Western Sahara - Camping

[AndySabb]

Hi all,

Working out my Route from the UK to Gambia in Jan 2006. However, hit a little impasse. We wanted to limit our driving to about 250-300 miles per day as we can take a leisurely pace.

However, in Southern Morocco the road between Tiznit and Layoune seems to be about 380 miles. Can you camp or stop anyhwere on the way? Is it safe to simply pull off the road and camp. We wanted to take some ten days driving Morocco.

Any help appreciated.

Andrew

[Jose Brito]

Hi,

You can bushcamp all the way down.
However, there is a small camping, some 30km north of Laayoune, called "Camping Bedouin".
I do not have the GPS coordinates, but there is a sign on the road marking the place. It is to the west, in relation to the road, and you drive about 3km from the paved road. The piste is very well marked. Very nice place in the southern margin of sebkha Oum Dba.

Cheers,
José

[sebm]

Le Roi Bedoin Camping is at:
N 27° 27.7 ', W 13 ° 3.1 '

Séb M

[nomiskx]

I stayed at this camp site for a few days and then did some riding around the beach dunes there looking at old ship wrecks. I'd recommend it... the campsite has bedoiun tents, goats, home made cheese and a communal dining tent like a circus top hat tent...

You can drive / ride along the beach here for about 90 miles too which is great.


Simon

[Stanley]

Howdi,
There are plenty of places to just pull off the road and camp but it is windy and it can be difficult to find a place out of the wind.
To be honest it is not the most exciting drive in the world it is a good place to bite the bullet and get a miles under your belt making up time for more interesting places to come.
Cheers
Stanley