Desert Rats Reviews

You need to book this My wife and I rode the mountains and valleys tour with Martine one of the owners of the company as group leader. I ride a lot and compete in hard enduro. My wife doesn't ride much and finds bikes challenging. The Apollo Docker is a local bike that is ridden everywhere by locals and despite the huge difference in skill level we both had a great time, me being stupid and trying hill climbs (100cc doesn't give much thrust) and she enjoying the view at a slower pace that the Docker delivers. I normally ride a KTM dirt bike, but the Docker was still a lot of fun, not intimidating for my wife yet provided enough challenge for me to have a great time. Hats off to Martine and John for finding mind blowing tracks and marvellous comfortable overnight stays. Amazing team and deserving of the 5 stars. If you are wondering if this is the right company for you, IT IS!

Desert Rats. Morocco. On a motorcycle. Do it! I am not a tour joining kinda girl. But, doing a motorcycle ride through Morocco has been a dream since I started riding 20 years ago. I somehow stumbled onto Desert Rats, and thought it was too good to be true. I read through the comments and did my own background checks, and not only is this legit but it's one of the best things I've ever done for myself, and certainly the most incredible travel adventure I've ever had. Martine is an incredibly compassionate, detail oriented, laid back lady. As well as a bad ass rider! These well thought out routes wound me around some of the most exquisite, brutal landscapes I've witnessed (and I worked in Antarctica). There is not a chance I would ever have even found these roads on my own. Prefer to ride alone? Me, too! Each bike is equipped with a rugged sat phone with the routes pre loaded, so I could stop, hang back, or speed up to find my glorious alone time, and often found myself riding for long stretches of time with not a soul in sight, but also knowing that my group (and help when I needed it) wasn't far. The hardest part was seeing all the desert dogs everywhere, most of which are barely surviving. In our last town we found 4 puppies living in a pit surrounded by trash. I couldn't stand it. Not only did Martine empathize, and helped me to get them immediate food and water, but also assisted in helping me come up with a plan to get them out of there. I went back a few days after our trip with a rental van, picked them up out of the trash pit, took them to a vet, and a foster home afterwards. I'm happy to report they should be coming to the US in August 24' and into happy homes waiting for them (one being mine!). The Desert Rats Puppies'! Incredible experience I will never forget.

Excellent 5 day trip, I highly recommend Desert Rats and their tours. I have just returned from riding a 110 (ish) cc Dokker Apollo through the Lower Atlas Mountains and I can honestly say it was one of the ‘funnest’ bike trips I have ever done (and I have done a few). Firstly a huge “thank you” to Martine who was awesome throughout the tour and to Ali who accompanied us in the support truck and kept us and the motorbikes on the road - you guys were great. Secondly, Morocco… what a fantastic country! We travelled many great roads, numerous not so great sandy/rocky/dusty tracks and say many wonderful sights all while meeting many friendly Moroccan people on route, I cannot put into words exactly how enjoyable (and challenging) the tour was and how spectacular the mountainous scenery is. Finally, the bikes! It’s easy to look down your nose at these little cheap machines especially if you ride a modern adventure bike (as I do), but the Dokker was great fun and coped with everything thrown at it, overcoming rocks, sand, uneven tracks, pot holes, loose gravel and so much more! We got to ride places where many modern bikes would fail to go and while my butt was sore at the end of each evening, I remained somewhat impressed by this little machine. In short, the Dokker may not be a cool ADV bike, but it is a fun bike and will take you on a highly memorable tour of the Moroccan mountains and desert and in addition, Martine and the Desert Rats will totally look after you from start to finish with some great hotels, airport transfers, everything you need (and all for an incredibly reasonable price). I cannot speak highly enough of Morocco and the whole Desert Rats crew, thanks guys.

Great time in Marocco ! Extraordinary! This term is to be used for the description of the Tour organized by Martine. Every single detail was prepared and arranged for, by which very friendly approach and excelent atmospehere. I can highly recommend. :-)

Mountains and Valleys Tour Three experienced riders decided to join the Desert Rats Mountains and Valleys Tour led by Martine and Jamie. It wasn't about the the little 110cc Appollo Docker Motorcycles but to see the real Morocco, It's landscapes, people and culture. Saying that, the bikes were fun to ride and reliable. The whole trip was truly excellent. From the arranged 4 hour Taxi transfer from Marrakech Airport to the Hotel in Quarzazate to our departure. Martine has planned exciting routes through stunning scenery, selected lovely hotels/guest houses and somehow arranged some memorable experiences like sharing meals with the locals in their homes. I can only reiterate all the positive reviews previously written. It really was a fantastic experience. Great value and extremely well organised. Thank you Martine and Jamie for a very memorable week. And to top it off we had blue skies and sunshine. Paul - UK

Super vakantie Desert Rats Girls Tour De tocht door de Hoge Atlas was onwerkelijk mooi! We waren met zijn vijven: familie trip met 5 nichtjes. De brommer was super stabiel en kon met gemak de hoogste berg (2700+meter) aan. Heerlijk relaxed, heel veel gezien, heerlijk gegeten (ik kreeg als vegan vaak een eigen tajine met gekruide groenten - verrukkelijk!). En overal natuurlijk thee en gastvrije mensen. De hotels waren ook met veel zorg uitgekozen: heel mooi gelegen, veel mooie Marokkaanse tegels en design, en ook daar weer overal lekker eten. Martine was een geweldige gids: relaxed, heel professioneel en super behulpzaam. Deze vakantie was een heel mooie mix van avontuur, actie en ontspanning, bijzonder landschap en mooie kleuren, vriendelijke mensen, en heel veel lol. We hebben ook heel veel gelachen. Kortom: aanrader!!! Wij zijn ook heel benieuwd naar de andere tour van je Martine!