Haven La Chance Desert Hotel Merzouga

... piled into a van with a driver (whose name I still don't know) and Hamsa who we met just then and took off driving on a 20 hour round trip road trip - they barely spoke English and we barely speak Arabic. We didn't know where we were going except that we were desert bound. Pure trust at it's finest. They were great, though, and there was absolutely nothing to worry about.)<br><br>Our drive home was uneventful - for the ...

Dear independent traveller<br>My wife and i had a great time in the moroccan south while touring over the Atlas mountains until the largest Sahara dunes of Merzouga with a local travel agency based in Ouarzazate ( Ouarzazate Unlimited). The driverAmine was so nice and he knows a lot about his country, we wre satisied with the itinerary .<br>Richard<br><br>

... desert after Antarctica. At over 9,000,000 square kilometres it covers most parts of Northern Africa and is larger than Australia. We were to trek in a tiny patch of this desert, easily accessible from Merzouga town. We trekked out into the sand dunes as the sun was getting lower in the sky and watched the contours and colours of the dunes change as we made our way to the tent camp for the night. It was like a beautiful sea of sand. The camp was next to an oasis ...

... dunes with nothing else in sight except more sand dunes was incredible. Neither one of us flipped over, but both needed the guide's assistance at certain points...we finished around sunset and headed back to the hotel. Later that night/early morning, we got up around 4:45am and made a short hike to the dunes to see the sunrise. Definitely pretty sweet, although we were constantly on the lookout for scorpions....luckily we only saw some tracks.

... tôt, le son de la sirène annoncant la fin du awm, le jeûne. Il n'y a alors plus personne dans les rues, car c'est l'heure du petit déjeuner composé d'une soupe, d'un jus de fruit, de gateaux marocains et d'un téh a la menthe, toujours aussi délicieux. Cela constitue pour moi une véritable économie car au lieu d'aller dans un resto à touristes et de payer 60dh, je vais avec les locaux et n'en pait que 20. Samedi matin, je partais à l'assault de la médina de ...

... was easier, so off came the shoes, and we took a running start, which didnt last long. I found that I had to take continuous breaks, and at one point contemplated not going any further. It is serious hard work to climb the dunes. I dont know how much time it took us all, but we were all completely exhausted and out of breath and covered in sand by the time we reached the summit. And then, off in the distance, behind that dune that seemed like it was a ...

... There were more stars in the sky than I have ever seen before. Its like we usually see the night sky through a dark filter and finally it had been removed and we could see all of the stars together. I drowsily stared upwards until I fell asleep and felt extremely fortunate to witness numerous shooting stars criss crossing this way and that across the black night sky. It was absolutely perfect. The next morning 'most of us' woke early to catch the sunrise over ...

... into solid walls. If only our property laws allowed us to reclaim, let's say, Stanley Park-gold mine. We spent a lazy morning around our auberge waiting for our camel trek into the desert to spend a night out in the sandy expanse. Lured by a free lunch, we went to the local craftsman co-op-i.e. carpet store for tourists. The Berber carpets were beautiful and inexpensive, but we simply enjoyed our lunch of medfouna, a humungous ...

... ve seen the famous 'Ait Benhaddou' Kasbah where many parts of the movie were filmed. When we finally reached the desert region of the country that borders Algeria, it was time to hop on a camel, an experience both of us had been looking forward to. Our impression of riding a camel was that there would be 2 humps that you sit in-between, but as it turned out, the types of camels we rode only had one hump and we were sitting ON the ...

... in Morocco, but it's very unlikely you'll catch me trying either of those!) The French influence means that the bread is usually good (often baguettes) and cafe au lait is often available. Freshly squeezed orange juice and sweet mint tea are also readily available to diners. Though the beer and red wine produced in Morocco is quite acceptable, it is not often on the menus in most restaurants. Our first full day in the desert we were taken on a brief tour by "Black" Hassan. (There ...