Spend a night in the Sahara desert

Make a trip to Morocco and spend a night in the natural beauty that is the Sahara desert. This can be organised from any town in Morocco and the closest town to it in which you can stay is Arfoud.

You can stay in tents and have a variety of accommodation available (‘roughing it’ tents to 5-star tents with a 4 poster bed).

5 Star tent

Take a surprisingly therapeutic camel ride up the dunes in time for sunset, where you can let your body sink into them at the top.

Enjoy a  traditional dinner around a camp fire with locals and sleep under the empty sky filled with stars.

Make sure you’re up for sunrise!

Sunrise in the Sahara

For more information, check out the Morocco chapter in Lonely Planet’s Africa guide by clicking below.