Stars and camels

An absolut must during your Moroco journey is a trip to the desert. There are many different ways to go for it. You should not go on your own as it is very dangerous. You can get lost very easy.
You can book tours with a camel ride or with a 4x4 and so on...
As I have been twice to the desert I tried both ways. For sure the 4x4 trip is lot more confortable and faster. I did enjoy the camel ride for 5 minutes. After that my back, ass ... startet to hurt. Unfortunately the ride just startet and it was planned to take another 45 minutes at least.



The camps are not very different. There are tents equiped with beds, or mattresses and with bed covers. The luxus-camps also have toilets. Normally the sleeping tents are built in a circle around the camp fire and there is always a meeting tent. The guides are making a fire and prepare the dinner while your are enjoying the desert. Please take a tour to the next dune during the night. It is unbelievable to see all this stars in the sky. Normally you get up very early in the morning to take a ride into the sunrise. But that is not a big problem because you might not sleep very well since it is very cold.
Beeing in the desert does not only mean to be surrounded by sand and camels. It is about the sunrise and sunset, to see the milkyway and to feel the peace. I can not describe that - you have to learn that on your own body!

The Berber people are the ethnicity indigenous to North Africa west of the Nile valley. They have a long history and are very well adapted for the life in the desert. These people know the way through the desert since they were living there since tousands of years. In past the transportet the spices throught the desert. Today just a few Berber people are still living in the desert. Most of them are now working with tourists doing this journeys to the camps or doing some arts and crafts. But most of the Berber families are now linving in little villages near or in the Atlas.

To get to the desert you have to cross the Atlas. This are the mountains between the ocean and the desert. It ist very high and you might see some snow. In winter you can go skiing very close to Marrakech.