Morocco welcomes millions of international visitors every year, and most of them come home with nothing but good memories. Still, it is normal to have questions before your first visit,...
Planning your first trip to Morocco can feel overwhelming: imperial cities, blue mountain towns, the Atlas, the Sahara and the coast, all in one country. The good news is that...
Ait Ben Haddou is one of the most immediately striking stops on any Morocco desert tour — a compact cluster of earthen towers rising above the Ounila River roughly thirty...
The overnight stay in a desert camp at Erg Chebbi is the centrepiece of any Morocco Sahara tour, and understanding what to expect — and what to look for when...
The Road of a Thousand Kasbahs is the popular name for the pre-Saharan route running east from Ouarzazate through the Skoura palm grove, the Dades Valley, and toward Tinghir —...
The Sahara is, for the vast majority of international visitors, the single most compelling draw: the chance to reach the Sahara and spend a night among dunes that stretch uninterrupted...
Merzouga is a small village in south-eastern Morocco, positioned at the edge of Erg Chebbi — the vast erg of sand dunes that stretches toward the Algerian border and represents...
The Berber people, known locally as Amazigh — meaning “free people” — have inhabited North Africa for thousands of years, predating both the Arab conquest and the Islamisation of the...
Tangier occupies the northern tip of Morocco where the Mediterranean meets the Atlantic, a position that has shaped its character as a crossroads city for centuries. It is the most...
Morocco has a well-established infrastructure for solo travellers, and the desert south presents none of the logistical difficulties that independent solo travel to very remote regions requires. Reaching Merzouga and...
Most visitors to Morocco’s Sahara choose between two main desert destinations: Zagora near Marrakech, and Merzouga near the Algerian border in southeastern Morocco. Both offer genuine desert overnight experiences, but...
The Draa Valley stretches south from Ouarzazate to the desert fringe near Zagora, following the Draa River — the longest river in Morocco — through one of the most visually...
The road from Marrakech to Merzouga is one of the most rewarding overland drives in North Africa, covering roughly 550 kilometres through three distinct landscapes: the High Atlas mountains, the...
Not every Morocco desert tour requires a 4×4, but the terrain of the pre-Saharan south — the rough piste tracks, the hammada plateau, and the crossing between erg dune fields...
Erg Chebbi, the vast dune field near the village of Merzouga in southeastern Morocco, is the country’s most visited stretch of true Saharan desert. Its dunes reach up to 150...
