Tuesday 13 October

A mezmerising landscape unfolded as we travelled southeast from Ait Ben Haddou to Zagora. It was a journey of two halves, the first took us over the Anti Atlas Mountains, through the Tizi-n-Tinififft pass at 1660m to Agdz.

The strange landscape of the Anti-Atlas

with its deep ravines

and gorges

Jebel Kissane, a middle earth film set

The second part of the journey from Agdz took us through the Drâa valley, a 100km swath of lush palm trees which are ladened with dates at this time of year. This is part of the route to Timbuktu that the trans-Saharan caravans used to take.

Ancient Kasbahs

and Drâa valley date palms

Fellow traveller en route

A load of alfalfa for animal feed

On arrival at our campsite we were welcomed with mint tea and treated to a Berber Medfouna, a spicy filled flatbread cooked in front of us using dried palm leaves to heat the griddle. A tasty finish to the day.

Also known as Berber Pizza