Why this ride
A canyon mountain road from Tinghir, Morocco to Agoudal, Morocco, via Todra Gorge. Key character: narrow gorge; high plateau; villages. Surface: paved and mixed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Todra Gorge Road
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 42 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 51 min
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Todra Gorge Road
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 10 km this is Todra Gorge Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 10 km
- Named road
- Todra Gorge Road
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Tinghir
Tinghir lies on the southern side of the High Atlas in Morocco, where the river Todra runs out of the mountains and across a hard, red desert, and the contrast is startling. A long ribbon of palm trees follows the river for kilometres, with small terraced fields of barley, alfalfa, almonds and vegetables underneath, all watered by channels that have been in use for centuries. From a viewpoint on the edge of town, the green oasis stretches away between bare ochre hills, a strip of life in a landscape of stone.
Read the complete Near Tinghir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Todra Gorge Road point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Todra Gorge Road point 2.
2. Near Tinghir
Tinghir lies on the southern side of the High Atlas in Morocco, where the river Todra runs out of the mountains and across a hard, red desert, and the contrast is startling. A long ribbon of palm trees follows the river for kilometres, with small terraced fields of barley, alfalfa, almonds and vegetables underneath, all watered by channels that have been in use for centuries. From a viewpoint on the edge of town, the green oasis stretches away between bare ochre hills, a strip of life in a landscape of stone.
Read the complete Near Tinghir write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Todra Gorge Road point 2 comes up 11 km in. Next is Todra Gorge Road point 3.
3. Todra Gorge Road point 3
The Todra Gorge is the moment the whole region has been building to. The river, which has been a lazy ribbon in the palm grove, enters a narrow gap in the High Atlas, and the walls rise on both sides to well over a hundred metres, almost sheer, in rust and orange limestone. At the narrowest point the gap is only a few metres wide, and the road, the river and a handful of hotels and stalls are all squeezed between the rocks.
Read the complete Todra Gorge Road point 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
42 km in you reach Todra Gorge Road point 3.
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