Beautiful rippled sand dunes in Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, embodying the vastness of the Sahara Desert.
Connections across Morocco
Laayoune to Amgala via Smara: road guide requires allowances for strong crosswind, sand and dust, long service gaps, extreme daytime heat.
Along the road
The ordered road stops are Laayoune → Smara → Amgala.
- road-network drive time
- 5h 3m
- km by road
- 299 km
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Laayoune
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