Fez to Merzouga

Fez to Merzouga Morocco – 2018. We spent a full day driving the 570km (355mi) from Fez to Merzouga. The trip took us from the fertile plans around Fez, through the Middle Atlas Mountains to the Sahara Desert
We saw several families of Barbary macaques while driving through the Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco
Cottages in Ifrane, Morocco’s “Switzerland” with its snow, ski slopes and cedar forests
A stone statue of a lion in the Parc la Prairie, Ifrane, Morocco
Holiday apartments in Ifrane, Morocco
A well-built and permanent snow fence (one of many along the highway through the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
The countryside south of Ifrane, Morocco
One of a pair of very large teapots at the entrance of a fancy hotel in the Middle Atlas Mountains
The countryside south of Ifrane, Morocco
We saw several families of Barbary macaques while driving through the Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco
Traveling through the cedar forests in the Middle Atlas Mountains in Morocco
A Berber winter home and stables in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A Berber nomad tending his sheep in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A Berber winter home and stables in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A Berber nomad tending his sheep in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A Berber winter home and stables in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
A Berber winter home and stables in the Middle Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Traveling through high desert toward the High Atlas Mountains
The High Atlas Mountains. Morocco
A truck (slightly overloaded) traveling through the mountains in Morocco
Unusual rock formation in the Atlas Mountains