Ancient and new trails with dizzying vistas
We walked the oldest known “road” of the island on the second day of our hiking trip and had a beautiful wild beach all for ourselves. On the third day we followed a much younger road that was never used as originally intended. Then on the last day we did two days’ distance in one.…
Springtime hike on Lanzarote
Let me show you the cheerful springtime face of Lanzarote with lush vegetation and flowers as we saw it on our 4-day carneval hike in late February. The end of February is carneval time in the Canaries and a week-long school holiday. In 2020 it was the last festival people could celebrate freely (though we…
Atlas trek, Part 2
The M’Goun Massif is part of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, North-West Africa. Its highest peaks are well over 3000m (Mount M’Goun is over 4000m). These days many of the small villages are connected with good quality paved roads but if you want to discover the higher regions, you’ll have to follow old mule tracks.…
M’Goun Traverse in the Atlas, Morocco – Part 1
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] The M’Goun Massif is part of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, North-West Africa. Its highest peaks are well over 3000m (Mount M’Goun is over 4000m). These days many of the small villages are connected with good quality paved roads but if you want to discover the higher regions, you’ll have…
Sidi Ifni, a touch of Spain in Africa
” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Your bus arrives in Avenue Hassan II and you can feel the salty breeze on your face. Somebody greets you with a cheerful ‘Hola!’ as you walk down the streets lined with white and blue houses. A man sells cactus fruit outside one of the many arcaded houses and…