We could have strung together cities and tarmac. We chose the opposite. For two years we came back, season after season, to log what no app shows: the forgotten tracks, the passages that need a real 4×4, the bivouac spots where you actually sleep in peace.

The result is this Morocco roadbook: a complete itinerary, documented point by point, built to travel self-sufficiently without ever driving blind. From the dunes of the Sahara to the narrow gorges of the Atlas, from the kasbah road to the southern tracks, you know where you’re going and what’s waiting.

Two years isn’t long to do things right. It’s the time it takes to drive a track across several seasons, to check that a track holds its promise when the wind picks up, and to confirm that a GPS point leads where it says it does. We’d rather spend that time now so you don’t lose it once you’re there.

Google Maps often stops where the adventure begins. In town, the app does the job. On the southern tracks, it offers you a route that doesn’t exist, or sends you somewhere you’ve no business being. The signal vanishes, and your margin for error with it.

A dedicated Morocco roadbook is the opposite of a generic map: proven tracks, verified GPS coordinates, difficulty levels stated upfront, the fuel and water windows, and highlights scouted one by one. It’s the difference between a route and an adventure. To set the scene, we already share our notes in our Morocco round-up article and in our first magazine.

Between the southern dunes and the northern plains lies the Atlas. It’s the backbone of the trip, and the part we like best. In the Middle Atlas, you drive in the shade of cedar forests, where the Barbary macaques cross the track in no hurry. Further south, the High Atlas raises its passes and Berber villages clinging to the slope, up to the kasbah of Telouet, overlooked by the tour coaches.

And then there are the lost tracks. Old colonial roads, muleteer paths, links between valleys that only locals still know and that have vanished from the maps. This is where two years of scouting earns its keep: the GPS hesitates, so we test, we come back in another season to confirm. The reward is silent passes, hamlets without a single tourist, and often a tea no one asked for. The Morocco roadbook logs the ones worth the detour and still passable, saying plainly what each one demands.

Contrary to a common idea, Morocco has no single season. You just follow the regions. We go all year, adapting the route to the weather rather than the other way round.

In summer as in winter, we head for the coast: the Atlantic stays mild when the desert burns or the passes turn white. The rest of the year, in spring and autumn, it’s time for the Atlas and the desert, when the temperatures are right and the light at its best. The Morocco roadbook will follow this logic of seasons, to send you to the right place at the right time.

Pixie follows us everywhere, from the most remote tracks to the finest bivouacs. Travelling with a dog in Morocco takes a bit of preparation, but nothing insurmountable. You’ll need a pet passport, an up-to-date rabies vaccine and titre test (at least 21 days before departure), microchip identification and a health certificate from your vet.

On the ground, daily life is simpler than you’d fear: plenty of water, shade in the hot hours, and an eye on the paw pads after a day of stones. The Morocco roadbook will gather the up-to-date rules and our concrete pointers, because a track Pixie signs off on is usually an excellent track.

A track log is judged on its precision. Here’s what you’ll find, no filler:

• A complete itinerary, stage by stage, north to south, west to east.
• The GPS coordinates of every track tested on-site.
• The difficulty level of each track, stated honestly.
• The fuel and water resupply points.
• Seasonal advice and the weather traps to know.
• The rules and tips for travelling with a dog.
• Our good addresses for eating well after the track.