The route follows non-tarmac roads and wheel tracks, and all needs to be covered in 4x4s rather than a coach. You will see extraordinary oasis towns, with gold, pink and orange walls which blend beautifully with the desert scenery, the impressive mountain scenery of the Atlas and Anti-Atlas ranges, pomegranate and palm groves and, the focus of our tour, rock art in wonderfully remote settings.

Your Guide Lecturer has worked for many years as an archaeologist, and has lived in Morocco since the 1970s, spending much of the time finding new rock art sites. Over 300 have been discovered in the country to date, most of them carvings, but recently she wrote in Current World Archaeology about the excitement of finding a cave full of painted images. She is also involved in ‘Desert Patina’ a project researching how prehistoric people living in the Sahara had reacted in the past to deteriorating climatic conditions - a very topical subject...

This is a unique opportunity to take this journey through remote landscapes with someone who has been closely involved with the discovery of the sites.