What does it really stay to remain a luxury Moroccan desert camp?

There are places in the world that have palpable energy. Sitting on the soft sand dunes of the Moroccan desert, I could feel this energy tender my hand to touch my toes and pull myself down to connect with the earth. While I left the orange sand of the erg Chebbi sliding in my fingers, I looked around the dunes gently wavy around me, throwing a look over my shoulder to the mountainous dunes towards my back. 4 × 4 vehicles on them looked like tiny ants climbing an ant.

In the other direction, I saw the white and black roofs peaks from the Luxury Moroccan desert camp bordering the horizon. I almost had to pinch myself to make sure I didn’t dream. While just a few kilometers from Merzouga, you can imagine yourself in the middle of the Sahara desert. It was one of those moments when you stop to make sure you live in the present, by drinking it and storing it deeply in your long -term memory.

As I looked at my daughter and my husband, doing their best for the sand of these dunes, a smile crossed my face. It was the perfect family travel moment – trying a new experience together in an exotic place, laughing, teasing and creating precious memories. I raised my camera to capture this moment because even if it will live in our memories, it was so special that I wanted to share it with others.

Luxury Morocco desert camp experience

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We arrived at Jaimas Madu Luxury Morocco desert camp the day before, ending our long trip from Fes just before sunset. When we arrived, our mounts were quickly prepared for our camel hiking experience from the desert at our camp beyond.

While the sun began its descent into the dunes, we watched around us and saw some large groups head for their camel walks and we exchanged a grateful glance that we organized this private desert experience.

Before the sun said its last farewells, we stopped and scrambled the dunes to look at the spectacular sunset. While I took photos, our Berber camel guide took Hannah to “drag” the dunes on a camel cover.

We have salted again and our camels embarrassed upwards and upwards, bringing us to our luxury desert camp, where we were welcomed with cold drinks and hot tea, saying our “good evenings” and “Salaam alaikums” to the other guests who gather the campfire.

Luxury desert camp Jaimas Madu

Soon, we were taken to our tent, arranged with a Queen bed and an additional bed for Hannah. She impatiently explored, struck by the differences between our desert tent and our Glamping experience last year at Mount Rushmore. (Spoiler alert: our desert tent had a regular shower instead of a shower with a traction chain in the private bathroom afterwards)

The tent was comfortable and warm, covered with Moroccan carpets and stacked with hot blankets to use inside and also to take to stay warm while the stars looked at the night sky. There was even electricity and sockets to load our phones. No wifi of course, but it just made it possible to spend time detoxifying and appreciating our unique environment.

Berber food and entertainment

Before you can even settle down, it was time to head for the big Berber tent for dinner. Entering inside was a bit like entering the Big Top circus tent, full of colors and joy.

The camp was not even half full during our visit in March, with only three other occupied tables. When food started to arrive, it was clear that we were for a real treat. We certainly did not expect such a delicious Moroccan cuisine in the desert.

I was smart enough to leave half of the large bowl of soup served as a starter, giving me room to taste the next lessons. Perhaps not for difficult eaters, because you do not choose from a menu, but I imagine that everyone could find something they would appreciate. At a minimum, children will love the crisp fries served with the chicken.

After dinner, we sat near the outside fire until the start of evening entertainment. I imagine that all the nearby camps have a similar experience, because we were able to hear the beat of the drums throughout the dinner.

We were entitled to traditional Berber music and dance, with the participation of the public impatiently. The dance finally concluded and the other guests derived to come together in front of their tents. But we found ourselves to find out a little more about the battery.

Before entering our tent for the night, we sat on the swing observing the night sky without any light pollution.

Desert activities

If you have time, I would recommend spending two nights in the desert, so that you can have a full day to enjoy the dunes. But if you only have one night, try to get up early so that you have time to play.

You have to be energetic enough to get up before dawn to climb the dunes in the dark and look at the sunrise (they will give you a wake up if necessary.) But even if you are not a time up, there is always pleasure in having.

Depending on the time, you can take a 4 × 4 in the dunes. With less time, you can always ask one of the guides to take you to the dunes to try to board sand. If you have a snowboard, you should certainly try. But even if you didn’t do it, Glenn and Hannah seemed to understand it fairly quickly.

Soon, it’s time to say goodbye to the desert. You have the choice to go back in camel or take a 4×4 vehicle. Between me and my buttocks, a way on the camel was enough for me. But the trip to an SUV was by no means boring, while we slide and slide through the sand on the way back to a solid floor.

Our night in the desert was definitely a highlight of our trip to Morocco. If it is on your list of buckets, I encourage you to book a trip.

Many white tension camps really use plastic for their tents, instead of canvas, and are not of the same quality as what we have experienced in Jaimas Madu. The bathroom of our tent had a raised floor with a complete plumbing, flush toilets and a hot and cold shower.

Make sure you read critics carefully and not to skimp on the experience.

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