Zagora 2 Day Desert Safari and Luxury Camp From Marrakech

There was no pick up from a hotel. No communication from the company. The bus that took us to Zagora was outdated and not well air conditioned. It was an extremely uncomfortable ride. The tents had electricity but no one thought to provide at least a standing electric fan for air circulation. The air in tents was so hot and stale, we had to sleep outside on a bench. The camp is next to a highway and not technically in the Sahara desert. This said, the staff who took care of the camels was extremely nice and accommodating and made up for all the inconvenience and lack of accommodations.

It was great trip. Just expect to be in the car around 7-8 hours with few stops. On the way there we stopped at Ait Bin Haddou, spent an hour and a half over there, then had lunch and headed to the camp Zagora. I did camel ride so it took the group from drop off point to camp around 30-40 minutes. It was fun. I recommend to wear trainers and comfy clothes. Once we arrived at camp we had dinner after sunset( also when you arrive go straight to watch sunset!!!) around 9pm. Was traditional Moroccan food, pretty good. After we watched a little show,but everyone was exhausted. I had luxury tent (those tents separate from shared ones), i would suggest to pay more a little and get it. The night was pretty smooth,just very windy, as I figured it out during the day no wind but close to night windy, and called. But I had very warm blanket winter one in my tent. There were toilets staff also, there was no problem with it as I read before. In the morning there was sunrise but both so pretty as sunset for sure, so dont skip sunset. Around 7.15 am we had breakfast (eggs, coffee, lots of bread haha as typical moroccan breakfast), and headed back to out meeting point , where was waiting our driver. Wanna shout out to the driver LAHCEN, he was amazing, helpful. Very nice and kind, if you need to pray he will arrange it for you, just let him know, cause most of places just for men I would say for praying, and if you dont where hijab(like me) no one would know that you need it actually. Wanna say big thanks to him. So, on the way back i did movie place exploring where gladiator, prison break(season 5), ceasar etc were filmed. We got back to the hotel at 6.30 pm. So i even had time to enjoy sunset as usual at Jemma Fna panoramic view place. I would also recommend to get snacks with you, cause on the way there were just cookies, pastries, chocolates etc, no fruits at all, no yogurt etc, I wish they would have it at those stops. That was bad I think. Other than that everything was great. I enjoyed the trip, but I expected more from desert, just small patch of dune, I wouldnt do again it, but if it is on your wishlist (Sahara desert) and you are lack of time I would for sure recommend it to do. Just as i said expect to be in the car for long time. But the ride was good, not hot in the car, driver was nice about it.

We had a great time on the camel trek, we learnt so much about Berber culture. Our guides were amazing, such amazing people. Camp is gorgeous!!! The set up is amazing, food was great too.

It's been a great couple of days. Great driver. The excursions along the way to get to the desert very interesting. Beautiful tent where we stayed and exquisite dinner. A positive experience.