Top Agadir Camel Rides

The camel ride was very nice and the camels were very friendly and well trained. It was nice to spend 3 hours to visit Agadir and its landscape. The chicken couscous was nice although the meal was slightly cold (I prefer hot meals). It’s worth the experience. The guide and driver were very nice and polite.

We were picked up from the hotel on time by Mohamed our driver/guide in a 4x4 with four seats plus the driver, and two small foldaway seats in the third row. We joined another couple who had been picked up first. We did not really know what to expect next as Mohamed did not inform us, but soon we arrived at another hotel, where two other people were waiting for us. A six foot tall man and a lady with impaired mobility. They stated that they would not be able to occupy the fold away seats. Indeed the other four passengers were all in a similar position. After a few phone calls, an alternative vehicle was found for the third couple. Mohamed then drove south, out of Agadir, stopping on a concrete road bridge to see a flock of flamingos some 300 meters away. We left the main roads for country lanes for a few miles, before taking to the sand tracks, which were quite firm after the downpour two days earlier. -The first such rainfall for seven years apparently! After driving between hundreds of argon trees and encountering quite a few quad bike and dune buggy groups. Subsequently we passed polly- tent after polly-tent as huge quantities of vegetables and tomatoes are grown in this area. We headed over to a local pottery to see one of their workers hand crafting small pots, to walk though their huge stock room and out into their sales room to meet their jovial owner (I believe) on the till. Then off to where the sand and scrub meets the sea cliffs. We met, per chance, a group of Berber camel owners and were offered a photo opportunity and a chance to ride one of the traditionally adorned beasts. We then drove past a military barracks, a platoon of soldiers under training marching towards us, a firing range and a number of observation posts watching for small boat loads of economic migrants heading for the Canary Islands. We saw none. A short distance south we stopped to see some 'cliff cave' dwellings created by fishermen who made their living from rod and line fishing from the rocks below. Then past a nature reserve, before stopping for lunch at a Berber village/farmstead. The tagine chicken and cuscus had been slow cooked for us by the farm ladies and went down well as did the tiny bottled drinks of soda (at a very reasonable additional cost.) After lunch we headed further south still to a hill hop vantage point to view the huge Youssef Ibn Reservoir for photographs. On the way back to Agadir we stopped at a tourist shop, selling argan oil and other items enjoyed by tourists. We thoroughly enjoyed this full day 4x4 excursion. Be aware however that it does not take in the rolling sand dunes of the Sahara desert, just those cliff top dunes south of Agadir. We felt that the picture on Viator, advertising the excursion was a little misleading.

This is a real experience. This is not a foo foo ride in a park! You will have your eyes opened as to the real Agadir. And the BABY!!! So adorable, weaving in and out of the other camels trying to keep up with mama. On a side note since we rode the camels in the afternoon ( because we had a different tour in the morning) they went out of their way to have a taxi pick us up at a designated location and then the same taxi take us back to the ship afterwards.