Camel Trek & Berber Bivouac — 3 Days / 2 Nights

About this journey

Three days away from every road. You ride out of Merzouga with a cameleer whose family has crossed these dunes for generations, leaving the main camp routes behind to a bivouac of wool tents where dinner is cooked on a wood fire. There is time to learn how bread is baked in the sand, to share tea with a nomad family and to watch the light change over the erg from a high ridge with nobody else in sight.

Highlights

• Two nights in a private nomad bivouac off the main routes
• Bread baked in the sand and tea with a nomad family
• Riding at first light and again at sunset
• Sleeping around a wood fire with no camp in sight

Day by day

1. 1

   Day 1 · Riding in

   Set off from Merzouga in the afternoon with your cameleer. Three hours of riding brings you to a bivouac of wool tents well away from the camp routes. Dinner is cooked on a wood fire and the stars come out early.

2. 2

   Day 2 · Nomad day

   Ride deeper into the erg, share tea with a nomad family and learn how bread is baked in the sand. Sunset from a high ridge, then music and stories around the fire.

3. 3

   Day 3 · Sand back to shower

   Sunrise, breakfast and the ride back to Merzouga, arriving before midday.

What is included

• One camel per guest with blankets and scarves
• Two nights in a Berber bivouac with camp beds and rugs
• All meals, mint tea and drinking water
• Cameleer and guide throughout
• 4x4 luggage transfer to the bivouac

Not included: international flights, travel insurance, alcoholic drinks and tips for your guide and cameleer, which are always at your discretion.

Moments from this route