Nature is what we were after and only a few minutes out of Fes the scenes began to change. As we climbed up towards Ifrane the scotched ground turned to media’s and alpine trees. You could see how the region got the nick name little Switzerland.

We took the drive slow with many stops. First was a lake and then lunch at Ifrane.

Next stop was exploring the cedar forests and their very bold and inquisitive monkeys. Middle man and boy blue joined them in the tree tops while the big one got almost got his shorts pulled down by one on the ground.

Despite the long drive we crashed satisfied in our nondescript accommodation (in Midelt) ready to push on the next day through the high atlas to Tinghir.