Morocco 4X4 Deluxe

The same Moroccan mountains and desert, in your own 4×4, with a bed at the end of each day. Ten days rather than fifteen, and the nights spent in traditional riads, auberges and desert kasbahs instead of a tent.

The country is the same. The Rif Mountains and the cedar forests come first, then the High Atlas, the desert and the Anti-Atlas, on the same kind of remote tracks and river beds as the camping expedition. What changes is the rhythm: ten days instead of fifteen, dinners and breakfasts taken in restaurants, and catering on the road during the day.

That makes this the more persuadable of the two. Anyone who wants the terrain without the tent will find this version does the job, and it is considerably easier to sell to a couple where only one of them is genuinely sold on the idea of two weeks of wild camping in North Africa.

Active 4×4 Adventures include all three meals a day throughout, the accommodation in riads, auberges and kasbahs, the open return ferries between Spain and Morocco, the day trip to Marrakech and all accommodation fees. You bring the vehicle and its fuel, the insurance and green card, and get yourself to Algeciras. The price is per person based on two adults sharing a vehicle. One point worth raising with the operator: this ten-day version is currently listed at the same price as the fifteen-day camping expedition, which looks like something to confirm rather than assume. For the driving without the discomfort, this is the one.