Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping & Eating
Most hotels can also arrange excursions and overnight camps in the desert.
Auberge la Palmeraie
( 0668 72 98 51;
http://sable-voyage.com
; per person b&b/half board Dh150/200)
Located across
the Oued Drâa in the shade of the palm grove is the Laghrissi brothers' budget-friendly
camp. Mixing traditional goat hair Berber tents and modest pisé rooms with mattress beds
on flat-weave carpets, it provides simple accommodation. Showers and toilets are basic,
with the latter of the squat variety. The brothers are both experienced guides and offer
well-priced excursions.
Turn left at the mosque as you enter M'Hamid and you'll find it just past Hamada du
Drâa.
INN
€
Dar Sidi Bounou
( 0524 84 63 30;
www.darsidibounou.com
; per person incl half board Berber tent/r Dh340/450; )
A desert dream: dunes in the backyard, sand hammams, Saharawi music jam sessions and
mechoui
(whole roast lamb) feasts on starry terraces. Retreat to Berber tents and mudbrick
huts that sleep six to eight, sleep on the roof, or curl up between crisp cotton sheets in the
main house. Instead of the usual sandy pool, Dar Sidi Bounou offers desert immersion ex-
periences such as landscape-painting, cooking or belly dancing classes.
It's 4km beyond Ouled Driss.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Le Drom'Blanc
( 0524 84 68 52;
www.ledromblanc.com
;
GPS coordinates N 29°49.054, W 005°40.681; per person incl
breakfast bivouac/s/d Dh190/430/585; )
Well off the beaten track down a seemingly
endless bumpy
piste,
Le Drom'Blanc is an excellent place for families and groups. Guest
rooms are available in the air-conditioned riad or in small cottages dotted around the
garden. Your hostess, Maguy, is an excellent cook, and if you book ahead, she'll prepare
her famous spice-infused lamb baked in a traditional clay oven in the garden.
INN
€€
Erg Chigaga Luxury
Desert Camp
(
www.desertcampmorocco.com
;
per person all-inclusive main/private/wild camp Dh2530/2980/ 3150)
Set
in the shadow of Erg Chigaga's highest dune is Morocco's most luxurious tented camp.
Co-owned by M'Hamid native, Mohammed Boulfrifi (aka Bobo) and British expat Nick
DESERT CAMP
€€€
