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Magical Sunrise over the Sahara Dunes

Last updated on January 22, 2017 by Claire / this article contains affiliate links (Info)

Spending time in the desert is magical. Especially when after a restful night under the stars in the Sahara desert, you wake up early, jumped on a camel and moved towards the top of a dunes to watch sunrise. What a memorable experience!

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Getting to Erg Chebbi

From Marrakech, many companies offer overnight tours or multi day tours including a Sahara camel ride to a camp in the desert's and dunes

It was part of my 8 day tour with Nomadic tours and we were using l'Auberge La Caravane

Watching sunrise in the desert

  • Take something (scarves are best) to cover your face and protect you from the sand
  • Have a nice sleep and make sure you are ready on time. The sunrise does not wait!

Night under the stars in the Sahara

Following our camel ride and sand-boarding, the organized tour included a beautiful night under the stars. The moon rose very late so we had plenty of time to admire the stars and the milky way. We all decided to place our mattresses outside, we took some covers and fell asleep under the mysterious sky. And when I woke up, the moon was here and the silence was really deafening:

Night in the Sahara desert
Sahara desert camp

And the sun rises over the sand dunes...

We woke up early to take a short camel ride to the top of sand dunes where we could admire the sunrise. This was truly a magical moment: the intensity of everyone, the deep silence, the sand slowly changing colors, becoming brighter and brighter and the sun reaching our skin and warming our whole body…

Sunrise with Berbers in the Sahara Morocco 1
Sunrise with Berbers in the Sahara Morocco 2
Sunrise with Berbers in the Sahara Morocco 3

Camel ride early morning

However this was cut short as we were rushed to climb back on our camels and ride back to the Auberge. I wish I had had more time to appreciate the moment.

Back on the camels, we still had a 45min ride in the dunes with stunning scenery

camel ride in the Sahara Morocco 1
camel ride in the Sahara Morocco 2
camel ride in the Sahara Morocco 3
camel ride in the Sahara Morocco 4
camel ride in the Sahara Morocco 5

My new friends

I now would like to introduce my 2 new friends. First the camel behind me which kept trying to scratch itself on my leg and the my own camel

Camel friend 1
Camel friend 2
Camel friend 3

And a hearty breakfast...

Back at the Auberge, we sat down for a very filling breakfast, still dreaming of our time in the Sahara!

Hearty Moroccan breakfast

Have you ever spend a night in a desert?

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