Beach Hotels in Merzouga

Plenty of room to relax. All the staff were fantastic, but our host Mohammed was exceptional. He arranged a night at a desert camp including camel ride to the camp and 4x4 transport back to the hotel. He also arranged for my friend to ride a motorcycle into the dunes with a guide. This alone made the holiday.

Staying at the camp next to the 250m dune was something else! The ovation doesn’t get any better. You can climb it any time you want and it’s literally right there, while people from other camps have to either drive, ride or walk to it. It takes roughly 20-50 minutes to climb it (depending on your fitness level and which way you walk up, it’s faster and easier to walk up the spines) from this camp. Whereas if you’re staying somewhere farther you’ll add at least one more hour to it, and that’s just to reach it one way. Seriously, best camp location you could get. They also have some old boards you can use for free to sand boarding your way down from the dune which was super fun. The camp itself is amazing, such a nice cozy and relaxed vibe, with cats strolling around and beautiful trees and bushes. It really is an Oasis. The tents were way better than what the photos on the page look like, they were super comfy and rustic, and outside the tents you have a bed you can lie on and watch the stars at night. The beds inside the tent was very comfortable. We slept well. It can get loud at night from music from the other camps, if you want to go to sleep early to catch the sunrise from the top of the dune, but nothing that some earplugs can’t fix. The toilet was also very clean. Mustafa was very hospitable and sweet. He made us lovely Moroccan tea, and cooked us a tasty (vegan) meal, which was absolutely massive (rice, sautéed vegetables, bread and tagine of potatoes, courgettes, tomatoes, carrots, herbs and spices) and we could take it with us the next day for our very long car ride to our next destination. He also played some live music at night with us and we got to play percussion, sing and jam together which was very pleasant. On our check out morning his mother made us back at their home/office a very tasty (vegan) breakfast of tea, msemen, olives, strawberry jam, fruit and juice.