This time we went down to the area which borders with Egypt. The border demarcates two distinct deserts: On the Israeli side, the Negev desert and on the Egyptian side the Sinai. The plan was two full days and the night in between, which was a on the full moon. Desert riding on a full moon should definitely be on your bucket list... On the first day the temperatures were still scorching, just over 100 F, so we made a slight change of plan and started at 6 pm for a 40 mile ride that went well into the night. There was a full moon and the area is mostly dunes so visibility is good and the falls aren't painful... Here's a short video of the daylight part of the ride: <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/lRNwsRGN0_M" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe> Day 2 was in completely different terrain. One of the cool things about the Negev desert is that in an area of only 30 by 30 km's you have a very wide variety of terrain and scenery. Rocks, dunes, single track, fast trails on dry riverbeds... the works. The last scene is a on a hard pack trail on the ridge of Kadesh Barnea, overlooking the Sinai desert. Beautiful, though the scene is much too short to capture the quality of the vista. <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/y5aUSBpJ1nA" allowfullscreen="" width="420" frameborder="0" height="315"></iframe>
You can rent scooters, and occasionally the rentals have full sized bikes, but not something you can rely on. There are a couple of advanced riding schools where you could probably get a one day guided course with an offroad bike and maybe you could convince them to do a guided tour. If you're interested I could give you a contact mail or phone number for inquiries but there's nothing like what's available in Europe or Costa Rica for example. I know that there are a couple of European operators who rent bikes in Morocco. That's a great desert destination and they rent a variety of bikes including GS1200 Adventures.