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Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga | Erg Chebbi

Tour details

If you are already in Merzouga or arriving under your own steam, this is the desert experience on its own: into the dunes at sunset, dinner at the camp and sunrise over the erg the next morning.

Camps range from simple, with shared bathrooms, to luxury tents with private facilities. Tell us which you would prefer and we will arrange it.

Departure and return

Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga | Erg Chebbi

Noche en campamento bereber en el desierto de Merzouga

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Departure time

We meet you in Merzouga village, at your hotel or at the edge of the dunes.

Price includes

Acordamos la hora contigo según la época del año y la hora de la puesta de sol.

Price excludes

Camel ride at sunset and sunrise
One night in a Berber camp in Erg Chebbi
Dinner and breakfast
Berber music around the fire
Blankets and bedding

Complimentary

Flights and travel insurance
Lunches
Drinks
Entry fees to monuments and museums
Tips

What to expect

Bottled water throughout the journey
Berber tea on arrival at the camp
Photo stops whenever you want one

Itinerary

Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga | Erg Chebbi

No long driving. Around an hour and a half on camelback each way, which is the part most people underestimate, so wear something comfortable.

Private tour, never shared
Flexible pace: we stop where you want
Night in the desert included

The route

Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga | Erg Chebbi

Day 1 Into the dunes and night at the camp

We meet in the late afternoon, an hour and a half before sunset, and swap the car for a camel at the edge of the erg.

The caravan crosses the dunes, which reach around a hundred and fifty metres here, and reaches the camp with time to climb a high dune and watch the sun go down over the sand.

Dinner is Berber: soup, tagine and mint tea, eaten together in the main tent. Afterwards there is drumming around the fire, and the sky once the fire dies down is the reason most people come.

You sleep in a traditional tent with blankets and proper bedding.

Day 2 Sunrise over Erg Chebbi

We wake before dawn to watch the sun come up over the erg. In the first light the sand shifts from grey to orange within minutes, and the night wind has wiped the dunes clean.

After breakfast at the camp we ride back to the village on camelback, arriving in the middle of the morning.

From there you can carry on independently, or we can link the night with the start of a longer route through the south.

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Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga | Erg Chebbi

Overnight in a Desert Camp in Merzouga

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