We Camped In Morocco’s Monkey Forest | Exploring Ifrane National Park

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Жыл бұрын

We’re back again and this installment of our Morocco road trip in our self built campervan is not to be missed!
This week is absolutely action packed as we start the long journey back up north, taking in plenty of awesome sights along the way.
But before we’ve even got going, we almost get scammed by the Moroccan police as they pull us over on false pretenses and demand that we hand over cash to be able to carry on with our journey.
After managing to avoid being ripped off we stay the night in Morroco’s famous monkey forest in Ifrane National Park which, whilst an incredible experience, is not exactly what we expected.
We then head on to Meknes, a city packed with history and somewhere we’d been super excited to visit. Only to discover that this spectacular, former capital of Morocco is currently a building site.
The week ends on a high, though, as we take a trip to the extraordinary ruins of Volubilis, a unique Roman-Amazigh city that is bursting at the seams with history.
It’s an intense ride this week as we continue to pick up the pace, but we’re loving every minute of it. Oh and let us know in the comments - would you have given in and paid the police or played hardball like we did?
Sarah, James & Ady
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@ayoubelmorabiti8127 Жыл бұрын

There’s always a bit of evil in every corner of the world I hope that this experience didn’t change your perspective of the country. We’re happy to have such a lovely family visiting our beloved country ❤ Good luck with your journey.

@jonasg9531 Жыл бұрын

As a Moroccan I'm glad you shared your experience with this particular police checkpoint. I'm sure you passed many before where the encounter was smooth and lovely, however people need to know that this sort of behavior still exist to varying degrees. The majority of moroccans are good people whether it's the authorities or the public, but this doesn't mean that you won't encounter a few bad individuals along the way. I hope you have enjoyed your staying in my beloved country and i really hope that someday you'd comeback. May god bless your family 🙏🏻

@ramys.4313 Жыл бұрын

That corrupt cop needs to be stopped. It's a shame.

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

It is but we were fortunate it didn’t go any further ❤️

@user-no8er1fh4w Жыл бұрын

You should announce your story by the police and that corruption need to stop 🛑

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We didn’t even think about reporting it to be honest, perhaps we should have though.

@ihabjr6798 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing Report please! It helps getting rid of such people

@hhhvvhjnjjhg5646 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing just report

@zakariajonas7763 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing If u reported him he will have serious problem.....Perhaps he had it already after ur video.....I like ur beautifull family have a nice stay

@SolutionMind15 Жыл бұрын

I’m sharing the link to a government twitter, we don’t want those people among us and you’re guests and should be respected.

@sanaamokhtari2787 Жыл бұрын

Sorry about the incident with the cop. So glad you didn’t cave in, well done. Unfortunately corruption does still happen even though the Moroccan authorities are cracking down on it hard as it messes with the countries main source of revenue aka tourism. Love the blogs. Your energy is infectious. The good vibe family. God bless you all ❤

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We were more annoyed that it woke Ady up than anything 😅 But we have heard that corruption is being stamped out in Morocco as you say, and we haven’t actually encountered it anywhere else so it’s just one of those things. So glad you’re enjoying the videos, thanks for the lovely feedback ❤️

@Yanzdorloph Жыл бұрын

Tourism isn't Morocco's main source of income, it's around 7%, but it employs a lot of ppl, and Morocco need every Dollar or Euro it can get its hand on to be able to pay other countries for Oil and Gaz that it lacks as they can't use the Dirham for any import really

@abdessamadao1973 Жыл бұрын

Industry is the main source of revenue to Morocco , tourism also contributes to our economy but not that much as people think it does ..

@zakariajonas7763 Жыл бұрын

@@abdessamadao1973 Industrie 25% Agriculture 14%

@Sayitlikitiz101 Жыл бұрын

For the record, the Romans did plenty of "salvaging" around the Empire, they used the remnants of ancient cities or cities they freshly destroyed to build their own colonies. Many Carthaginian cities in North Africa are now lost to history because of this practice. The Spanish learn from them and did the same, notably in Central America and in the Andes. You guys are awesome and underrated, keep up the good job! You have one more subscriber! 😊👍

@user-fh5ct3vb9k Жыл бұрын

Welcome to my house in Azrou, I think you passed it on the way to Meknes, you are a nice family and I love you

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! ❤️

@mommygarcia9137 Жыл бұрын

God for you not giving in !! Stand you ground against those corrupt cops !! Safe travels

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thank you. It was fortunate that we had actually stopped because it’s very easy to roll through them slowly! ❤️

@mhdi89 Жыл бұрын

A warm salute from a Meknessi in the West Midlands. Thanks for visiting my hometown, and I hope you will return there in better conditions.

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We would love to come back when everything is finished 😀❤️

@Moccalocca100 9 ай бұрын

I really wanna go there. Awesome video

@TheWholeWorldorNothing 9 ай бұрын

You should!

@HM-bu8gr Жыл бұрын

You need to visit the palace of Moulay Ismail who had 4 wifes and more than 500 concubines. At the end he had more than 1000 kids

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We read about him, an incredible story!

@zinebkarimi5671 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this video 👍🇨🇦

@carmanconrad8684 Жыл бұрын

Great to see how much fun you're having. Fascinating country!

@paulanolan3662 Жыл бұрын

Awh guys ❤ love this, it looks so amazing 😊 keep the videos coming.

@Verbena01 Жыл бұрын

Maravillosa familia❤

@helenvwalker7919 Жыл бұрын

Volubilis is absolutely stunning. I loved this site. The mosaics were stunning and amazingly they were left completely uncovered.

@mohammedfaher4013 Жыл бұрын

Nice video like usual:enjoy the trip.

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍❤️

@jacquipettitt3389 Жыл бұрын

What a jam packed video people. Very brave to refuse to pay the bribe 😬. A fabulous market haul, a wonderful visit to the monkey forest, beautiful architecture and of course, good food. Hope you're all okay from whatever medical mishap you encountered ❤

@TravelsandNatureVlog Жыл бұрын

Thanks for visiting Meknes. I know now lots of renovations going on but I do appreciate your visit to My home town where I was born.There still a lot to see I wish I was there to show you around. I am in Canada next time if you are back.

@houdamrn2631 Жыл бұрын

Keep going one day u’ll be famous cs ur videos are fullll of energy and joy u r living my dream life ❤

@yousseflaaguid660 Жыл бұрын

Hello James & Sarah, waw a wonderfull adventure as aways, I loved this episode. The monkeys looks like the navy seals, they are well trained to all situations 🤣🤣🤣🤣 and not cute 😂😂 Happy Ramadan, hope you enjoy Ramadan in Morocco. Greetings.

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so glad you enjoy it 😀 We loved seeing the monkeys, we couldn’t believe how many there were! Happy Ramadan to you too ❤️

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Chokran lik

@bounajirachida7320 Жыл бұрын

Very nice family 👍

@dijakhadija5711 Жыл бұрын

Welcom to morroco 🎉🎉

@fouadrachidi765 Жыл бұрын

Welcome to MORROCO thank you🇲🇦

@GamingEmpire Жыл бұрын

welcome to morocco

@MoroccanCanadianFromToronto Жыл бұрын

Thank you for visiting my hometown Meknes, if i was there I would have invited you and show you all the attractions and monuments. Greetings🇲🇦from Toronto🇨🇦

@irishatheart3810 Жыл бұрын

Hi! I missed you guys this week. Hope all is well - take care

@DlgKarim 2 ай бұрын

Good Luck.

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Tbarklqh

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Bravo

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Macha alah

@user-fb2hx6xf1k Жыл бұрын

المغرب بلد جميل واناسه طيبون كل مكان فيه صالح طالح لكن أغلبية ساكنة اناس كرماء الطيبون سبق أن زرت المغرب ومكت فيه مدة ٦ اشهر كانت رحلتنا ممتعة جدا فانا احب هدا البلد اللطيف

@andread27 Жыл бұрын

Praying for you guys! That the Lord will keep you safe and protected as you travel .

@hanan1374 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos and beautiful family I hope you are all well and safe? 🇬🇧🇲🇦

@Firdousje Жыл бұрын

I hope you guys are in good health ❤❤ ❤hope this Morocco trip didn’t change your experience. Take care

@msmacmac1000 Жыл бұрын

You guys are wonderful. Your integrity will continue to get you far in life. Corruption is everywhere these days. So are good people!💪🏼❤️ Ady gets more adorable each day

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Ah thank you ☺️ Sadly you’re so right, corruption is absolutely everywhere! But fortunately we haven’t seen it anywhere else in Morocco. ❤️

@msmacmac1000 Жыл бұрын

Nor did we! I want to return to Morocco. We drove through Ifrane on our way to the High Atlas where we hiked.🙏🏼 or, maybe on our way to Meknes?🤷🏻‍♀️ Morocco is amazing and your videos enthrall me.

@15stomaymanehajji31 Жыл бұрын

Wolcome to morocoo ❤🥰🇲🇦

@Zrwah47 Жыл бұрын

You should have made note of the incident and challenge the police officer for his ID and badge number to report time and location of the incident to higher authorities. A rotten Apple must be removed from the basket.

@yahyaoui-sz5ee 11 ай бұрын

I love going to tunisia and this country is very similar, scenery temp food and roman ruins and caters better for vans I assume, loved the monkeys my granddaughter would love them she,s 3yrs old ps your daughter is beautiful too and seems very quiet to my chatterbox lol

@TheWholeWorldorNothing 11 ай бұрын

We’ve visited Tunisia in the past but didn’t manage to explore much but it sounds great. We’ve definitely got a chatterbox too, sometimes we struggle to film 🤣 ❤️

@hichamraiss1775 Жыл бұрын

👍Good food tajin kaffta🥘

@hamidouabidou2372 Жыл бұрын

Nice video Salutations from Fes and Germany

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! ❤️

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Tanmirt

@zaidtiane4235 Жыл бұрын

Barbary monkeys are endemic moroccan animals. Like the Atlas Lions, however there are no Atlas Lions in wild anymore 😢.

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Hopefully the numbers stat to increase again, they’re such beautiful animals 😀

@zaidtiane4235 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing that would be awesome

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

It really would!

@user-no3so6my1c Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤

@jonasw3945 Жыл бұрын

Moulay driss zerhoun doesn't have much to do with Volubilis, the city of Volubilis remained substantially intact until they were devastated an earthquake in the mid-18th century and subsequently looted by some people for some buildings in Meknes. It was not until the latter part of the 19th century that the site was definitively identified as that of the ancient city of Volubilis

@GhostShield2 Жыл бұрын

21:05 the prison is called Kara it's probably 300 years old. Among the slaves were europeans slaves as well captured by the moroccan navy back in days while crossing the mediteerean or the atlantic sea and not paying the toll of crossing 😊 Meknes city and the prison were built by Sultain Moulay Ismael one the most powerful sultans of the Alaouite Dynasty that still in power till these days. One fun fact about that Sultan is he had almost a 1000 sons and daughters ! He had a hareem of more than 500 wives and concubines 😊😊

@tariksaidi5620 Жыл бұрын

brother sorry for this Cops😢 you loock realy like a moroccan mohammed bro 👍 you are welcome with your family in Morocco and u have to try 1 day fasting in Morocco with breakfast & sunset . realy good experience

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thank you ❤️

@khlifasami8569 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

😀🙌👍

@roja091986 Жыл бұрын

What is the weather like there? Planning a visit for the 7th of April to Agadir and would like to what the weather is like so we can pack accordingly for the children. Thank you. Keep safe and keep sharing your experience.

@rachidmanar4185 Жыл бұрын

Please call 999 and tell them about incident and where it happens I'm sure that they will punish him especially if the complaint comes from a tourist

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We never thought to try and report it but maybe we should have

@fawzifalih5019 Жыл бұрын

We, Moroccans are familiar with their tacticts, hence we drive slowly at the sign "halt" and stop completely at the sign "stop", but we make sure they have seen our complète stop before we move forward, or wait for them to wave for us to drive on. Thus we make sure to avoid paying a fine or bribing them, the lesser of two evils 😄

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s a tough lesson to learn! And especially because we never encountered it before that, even when we had been stopped the police were always very friendly. We were very fortunate that we didn’t need to pay in the end 😀🙌

@messaoudhajji7471 Жыл бұрын

Volubilis itself is built on the ruins of an ancient Moroccan Amazigh city, as Lavoisier (French chemist) said: "Nothing is created, nothing is lost, everything is transformed".

@yousseflaaguid660 Жыл бұрын

for information this specie of mankey called "Macaques" are only in Morocco and also in Gibraltar only.

@naspics7058 Жыл бұрын

I love everything about Morocco. The unique and diversified Arab, Amazigh, Sahraoui cultures, the hospitality of the ppl is not to be find anywhere else, the various landscapes but those corrupted cups must be hold accountable for their irresponsible actions. The country´s reputation is everything and must not be destroyed by such ppl with low low values

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Lah yassar

@homefarid828 Жыл бұрын

تحية والسلام🌹❤

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Thank you ☺️

@lahoucinelamlih3214 Жыл бұрын

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻💯

@hatot1 Жыл бұрын

Well done mate 👏 Corruption starts from the top ! Brings the country to it's knees .

@hatot1 Жыл бұрын

At least you got Free tomatoes 😂

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

We were genuinely surprised! Every other interaction we’ve had with police in morocco has been friendly and professional, guess you get the odd bad apple everywhere ❤️

@hatot1 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Those C%#% are the parasites lolll ;) I'm from meknes originally, I can see the weather wasn't on your side ;)

@rachidmanar4185 Жыл бұрын

Please call 999 and tell them about incident and where it happens I'm sure they will punish him

@lindataylor6093 Жыл бұрын

Loved this but, not the corrupt police. Overlanding sophia said, ok I'll call the British embassy, that did the trick and carried on their way. Oh dear, I do hope you are all OK, after hearing next week's intro. Take care x

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Yassalam

@VainMuze Жыл бұрын

Listen, I'm a Moroccan, and you need to report the cops who stopped you so they get a bribe. There's a crackdown on corruption in Morocco, and it will help the authorities and other tourists if you report this incident not to a local police station but to the main quarters in one of the big cities. It sucks.

@7na_mgharba Жыл бұрын

Hello lovely family, have you film the police faces ? if yes please can you share it on internet with the time and place of the incident because we can't let them continue their misdemeanor ! they must be arrested ans punished for sure and thank you for the videos

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Tankyo

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Rai3

@MrYasser411 Жыл бұрын

This is 💯 Morocco. Corruption prevailing the country led by the King himself

@rashidhackney2431 Жыл бұрын

Sad to hear about the police 😢

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Jamil

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Ayoz

@cicada974 Жыл бұрын

Please report that check point and record them

@ajmimi2462 Жыл бұрын

The corrupt cop need to be stoped

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

Agreed

@ajmimi2462 Жыл бұрын

@@TheWholeWorldorNothing big kiss meryem from agadir your welcome in morrocco enyoy

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

@@ajmimi2462 thank you ☺️❤️

@affanhassan4746 Жыл бұрын

❤🇲🇦💚🇲🇦❤🇲🇦💚🇲🇦❤🇲🇦💚🇲🇦💚🇲🇦💚🇲🇦

@Maiden-Rock Жыл бұрын

Beautiful baby 💕, god bless your family from Moroccan man in New-York. , you should report him, trust me he will be punished. Please do so .

@ilhamsel7883 Жыл бұрын

I hope you gonna like hometown "fez".i think you will be there during ramadan .wish you ll have a nice time and try our food: staffed spleen 🤣and grappe jus(dry raisin) in old medina,moulay idriss sweets ...etc .sorry about this cop .hope you ll never meet another similar species😑

@shimonpertz Жыл бұрын

You should file a complaint about the corrupt cop to the ministry of internal affairs. Morocco is fighting corruption for years now.

@fhwarwick Жыл бұрын

Not monkeys but apes as they have no tail. There’s five packs on the rock of Gibraltar.

@kathleenjasa3125 Жыл бұрын

Curious as to what did the monkeys eat in the wild and not what the tourists fed them!??

@atlaslion1746 Жыл бұрын

Corruption is a scourge that must always be denounced, and you did well to talk about it. It's quite rare in Morocco, but exceptional cases does exist, shame on these people. Let's hope that your video is watched by someone of the authorities, and that he does the necessary.

@ghdk530 Жыл бұрын

Sorry you had to deal with a corrupted officer. Given that you were in a rural area, I believe it was a gendarme (in grey uniform), not a police officer (dark blue uniform). You should report him guys. They have a camera on their chest that they must keep it switched on at all times. They can verify the incident and trust me he will get punished!

@Emfn1212 Жыл бұрын

You should use a dash cam to show to the cops as proof

@ahmedalaoui9443 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍🤍🤍❤️♥️💯

@sagikaki8773 Жыл бұрын

Bein

@zakariajonas7763 Жыл бұрын

Meknes is one of the four Imperial cities in Morocco......Its fault is to be the neighbor of Fes.....

@RachidRachid-rf2fd Жыл бұрын

🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@Riyad21291 Жыл бұрын

Is Morocco the best country you did visit so far?:)))) Ps: imma big fan of yours and Ady is sooooooooooo cute haha ,, enjooy your trip (y)

@fatimaalhurra2135 Жыл бұрын

You can bet it’s going into their pockets; it’s sickening but it happens a lot. Hope it doesn’t happen to you again. Stay safe beautiful family ❤️❤️❤️

@aber6441 Жыл бұрын

Film them next time so they can know who they are, they usually get fired straight away

@ongodwetust77 Жыл бұрын

We Moroccan do care…what’s the location please ?

@fhwarwick Жыл бұрын

Never pay a corrupt police. Threaten to report him to the governor. He could well lose his job.

@firassjayche8914 Жыл бұрын

If you have the record go to the next police station and put your arguments they will pay you back

@757marr Жыл бұрын

thanks

@TheWholeWorldorNothing Жыл бұрын

😀❤️

@khadijasultana3943 Жыл бұрын

You should report this to the police. there is a number for corruption.shame on them . Actually by this video he will be in trouble for sure they going to catch him.😮

@thinkandchangethewayyouthi9142 Жыл бұрын

يجب توقيف من طلب الرشوة من السياح

@thewisceeeggg1624 Жыл бұрын

Oh no! What an awful closing statement, about the worst week of your lives😫... What a teaser. Since it was described as a week, I assume that you survived it. Here's looking forward to next week.

@amalifwalli7815 Жыл бұрын

I wish you had footage of the incident. UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR BY THESE OFFICERS PERIOD. On behalf of all my Moroccan compatriots I sincerely apologize and hope that It won't happen again.

@csx3180 Жыл бұрын

Fam you should report the cop, he'll lose his job and be blacklisted, and he deserves it. A fine should never be paid without a ticket.

@zakariaewins6631 Жыл бұрын

You should call the anti-bribery number

@najibkouky7007 Жыл бұрын

Mr hamouchi won't tolerate this kind behaviour .you will see.

@yonasson762 Жыл бұрын

Iam Moroccan and i have always this problem when i travel in the car so please don´t be quite speack about this thieves so that the central goverment will do something...¨