Africa Cycling Tours

The holiday was great, our guides led by Hicham were caring, thoughtful and well organised, making sure we had everything we needed. Most of the time the mini buses were driving along nearby so most of our things could be left on the bus (non cycling clothes for the day etc) so it is useful to bring a small bag to have on the bike as well as a backpack to leave on the bus/use as your overnight bag for the camping in Sahara. Small bags were available to borrow for the bikes but some people found the zips on them didn’t work, so I’d recommend bringing your own if you can. The bikes were great, hard tail mountain bikes that suited the slightly rough roads and tracks we were cycling on. The cycling was often flat or downhill, a few people in the group were nervous about the day with a lot of ascent but everyone completed it. There is a lot of time in the mini buses (2-3 hours a day) but otherwise you wouldn’t see as much of the country. Hicham would organise a coffee stop most times we had a long journey and got to know our orders by the end of the trip! The desert is a real highlight (and why you travel so much each day!) the “camping” is more like glamping with a full double bed each and a flushing toilet and we even had hot showers. The food was good throughout, the hotels were clean and I liked that they all felt independently run. Overall, a very good cycling trip to a country I’d never been to before!

Cycling Southern Morocco was wonderful, challenging riding, scenic and beautiful, good food, nice, helpful and competent leaders. I enjoyed the local produce snacks of nuts and dried fruits. I didn't feel rushed with my photo stops during the riding. The tour sweep was always waiting, to be sure no one was left alone. I enjoyed our group meals of authentic local cuisine- the dinner at the Auberge was the best! It was wonderful to have a small group, and get to know people from different countries.

All five guides and drivers were ,friendly ,helpful and knowledgeable. Felt safe and well looked after all trip. The prepared picnic lunches were very good. Evening meals at hotels were also good and good value. The itinerary was as good as advertised. Scenery and routes were mainly spectacular and not too taxing on bikes. Some routes could have been slightly longer. The showers in a couple of hotels had no temperature control and/or broken fixings(I knew this might be the case beforehand ). I would have liked a bit more clarity beforehand on budget required. Overall excellent and have already recommended holiday and Explore to friends.

Well you have to remember your going on an adventure so expectations are different my first room was somewhat dated and lacking of soap and generally unclean and a massive dead cockroach in the shower, I asked about the soap and they don’t provide it, but I stayed at the same hotel a few days later a nice modern room soap shower gel great! So accommodation a bit hit and miss but exciting, there appeared to bit a lot of time travelling in the mini bus to the destination where we would start cycling from 2 hours plus , but well catered for great pick nicks done by the guides at the road side, then there was the camel ride in the desert fantastic for the first ten minutes then the realisation you have to hang on to it for a good hour and a half a proper camel ride! Anyway another great explore trip Albania next

We loved our trip. It had the right combination of amazing vistas of mountains, desert, and towns; challenging cycling; great food; and such a wonderful bunch of humans. Hicham is an excellent guide who leads with his heart to make our trip extra special.

My wife and I just got back from Morocco after our bike tour in the High Atlas Mountains and could not be happier with the trip. We had a fantastic time. The whole trip was perfectly orchestrated from beginning to end. The food, the hotels, and the bikes provided were great and the sites and scenery were simply beautiful. Perhaps the best part of the whole trip, however, were our Moroccan guides, Hicham and Slimane. Hicham was the leader of trip and was excellent in every way. He taught us so much about the country, the people, and the culture around us. He kept us safe and well fed, but the most important part was that he was funny, warm, engaging, and built a nice community among our group. He was loved by everyone in our group as well as all of the people we met along the way. The way Explore Worldwide organized the trip was top notch! The communication and information provided was clear and timely. They put together a great trip with great guides. We could not recommend the trip more highly. Thank you Explore!!!