Traslado privado de Safi a ImsouaneLuxury Travel

Safi to Imsouane is 215 km by road — roughly 2h45 in a private car by way of Essaouira. Longboarders and surf learners come for the endless bay wave, and everyone else for the harbour fish and the sense of being at the end of the road, and the drive in is part of the story.

Who makes the Safi to Imsouane trip

Why this trip? People often pass through Safi on a coastal road trip between Essaouira and El Jadida rather than staying long. As for Imsouane, longboarders and surf learners come for the endless bay wave, and everyone else for the harbour fish and the sense of being at the end of the road.

The road from Safi to Imsouane

South of Safi the road hugs the coast past Souiria Kdima's fishing beach, then crosses the Had Draa farmland towards Essaouira. South of Essaouira the N1 heads inland through Smimou and Tamanar's argan hills — the stretch where goats famously climb the trees — before cutting back towards the coast at Imsouane. Good places to break the drive: Souiria Kdima beach, an argan oil cooperative near Tamanar and goats in the argan trees around Smimou.

Arriving in Imsouane

Imsouane is a remote fishing village on a headland roughly halfway between Agadir and Essaouira, famous for one of the longest right-hand waves in Africa, rolling into its bay. The village has one access road off the N1; the final kilometres wind down a hillside to the harbour, where most guesthouses meet cars.

Before you go

The bay wave works best on bigger winter swells; summer is calmer and good for complete beginners. From Imsouane, Tamri's banana plantations and Cap Ghir are on the way south, the argan hills on the way north. The return leg, Imsouane to Safi, has its own page and the same per-vehicle pricing.