@sharkattack it was arranged through https://www.mountainbikeworldwide.com/ and was intended to be a short break for the wife and I after our youngest went away to Uni. For reasons that should be only too obvious she’s now in year 3 and we finally went last week 😉
We’re not very technical, but did do some local skills training (Hadleigh Park) and a guided day in Les Gets to get a bit better, so was mostly non-technical trails (well main roads really!) and some single-track. Some of it was up-lifted, as we had access to a van (it was a private week with a guide + driver/cook in a van). There was also a lot of climbing e.g. https://www.strava.com/activities/7848697591 which included about an hour of hot, dusty, uphill. The single-track was this sort of stuff https://www.strava.com/activities/7854241327
Overall we did:
2 days non-riding in Marrakesh.
2 days in a Berber homestay, though really more of a hostel. This was “basic” (to say the least). The riding was in and around Amizmiz.
1 night in a tent in the Agafay desert. This was awesome.
3 nights in a hotel in Imlil.
The guiding/bike hire was through a local Imlil based company and we were on Scott Genesis 750 bikes which seemed fine to me. They can tailor to pretty much anything, and the guide certainly talked about mounting the bikes 2 to a donkey for some assisted hike-a-bike with other (more adventurous) groups.
The hinterlands of Morocco are dirt-poor, and facilities can be basic, but everyone we met was super-friendly, and riding through small villages saying Hi (“As-Salame Alaykum – bonjour” seems to be the greeting of choice) and high-fiving school kids was great fun.
A small word of caution, depending on your proclivities, in 8 days we managed to get 2 beers. Its a “moderate Muslim country” and whilst alcohol exists, its not that easy to find. For instance I saw no hint of it in Imlil, and Google suggested the closest bar was 35 miles away 😉
HTH, any more details needed – fire away.
LR