There is nothing quite like sleeping in the Sahara Desert. Morocco Today Tours takes you deep into the golden dunes of Erg Chebbi for a night that will stay with you forever.
April 1, 2022
Of all the experiences Morocco Today Tours offers, nothing moves our guests quite like the Sahara. The moment the tarmac road ends and the great dunes of Erg Chebbi rise out of the horizon, something shifts. The air changes. The noise of the world falls away. And you understand, perhaps for the first time, what it means to be truly somewhere.
Erg Chebbi sits near the town of Merzouga in southeastern Morocco, close to the Algerian border. The dunes here rise up to 150 metres — vast, sculpted mountains of golden and rose-coloured sand that shift with the wind and glow like embers at sunrise and sunset. Morocco Today Tours runs camel treks that depart at late afternoon, timed so guests arrive at our private desert camp just as the sun is setting over the dunes.
The camel trek itself is unforgettable. Our Berber guides, who have been navigating these dunes their entire lives, lead guests through the soft sand at a gentle pace, pointing out desert plants, lizard tracks, and the occasional fox print. The silence is extraordinary — there is no traffic, no electricity pylons, nothing but wind and the soft padding of camels’ feet.
“The Sahara has a way of making you feel very small and very alive at the same time. That is something we at Morocco Today Tours feel privileged to share.” — Zaid Boutachtouin
Our desert camp is a collection of traditional Berber nomad tents, each furnished with comfortable beds, lanterns, and hand-woven rugs. After arriving, guests are welcomed with mint tea and dates around a fire, while our camp cook prepares a slow tagine and Moroccan salads. After dinner, the real magic begins: with no light pollution for hundreds of kilometres, the Sahara sky offers one of the most spectacular starscapes on earth. Our guides name the constellations as our ancestors knew them, and guests sit in silence gazing upward for hours.
Mornings in the desert are equally extraordinary. Morocco Today Tours wakes guests before dawn to climb a nearby dune and watch the sunrise paint the Sahara in shades of amber, copper, and deep red. This is the moment most guests say they will never forget.
A night in the Sahara with Morocco Today Tours is not a luxury hotel experience — it is something rarer and more valuable. It is an encounter with one of the most ancient, beautiful, and humbling landscapes on our planet. We have been sharing this experience for over a decade, and it moves us every single time.
