31 Oct 2022
Beware all the quad bike tours and reviews. When they have sufficient poor review, they restart with a new name. Same on AirBnB experiences. It’s not clear which company you are booking with and many operators running under multiple names. Read reviews very carefully or pay extra to go through your hotel for some protection. Our trip was tracked as 17km (not 30 or 50 as advertised) and over a very short, flat repetitive route (about 4 km see photo). It was around a dusk bowl off a main road, near some plastic greenhouses, pylons and yes a few argon trees. There was no break other than a bike swap, no traditional Moroccan tea at a tea house, no Berber villages, no sand dunes, no beach like the photo or description. No photo opportunity. No air con in the van. No French or English spoken, except very basic words. No safety briefing - just ‘go’ and ‘stop’. Some of the vehicles are very battered and not well maintained (my buggy had a flat tyre). It didn’t feel safe with a young child. The problem is, once you are at the quad bike centre, you are in the middle of no-where, so if you don’t like the look of things you are stuck!! It is not Sahara, or even pre-Saharah. There are multiple bike companies along the same road and you have to avoid other groups when you are out.