Hightlight
- Natural Wonder / Desert
The Sahara Desert at Merzouga is the desert of your dreams, where the towering orange dunes of Erg Chebbi shift and glow under the African sun. Reaching the desert by camel caravan at sunset, you watch as the long shadows stretch across the sand and the sky turns into a canopy of brilliant gold and violet. The silence of the desert is profound, offering a sense of peace and isolation that is hard to find anywhere else on earth. Spending a night in a Berber camp, you can listen to traditional music around a campfire before sleeping under the clearest starry sky you will ever see. It is a place of raw, elemental beauty where the vastness of the landscape makes everything else feel small.
- Where it is: Southeastern Morocco, near the Algerian border.
- What you can expect to see: Camel caravans at sunset, luxury Berber camps, and clear starry skies.
- How much it is to get in: Guided treks ~$40 – $150 USD.
- What people say: The silence is what visitors mention most—an ‘unforgettable peace’ found nowhere else.
- Interesting fact: The dunes of Erg Chebbi can reach heights of up to 150 meters.
