Zagora and quading through the dunes

We drove back to Zagora at night and got a room without much trouble. After going through the dunes during the day, Nachi had been quite keen on finding an all terrain vehicle (ATV) rental shop to take back into the desert for the following morning. After some interesting dialogue with the concierge, we found ourselves a man who would rent us ATVs (or quads as they called them). Cha-ching!

We signed up for a half day starting at 9am. Our guide took us into the desert and within the hour, we were launching ourselves through the dunes. The sand dunes in this part were much smaller and from the distance the quads looked like little toy racing cars, as they drove through the dunes slanted and sliding around, and slipping occasionally. Once the momentum was flying high, the quad would clear its wheels over a dune and land a couple meters down a little lopsided with a thump and take off immediately. Nachi got yelled at (in French) for accelerating over the mountains to clear air. We later learned that accidents happen in these dunes and about one person dies a year, while many others suffer injuries. In fact our guide had suffered a couple himself. This was cool and was thus far Nachi's favorite part of the trip. Nachi also tried to fishtail the quad out 180 degrees like our rental, but was unsuccessful. We decided we already had another fun ride.