Your desert story starts here.
A path less traveled
The Sahara
Walking through unlimited space of the Sahara, watching the landscape changing, meeting other caravans, making tajines on fire, baking fresh bread in hot sands, having lunch in the shade of the palm trees… This is the beauty and simplicity you can experience on our desert trips into the Moroccan Sahara.
Our guides understand desert laws and know every path here – their families have been living here for generations. They will guide you through the desert, allowing to enjoy the pure experience.
Do not look further if you are looking for a safe, responsible way to explore the Sahara.
Into the wild
Camel trekking desert tours, Morocco
Live a life of a nomad for some time during this journey to the very roots of the Saharawi culture. Walk with nomads and their camels, learn to cook tajines on the fire and bake bread in hot ashes, fall asleep under the Saharan sky, play drums, ride a camel, enjoy the peaceful time in the desert.
Offroad adventure
Jeep safari: desert tours by 4x4, Morocco
Desert in a nutshell
Camel trekking & jeep safari tours, Morocco
Desert Camp Chraika
Started in 2004 from just one small tent, Desert Camp Chraika gradually grew into a proper base camp for any trip deeper in the desert.
Agata Orowiecka—Khidouma
A curious cultural anthropologist, traveler with years of experience in hospitality. Get in touch and she will help you planning your journey and lead through the booking process.
Mohamed Khidouma aka Chraika
The spirit of Desert Stories. Fire starter and fire keeper.
An experienced guide to the Sahara. He will arrange all that’s needed for your desert journey.
Welcome to the journey.
Retreats at Desert Camp Chraika
With its clay-wooden huts blending into the sand dunes and a large yoga hall, Desert Camp Chraika creates a unique space for practices like yoga, meditation, self-development and dance for groups up to 20 persons.
In free time between classes you can explore the old casbah with its ancestral shrines, experience a bath in a local hammam, learn to cook a delicious tajine, enjoy live music played by nomads around the fire or admire the mastery of henna art while it’s being painted on your hands by a local artist.
Retreats including desert tours
Add an exceptional journey to the wildest areas of the Moroccan desert. Walk barefoot with nomads, ride a camel or hop on a jeep, enjoy the taste of tajine cooked on a campfire and bread baked in hot sands, fall asleep watching the stars and wake up to the sun rising above the dunes… As a nomadic saying goes: everything is possible in the desert. And so is in the course of our individually tailored retreats. Feel free to contact us to plan yours.
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Currently in
the desert
Desert tour activities
The Sahara Desert is a highlight of most journeys to Morocco. Ride a camel to the dune tip for a captivating sunset view, or walk along with nomads. Experience Berber music and dance by a campfire under the stars. Rest in a nomadic tent at the dune’s base to complete the magic of desert adventure.
Erg Chegaga or Erg Zahar?
Natural beauty of both ergs will not leave you indifferent. There are some differences though – more popular Chegaga offers the whole infrastructure, while Zahar stays wild, almost untouched by human influence.
How to get
to Desert Camp Chraika?
The camp is located a 15 minute walk North from M’hamid. The village is well connected to major cities: Marrakech and Agadir. If you travel by bus, there are detailed schedules on companies’ websites: ctm.ma and supratours.ma. There is a direct bus service between Marrakesh and M’hamid. The buses are air-conditioned, with seat location and comfortable, usually with two stops for meals on the way.
You will also find direct bus connections and flights to Zagora, a town 90 km before M’hamid. From Zagora it is easy to get a shared taxi. To get from either the bus station or the airport to a taxi stand, it is best to take a ‘petit taxi’. We can also arrange a private pick-up for you – simply contact us if you need any assistance.