4x4 car rental in Morocco

When to choose it

• Desert and dunes
• Southern tracks
• Merzouga and Zagora
• True four-wheel drive

Models you’ll come across in Morocco

These models are common in Moroccan fleets. Listing them here describes the market — it does not mean they are available right now. Actual availability shows up in search.

• Toyota Prado
• Toyota Land Cruiser
• Toyota Fortuner
• Toyota Hilux
• Mitsubishi Pajero
• Jeep Wrangler

What it costs

Expect 700 to 1600 DH per day for a 4x4 vehicle. Rates depend on season, duration and city: a week negotiates better than a day, and August in Agadir costs more than February in Fès.

When a real four-wheel drive is necessary, and when it is not

A true four-wheel drive, with low-range gearing and a locking differential, answers a precise need: sand, deep ruts, river crossings, steep loose descents. Anyone heading into the dunes beyond Merzouga or Chegaga, or onto the mountain pistes of the High Atlas away from the paved passes, needs one, and needs it with decent tyres rather than whatever was fitted last.

It is just as important to say when it is unnecessary, because that is the more common case. The large majority of sites visitors want to see in Morocco are reached on surfaced roads: the imperial cities, the Atlantic coast, the Ourika and Ouzoud valleys, Chefchaouen, the Todra and Dades gorges. For all of those, a four-wheel drive is a heavier, thirstier car with no benefit you will ever use.

Two precautions are worth knowing before you commit to a track. First, phone coverage disappears quickly once you leave the main routes, so someone should know your intended route and your expected return time. Second, most rental agreements exclude damage sustained off surfaced roads, whatever the vehicle. Ask the agency explicitly what is and is not covered before you drive onto sand.

Southern Morocco and the Desert by Car: From the Tichka Pass to the Merzouga Dunes

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