Dades Valley

We made a one-day drive from Skoura up through the Valley of Roses, across the piste to the Gorges of the Dades, and then back down to Skoura. After leaving the pistes, the road ran frequently through narrow chasms and was lined with ruined ksour (plural of ksar, fortified town) and numerous kasbahs.
Drive through the Dades Valley Haut Atlas seen mistily across the desert Drive through the Dades Valley Our wonderful driver, Abdo, and Siv Drive through the Dades Valley Ruined hilltop kasbah -- or is it a ksar (fortified city)? Drive through the Dades Valley Closeup of the kasbah
Drive through the Dades Valley The road climbs and passes kasbahs and villages Drive through the Dades Valley Red rocks of Morocco Drive through the Dades Valley Ouedh Drive through the Dades Valley Cultivated fields squeezed between road and river
Drive through the Dades Valley Photographer Drive through the Dades Valley Colors! Drive through the Dades Valley River and rocks Drive through the Dades Valley A vein of another color of rock
Drive through the Dades Valley Town along the river Drive through the Dades Valley Colors of Morocco Drive through the Dades Valley Scenery Drive through the Dades Valley Road and rocks
Drive through the Dades Valley Veins of different colors Drive through the Dades Valley Cultivated fields in a band along the riverside Drive through the Dades Valley Ouedh Drive through the Dades Valley And then, leaving the road and across the piste
Drive through the Dades Valley Reg (rock desert) Drive through the Dades Valley What colors! Drive through the Dades Valley Goats in a nomad camp Drive through the Dades Valley Siv chez les nomades
Drive through the Dades Valley These nomads live in these caves Drive through the Dades Valley Abdo and goat Drive through the Dades Valley More fantastic rock colors Drive through the Dades Valley Small oasis
Drive through the Dades Valley Colors and contours Drive through the Dades Valley Goats crossing the road Drive through the Dades Valley The piste slowly becomes a road as we approach the Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Kasbah in the Dades Valley
Drive through the Dades Valley Uh, what does a camel say? Moo? I don't think so... Drive through the Dades Valley Camel (goddamit), aka dromedary, but first, camel! Drive through the Dades Valley Strangely eroded rocks Drive through the Dades Valley Eroded by wind?
Drive through the Dades Valley Distant bled Drive through the Dades Valley Remains of a kasbah (or a ksar) Drive through the Dades Valley Several kasbahs Drive through the Dades Valley The Dades Gorges
Drive through the Dades Valley River at bottom of Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Tourist at Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Either the water was high or the road was low...
Drive through the Dades Valley In any case, we had to drive through the water Drive through the Dades Valley Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Dades Gorges Drive through the Dades Valley Narrow valley for a road
Drive through the Dades Valley Darkening desert Drive through the Dades Valley Desert in setting sun