Essaouira: Electric Motorcycle Tour & Coastal Dunes

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 9

LanguagesEN · AR +2

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Silent ride through Essaouira's coast, dunes and argan forests on electric bikes

You choose your bike color and helmet, learn to ride in a short practice session, then spend the day on a circuit that covers Mogador Island, coastal dunes, argan forests, and a traditional farmhouse where tea and pastries are served. The route includes photo stops, a natural swimming pool, and views back toward Essaouira's coastline, all at a pace that lets you absorb the landscape without rushing between stops.

Step-by-step itinerary

Electric motorcycle tour around Essaouira

Choose vehicle color and helmet
Learn and test vehicles
Discover Mogador island history
See Barakat Mohammad sculpture
Visit Oued Ksob and caravan route
Explore the sandy castle
Learn about Jimi Hendrix and gnawas
View the Norfolk Pines
Take souvenir photos at I love Essaouira
Ride through forest track
See argan trees and learn about argan
Cross the village
Visit argan oil and Berber spread production
Enjoy tea and pastries in farmhouse
Ride track in dunes and forest
Visit natural swimming pool and dunes
Walk shaded path under pines
View Essaouira coastline and dunes
See Borj El Baroud
Photo stop with kites and camels
Visit the Indian gate
Return to store

The Experience

You pick the color of your electric motorcycle and a vintage Italian helmet — the kind that photographs well — and then spend ten minutes getting comfortable with the throttle and brakes in a quiet lot before heading out. The machines are quiet enough that you hear the Atlantic wind and the scrub brush under the tires, which changes how you notice the landscape. From there the route loops through the places that shape Essaouira: Mogador Island and the harbor where the city was built, the Barakat Mohammad sculpture, the caravan route along Oued Ksob, and then inland toward the argan groves where the trees grow low and twisted.

The ride moves through the forest on packed tracks, past the Norfolk Pines and the "I love Essaouira" photo wall, then opens into dunes and a natural swimming pool on the wadi where the sand is soft and the light changes as you ride. You stop at a traditional farmhouse for tea and pastries — the kind of pause that breaks up the riding without rushing you — and there's time to walk the shaded paths under the pines and look back toward the coastline. The route includes the argan oil production site where you see how the oil is made, and a photo stop between the kites and camels on the beach near the Indian gate before you head back to the shop.

This is not a high-speed tour. The electric motorcycles are accessible to everyone, and the pace is set so you can take in the landscape and stop for the details — the history of how Essaouira was built, the connection to the gnawas musicians, the way the region's argan has become a global product. The silence of the bikes means you're not fighting engine noise to hear your guide or notice the place itself.

What’s included

Your day includes choice of electric motorcycle color and vintage Italian helmet, a practice session to get comfortable with the bike, the full circuit around Essaouira covering Mogador Island, the argan groves, the natural swimming pool on the wadi, a traditional farmhouse visit with tea and pastries, and multiple photo stops along the coast and dunes before returning to the shop.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for back problems

Operated by Lou’s Rides

Is this one for you?A good fit if you want to see Essaouira's coast, dunes and argan forests without a car or a guide on foot — the electric bike covers more ground in silence, which is what lets you notice the landscape and the details your guide points out.