Last mountains before the desert, Jebel Sahro is still walked by the Aït Atta nomads, former warriors (they were the last tribe to submit after the deadly battle of Bougafer in 1934), who find a meagre living in its deserted and harsh lands. When many Aït Atta settled and mixed with the population they formerly ruled, some of them stuck to their traditional way of life.

Pastor, they live mainly from the breeding of goats, and use mule to carry their small possessions. They still make transhumance, between mountains in the summer and desert in the winter, when they go down to Zagora. You can even trek with them and accompany the transhumance. It has nowadays evolved, and some nomads use special trucks that takes them to the Fès area, where they work for the harvest while their herds can feed on the rests of the crop.

You need a 4*4 to cross the Sahro. You’ll feel out of time, out of space even, in a foreign, beautiful and hard environment.