Auberge Derkaoua
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11-29---12-7-12
... on earth"--the Sahara. After about 5 minutes of waiting the sky opened up with not only buckets of rain....but hail. Something we learned that most Moroccans never see in their lifetime!! Women all around whipped out their prayer beads, children began to cry and men ushered everyone down underneath the platform as quickly as possible...it was absolute chaos on about a 5 ft diameter staircase. All we could do was look at each other and laugh at our bizarre ...
Into the Desert
... this road Hassan slowed and turned on to a desert track that disappeared into the distance leading to nowhere it seemed. Eventually, sand dunes loomed up, and turning a corner around the end of one, there stood the welcome site of the Auberge du Sud, a sort of reproduction Moorish castle. It's a paradise, man-made and pure kitsch, but a paradise nonetheless, in a hot and sandy landscape, where refreshing Berber tea is served on shaded terraces ...
Sahara Tour
... by the time we arrived at the camp it was quite chilly. The camp was situated in the lee of a massive dune at least 300ft high which offered us some protection from the wind..
The guides at the camp put on a surprisingly good meal for us, in a large tent that had 4 or 5 tables and they also provided us with some more local Berber entertainment which mainly consisted of drumming which was also good. We were told that drums are part of the local ...
No, we do not want to buy a carpet!
... the sand dunes. Despite being in the desert, it actually rained for much of the night and at 11pm the tent-camp owner came and suggested we move to one of the hotel-style rooms rather than stay in our tent. We were quite damp by that time so we gladly took up the offer.
On our way out of the desert we visited a fossil-marble workshop. The area is rich in black marble which is teaming with fossilized snails, squid and other prehistoric critters. They ...
Good looking camels...........!
... dressed in jellabas and turbans, looking really cool. I loved the place and the setting. We were right out in the middle of desert, with just another couple of similar Kasbahs some distance away.
I was approached by the guy in charge, who very quietly told me that an overnight trip into the desert on camel, staying in a Berber tent and having tagine there, with breakfast back at the Kasbah the following morning, would cost 600 dirham (approx £50). ...
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- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking
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