When it comes to premium escapes in Morocco’s Sahara Desert, Desert Luxury Camps offers the kind of trips that turn dreams into reality. Our Erg Chebbi luxury desert camp near Merzouga and Erg Chigaga luxury desert camp by M’Hamid provide exceptional accommodation and experiences in the heart of the dunes, including en suite bathrooms, air conditioning at night, guided camel rides, sand boarding, and much more.
Whichever of our luxury desert camps in Morocco you prefer, we can help you have the trip of a lifetime. Our team of experienced travel specialists is a blend of local and international experts, the perfect mix for delivering the complete Sahara Desert experience.
Get to know our team a little better below — and let’s start planning your Morocco luxury holiday package! Have any questions for us? Please just get in touch for all the answers you need.
Abdou grew up in one of the Sub-Saharan Berber villages in the Draa Valley. He came from a large family and has great experience working with tourists as a camel guide, later as a driver, and more recently running a tour operator company. He got to know Hamid (more on him below!) while working together in tourism. They became close friends and made their dream come true… building the magnificent “oasis” in the Erg Chebbi sand dunes.
Hamid grew up in the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, so he knows these enormous formations like the back of his hand. He has significant experience organizing camel treks and was responsible for many desert camps in the area. But he started to feel sad that the desert was becoming too busy, too full of people. This feeling was his inspiration for developing luxury camps that offer the peace, stillness, and solitude that the desert should, but with all the experiences that make trips to the Sahara so memorable.
Jana grew up in the Czech Republic, behind the curtain of the regime. She dreamt of all the different countries, languages, and cultures people could immerse themselves in around the world. Since she was 18 years old, Jana has traveled and lived in many countries, from the United Kingdom and France to Canada and the United States. She settled in Morocco, a special country that she loves, particularly the southern region. For Jana, it has a truly special vibe in its varied and beautiful landscapes as well as the friendliest people in Morocco.
Zaid has lived his entire life in M’hamid, a small town on the edge of the Sahara dunes of Erg Chigaga. Behind the homes here, the road finishes and stretches for kilometers of endless deserts.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the desert is in Zaid’s blood. He started working in tourism at the age of 14 years old, guiding tourists into the desert dunes on camel caravans. Later, he worked with many camps and also established his own standard camp. Zaid has known Abdou since childhood and, following the success of the Erg Chebbi luxury desert camp near Merzouga, they decided to set up a similar camp in Erg Chigaga. To this day there is no other camp in the area with running water in the bathrooms – ours is the only one!
Zaid and Abdou know the desert well and have the greatest appreciation for it, especially the untamed wilderness of Erg Chigaga.
Part of the experience in staying in our camp is to enjoy meals that are prepared with special care.
We have kitchen on the property so all meals are prepared fresh before your arrival from local produced ingredients. We are employing chef that is experienced and learn the art of cooking in one of the culinary schools in Marrakech.
Dinners are always a 3 -courses feast including salads or/and soups, main meal Moroccan typical dish such as different types of tajin, lamb mechoui or seven vegetable couscous followed by desert that is assortment of seasonal fruit and/or pastry.
Breakfast is wide variety of different jams, cheeses, oils, honey. We always offer yogurts and different types of Moroccan pancakes. Often fresh bake bread is serve with your breakfast. Eggs are prepared by order and of course freshly squeezed orange juice and coffee and tea are part of the desert breakfast.
Lunch generally serve as picnic is rather light and includes salad, brochettes or grilled chicken and seasonal fruit.
Since we have kitchen on the property we can tailor to any dietary requirements you might have from vegetarian to gluten free. We also provide on request children meals from pizzas to pasta dishes. If you are celebrating birthdays or honeymoons and like to get cake prepared for you, please let us know in advance.
Dinner can be served either under the stars or in the dining tent, breakfast is served under the morning sun. Don’t forget that cold drinks are always available.
If you like to come only for lunch let us know it can certainly be arranged.
We are learning about how to be the most ecological to the natural environment but we already take the following steps to ensure conscious tourism without leaving negative impact on the environment: