![]() Erg Chebbi and Merzouga offer many fun things, such as a romantic evening in the middle of the desert with an amazing night sky and 4×4 off-road adventures. Erg Chebbi with its cosmic perspective and panorama of the oasis and dunes is an aesthetic spectacle in which man meditates and enjoys a moment of tranquility, away from the hectic life. Tourism is today the meaning of the income of a large number of inhabitants of the desert. The locals, the former nomads, took their village very seriously and welcomed the tourists as the abundant agriculture is slowly disappearing due to the lack of rain. The Sahara knows no borders, it’s hard to say where a desert begins, but speaking of the Moroccan part, I’d say it’s really worth a visit. The desert is by no means a colossal emptiness, emptiness consists only of immersion in people’s imaginations. The tracks that flew in the distance faded into the fine sand as the wind blew, and the sky intertwined with the earth. However, the Sahara also means dreamy and fairytale-like. The word Sahara in Arab poetry meant a barren, pale yellow plain, which has been synonymous with emptiness and death. See the beauty, the salt-laden camel caravans slowly drift away, far into the horizon and the line shivering in the heat. Dunes cover only part of the total surface. But it is also green oases, stone slabs, polished, also with high mountain massifs, whose lofty peaks sparkle with color. He desert isn’t just a giant sandy ocean in a vast expanse, it certainly isn’t. Let’s take for example the Moroccan Sahara, it offers everything one can ask for. ![]() What makes it not an empty place are the oases, kasbahs, and sand dunes scattered here and there, the petroglyphs to be found in various places, and above all its inhabitants. Well, it’s really worth it, if you plan your trip well it will be the best adventure trip you have ever taken. Sahara? Is it worth it? That would be the first question that might come to your mind when you want to take an unusual trip. Admittedly we had comfy beds and electricity, but sat on the sand dunes watching my boys whizz down them, I felt a million miles from anywhere.Wondering if the Sahara Desert is worth visiting. However, the experience we received at the Main Camp of Luxury Desert Camp was away from these big groups and there were only a few other couples staying the same night. The ease of getting to this part of the Sahara, means that it can get VERY busy with tourists. However, if you take this option and you are travelling with kids, I recommend staying two nights at the Desert Camp to make the long journey it worthwhile. But if you just want to visit the Sahara from Marrakech, then Luxury Desert Camp can arrange a private transfer for you. We returned from Merzouga back to Marrakech, but we took it slowly across four days. ![]() But many travellers come direct from Marrakech, which is a 10 hour drive, partly through the winding roads of the Atlas Mountains. We drove the 5 hours down from Ifrane as part of our 2.5 week Morocco itinerary with kids. Tarmac roads lead to Merzouga, then it’s just a short 4×4 drive or camel ride to the foot hills of Erg Chebbi dunes. But it is very easy to get to desert in Morocco. Parts of the Sahara are currently off-limits to travellers. And just to add to the confusion, there was a heatwave happening back in the UK. And would you believe that it started to rain?! And quite heavily at that! There was something quite surreal about plodding through the Sahara, one of the driest places on Planet Earth, in the rain. It was a slow plod on the camels as we were skilfully led around and over the shifting dunes. Daddy and Ezra (age 3) were on a camel together. I unashamedly forgot the names of our camels on introduction, and the boys decided to call them Mummy, Arthur and Ezra. We’d parked our car in nearby Merzouga where we had been met by Hamid and his 4×4 which drove us into the desert, to then be met by our camels. We were halfway through our Morocco Easter road trip and it had been a long drive to get here. Is it just me, or are camels the most uncomfortable thing to ride on?īut my boys were in their element. I on the other hand was on the camel at the back (well technically a dromedary), shuffling around failing to get comfy. Arthur was ahead of me, swaying rhythmically side to side with ease, a smile on his face as he surveyed the endless sea of apricot-coloured sand ahead of him.
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