We drove south to the end of the road at M'Hamid & had an obligatory camel 'ride'.
Then it was a 2 hour off road trek into the Sahara over stone & scrub desert to the Chegaga dune area. No cell service, no radio, no Wi-fi. About 30 miles north of the closed Algerian border. Rather refreshing actually. Our driver/guide (born a Bedouin nomad) gave us a great insight into desert life.
And the dunes were magnificent. Note the people on the top of the high dune.
There are numerous camps secreted in the NW fringe run by Berbers. After sunrise it was back into the 4X4s for the 3 hour+ drive to pavement again at Foum Zguid. The dried lakebed of Iriki was the only speedy part of the trip.
Then it was through stunning mountains & into the green again for a long haul to our home for the next 3 nights in a resort riad just outside of Taroudant. With Wi-Fi obviously . . .
Ian