RECENTLY PUBLISHED
The "
Jacques Gandini Roadbooks " are lighter versions of the French "
Guides 4x4 J. Gandini " (without the historical or ethnographic boxes present in the French edition): all the itineraries, all the waypoints and their comments are included. Abundantly illustrated, they are printed on strong 170g/m2 paper and bound with a metal spiral for better handling on the trail. They are published in 4 languages:
Spanish, English, German and
Italian .
Jacques Gandini and Hoceine Ahalfi have explored in detail the jebel Sagho , this magnificent wild region of southern Morocco , with its breathtaking landscapes, situated to the east of Warzazat and to the south of the Dades valley , and have put together 59 itineraries totalling 2,500 kilometres and 1,100 waypoints
The Sagho djebel is the eastern extension of the Anti-Atlas, a volcanic mountain with granitic mamelons, basaltic organs, chaos of black shales, pink sandstones... at the gates of the Sahara. As far as the eye can see, large wild, arid spaces. A desolate land made for the lonely DPM. And for a thousand miles around, silence is the only companion. Absolute plenitude and the desire to take to the track. From flat expanses to rolling hills, from sharp relief to steep canyons: pure, original nature. The character is strong, rustic but the heart is soft. The colours are soft and gentle. Ochre, pink, brown, violet, the colour chart stretches in a gradation of shimmering pastels, sometimes accompanied by an overwhelming heat. Eldorado in the heart of the desert, rare are the oases; modest green spots in the infinitely large, they are the reminders that we are on African soil.
The wild charm of the Sagho is due to its exceptional geology: high cliffs and steep peaks, tabular escarpments and deep canyons in the middle of which caravans of camels and mules circulate. When you arrive on these immense plateaus, the lunar horizon is so vast that you want to go everywhere at once to see if it is really as beautiful elsewhere!
The Sagho also surprises by the richness of its lights: limpid like those of the nearby Sahara, or sometimes in half-tone, as in the neighbouring Dades valley. The Sagho is also the Morocco of the last Berber nomads, descendants of the ancient lords Aït Atta. In autumn, after leaving the snows of the High Atlas, they set up their dark wool tents on the slopes of the jebel until spring. They can neither read nor write, but they are sure of their way through the Atlas Mountains and the Moroccan desert. In the Sagho, they have built houses of unbaked stone, dug wells, planted almond trees, grown wheat, barley and various vegetables. Others built herds of goats and sheep, and caravans of camels. Most of them are now sedentary, semi-nomadic or nomadic...
B - Au départ de la route Ouarzazate-Tinjad
C - Au départ de la route nationale Sud-Sagho
SAGHO ROADS
R0 - Rocade Nord-Sagho (west-east survey)
R1 - North-South crossing of the Sagho
R1a - 4x4 route and Bab n’Ali rock hike
Track to the gueltas of Afourer
R1b - Nkob, the trail of the kasbas
R2 - Road Alnif - Tinerhir
R3 - Road from Tinerhir to Iknioun
R3b - The historical sites of the Bas Todgha
R4 - Road from Ifkrane Spring to Nkob
FROM THE OUARZAZATE-TINJDAD ROAD
From Ouarzazate and Idelsan
- 0 • Lake of El Mansour Eddahbi dam, right bank.
Ab - Gueltas and forgotten villages, left bank of the Dades
From the road Skoura to Boumalne du Dadès
A - Tifernine Sagho loop
B - Skoura - Tagmout - Nkob (the copper track)
Bb - Copper Trail to the Sagho Northern Bypass (R0)
Bc - Variant 1, to reach the Bouskour mine
Bd - Variant 2 to reach Bouskour
P - Visit to the Bouskour copper mine
From the Boumalne du Dadès road to Nkob (R1)
Ca - From Tizi n’Tazazert to the Tazzarine-Alnif road (douar Tiguirna)
AFA0 - From the R1 route to the RN 10 via the old Tiouit mine
AFA 1 - Agdz-Nkob Road to the Copper Trail
AFA 1b - A shortcut...
Eab - Oued Imider, the track of the old sheepfolds
Eb - The Imiter mine
Ebc - DPM variant to join the road to Iknioun
S - The El Khorbat track
From Tinjdad
D - Tinjdad to Timerzit (Alnif-Msissi road)
AFA Moto 3 - Taskout Mine
From the road from Tinerhir to Iknioun
Ea - The northern foothills of the Sagho
AFA 5 - The “Rocambolesque Descent”
AFA 5b - Hike to the gueltas of Igherm Amazdar
Ec - From the Iknioun-Tinerhir road to Iknioun
F - Iknioun - Alnif, historical route through the Bou Gafer
AFA moto 2 - Historical route of the Bou Gafer
“Bournazel” hike to Bou Gafer
From Tagmout
Ga - From Tagmout to the Sagho northern bypass (R0)
Gb - From Tagmout to the Sagho northern bypass (R0), via the Tizi Afoughal
FROM THE NATIONAL ROAD SOUTH SAGHO
From the road from Ouarzazate to Agdz
H - The dam of Agdz (Tisgui) and the Draa gorges
I - Tifernine loop, west of the Draa
From Agdz
J - Loop Agdz - Agdz by left bank of the Draa
AFA moto 1a - Ride through the breathtaking Sagho mountains
AFA moto 1b • Section Agdz - Barite mine.
K • Agdz Afra - Azaghar n’Ali - Copper Trail (B), to Skoura or Tagmout.
Kb • Shortcut for “DPM baroudeur”
From the road Agdz - Nkob
L • From Tansikht to the M course
M - From Nkob to Boumalne du Dadès, Northern bypass (R0)
From the road from Nkob to Tazzarine
AFA 2 - Nkob - Tagmout - Tansikht
AFA 2b - The Sagho Needles Loop
From the road Tazzarine - Alnif
Cb • Douar Tiguirna - Imi n’Tourza (Tinerhir-Alnif road)
Q • From the Tazzarine-Alnif road to the Iknioun-Tinerhir road (R3)
Qb • Iknioun. Tizi n’Zakar trail
Qc • Cul-de-sac of the Asghats plateau
From the Alnif - Tinerhir road
Cc • Eastern Sagho, Ougnat
From the road from Alnif to Msissi
AFA 3 • Jebel Ougnat. Msissi - Tinjdad route
Na • From the douar Assemane to the road to Msissi (Boucle Moujan)
Nb • Visit of the fossil sites from the road Alnif - Msissi
Nb0
Nb1
Nb2
Nb3
T • Ougnat from Mellab to the Msissi road
01 Paysage Du Sagho
02 Decor Exceptionnel
03 Production Du Beurre
04 Kasbah De Tadafalt
05 Ancien Village Juif De Al Hara
06 Panorama En Surplomb Du Dades
07 Canyon Des Gueltas De L'assif Mawst
08 Kasbah Mystere
09 Ksar Tarkacht
10 Piste De Bouksour
11 La Porte Ouverte Du Jebel Agoulzi
12 La Tete Du Faune (AFA1)
13 Parcours Ebc
14 La Descente Rocambolesque
15 Parcours F
16 Ksar De Tisgui
17 Bouskour
18 Gorges De Tangarfa
19 Oued Akka N'Isamlal
20 Chaine Des Aiguilles
21 Jebel Maymount
22 Panorama Depuis Le Tizi Du Pylone (Qc)
23 Jebel Ougnat
24 Tizi Oufezzad (AFA3)
