Erg Chebbi

It is in southwest Morocco that extend the high dunes of Erg Chebbi, attraction of adventure tourism, including the village of Merzouga draws its main economic development.

The village center, flanked by a wide unpaved street where the majority of the cross-road vehicles, knows that this nonchalance may know Saharan communities. Small cafes along the artery, used at any time the traditional mint tea without forgetting particularly welcome soft drinks under a blazing sun.

Just a few meters, the desert rises majestically, offering a breathtaking panorama of ocher colors vary depending on the glittering curve of the sun. Merzouga is a favorite destination of southern Morocco for those who want to experience the wilderness. The multitude of inns, present all along the dunes, without exception organizes rides a camel in the Erg Chebbi.

Come to Merzouga attend sunrises and sunsets, these ships of the desert, is the major event that will remain etched in everyone's memory. Some people prefer to spend the night in tents. Nomad tents scattered in the dunes, only camel in perfectly know the route, waiting quietly their hosts under a starry sky in absolute calm.

Near Merzouga, we discover a surprising, Lake Sirj Dayet in this Hamada black stones surrounding the dunes, where pink flamingos come to rest, from June to September, during migrations between Europe and Madagascar. Plant nomadic Berber tents goat hair or camel, time for a lenient season, before moving to less arid plains during the summer.
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