Erkounte

Erkounte is a tiny village on the Atlantic coast between Tiznit and Sidi Ifni. Apart from the campsite there is little of note except a spectacular isolated sandy beach, accessible from the campsite down a steep track, steep enough that not all that many folk use it.

Looking down to the beach

The site itself is modern, well laid out with generous pitches and electricity points and water taps well situated. The sanitary block is immaculate with hot showers, washing and washing-up facilities and even a dog shower! There is a regular bus service north and south although most who stay here seem to have their own transport, 4-wheel drive buggies being quite prevalent. There is an excellent restaurant and small shop for essentials and the owner has built a large meeting room, used for various functions arranged for the campers. Many are here long-term and get good discounts. We like it!

Quieter, bottom end of Erkounte Park

Busier, but not as crowded as it looks, top end

The owner, Abdullah, comes from the village itself but spent 33 years in Denmark as a restauranteur, before returning to his roots and building the site on land inherited from his father, thus the strong European influence. He speaks several languages, as does his young son who helps run the place. His wife and daughters run the kitchens etc. making it a big family affair. He is also keen on helping develop his village and has instigated several programmes including a tourist trail around the rocky coast, visiting five rock arches.

Our stay here has been most relaxing, blessed with hot sunshine and light cool breezes during the day and comfortably cool nights. We have used the restaurant a few times and enjoyed very reasonably priced and tasty meals, but have not ventured away from the site, except for Terry taking Jamie onto the beach a few times for a run about and a plodge in the sea, which is actually quite rough with big waves rolling in from the Atlantic. We've not seen anyone actually swimming although it is not all that cold.

It is easy to see why it is popular with long-term motorhomers and we've enjoyed our week here. However we're now ready to move on to the one objective we've had in returning to Morocco this year, the Almond Festival at our favourite town of Tafraout, in the mountains, which takes place at the end of next week. A number of our MotorhomeFun friends are also heading that way so our plan is to join them tomorrow, pausing again at the supermarket in Tiznit, although Tafraout is quite a big town with all the shops etc. we need. It's just that a supermarket is a bit easier.

We'll be leaving our friends, Derek and June with whom we've been travelling since arriving in Morocco, for now as they want to stay here longer but have plans to meet up again later.

 

PS - Harry and Meghan haven't been to see us! (They're currently in Morocco somewhere).