In March 2019, Explorer Alice Hunter Morrison became the first woman to walk the length of the River Draa in Morocco. She discovered a lost city, found the tombs of the giants and was confronted with the dire effects of climate change on once viable land.

Now, she is taking on the Sahara, the biggest hot desert in the world. The expedition will cover 2000km, beginning in Oued Chbika on the Atlantic and ending at Morocco’s southernmost tip and its border with Mauritania, La Guera. It will take three months, beginning on 26 November 2019 (inchallah) and she will be travelling with her Draa Expedition team of three Amazigh (Berber) guides, Brahim Ahalfi, Brahim Boutkhoum and Addi ben Youssef, and five camels: Alasdair, Hamish, Callum, Murdo and Sausage. This time, though, one more camel is being added to the team to help carry water – Hunter, who was named after Alice.

The expedition is being organised by Jean-Pierre Datcharry of Désert et Montagne Maroc who has 40 years of experience in the region.