's guided tour of the old town of Tinerhir, we drove south to the small hamlet of Tazzarine

through more arid rocky landscapes

The wind kicked up a sandy haze

our first close-up of a locust

lunch break under an Acacia tree for shade

 Camel ahead warning

and indeed we saw many camels on the way

who amazingly seemed to enjoy the Acacia leaves despite the long sharp thorns

Our destination for the night - the Riad du Sud Kasbah Hotel in Tazzarine. We drove past this sign to start with as we had not expected to have to drive 500 meters along a rough track to get to it

the Riad du Sol Kasbah Hotel - as remote as they get

but once inside its walls, a very pleasant place to stay for the night

our bedroom straight ahead

the Berber flag hangs in one of the halls

Wikipedea states this:- 

In the 1970s the Berber Academy (Agraw Imazighen) proposed the first Berber flag. In 1998 the World Amazigh Congress made the flag official at Tafira on Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, which were formerly inhabited by the Guanches, an ancient Berber people.
The flag is composed of blue, green, and yellow horizontal bands of the same height, and a Tifinagh letter yaz or aza.
Each color corresponds to an aspect of Tamazgha, the territory inhabited by Berbers in North Africa:

• blue represents the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean;
• green represents nature and the green mountains;
• yellow represents the sands of the Sahara Desert.

The yaz symbolizes the "free man", which is the meaning of the Berber word amazigh, the Berbers' own name for themselves. It is in red, the color of life, and also the color of resistance.
The Berber flag thus symbolizes the entire Amazigh people, living in harmony with their land, Tamazgha.

 Views from the Kasbah roof terrace

Tazzarine village with graveyard in the foreground

the Date palms surrounding the hotel

our bedroom

supper

more views of Tazzarine

the graveyard

A very pleasant overnight stop - highly recommended

Car Trip Morocco - Day 5 Todra Gorge from Tinerhir

Drove the short distance from Tinerhir to the Todra Gorge passing these date palms

the Todra Gorge - even more spectacular than the Dades Gorge

Parked the car at the far end of the Gorge

and started the circular hike described in the Lonely Planet

the trail first followed the rocky bed of the stream

then zig-zagged up the hillside

made it!!

good picnic spot

passed a Berber Tent

rocky descent

the village of Tingui which is on our route

getting closer

a heavily loaded Berber lady climbing, presumeably to the Tent we had passed high in the hills

for a few coins, she agreed to have her photo taken

Tingui, at the mouth of the Todra Gorge

the old Kasbah

donkey

wandering through the Kasbah

crossing the stream

passed some ladies washing clothes in the stream

a useful place for arranging adventurous activities - climbing, hiking, horse riding - also a good place to stay

reentering the Gorge

several climbers were in the Gorge - looks as though this is a Mecca for rock climbing - unfortunately those days are gone for me ...

hotel in the Gorge reached by fording the stream

our very enjoyable round trip hike complete - back at the car

shadows

and shadows  ...

super time of the day with the sun low in the sky

Spent a second night at the Hotel Kasbah in Tinerhir.

The next day, Mohamid, the owner took us for a walk around the old town and to this Riad where carpets were being woven, old style

Mike did not bother to try spinning this time ....

we understand one carpet takes weeks to weave

our guide Mohamid

afterwards we bought some dates at the market

and drove away towards Tazzarine after a very enjoyable stay in Tinerhir/ Todra Gorge