Magic Luxury Camp Erg Chebbi

A desert camp designed like a hotel

Discover our Excursion Merzouga agency to organise your desert stay. In the northern part of Erg Chebbi, Magic Luxury Camp applies the codes of a high-end hotel to the desert camp: prestige tents instead of standard camping tents, butler service available around the clock, and a private sunset lounge to watch the sunset without sharing the space with other groups.

This is a formula that costs clearly more than the traditional desert camp — between 180 and 380 € per night — but that answers a precise demand: spending a night in the desert without giving up comfort. The tents keep the nomad aesthetic (weavings, hammered copper, wool rugs) while building in hotel-standard bedding and bathrooms.

In the evening, as the sun goes down behind the dunes and the colours shift from yellow to orange then copper, the sunset lounge becomes the natural gathering point before dinner.

The prestige tents

The nomad tents at Magic Luxury Camp have reinforced canvas and full bedding, designed to absorb the day-to-night temperature swing of the Saharan climate. The private bathrooms include a walk-in shower and argan oil-enriched toiletries.

Several categories exist, from the double tent to the family suite with a private terrace facing the dunes or the sunset lounge.

Dinner and tom-tom music

Dinner is served in a caidal tent, carefully set out, with classic southern Moroccan dishes reimagined: madfouna, lamb tajine with prunes, harira, royal couscous. The meal is prepared with produce bought that same morning in Rissani.

Then the evening continues around the fire with a live tom-tom session — Berber percussion played live — before the desert silence gradually takes over again.

Activities from the camp

Families and services

Magic Luxury Camp welcomes families with cots and high chairs on request. The butler service, available 24/7 and multilingual (French, English, Spanish, Arabic), handles everyday needs as well as the organisation of a private event — birthday, marriage proposal, themed evening.

High-speed wifi, laundry and private minivan transfers from Merzouga are included in the services offered.

What travellers say

The 233 reviews collected by Magic Luxury Camp emphasise the refinement of the tents, the constant availability of the butler service and the atmosphere of the tom-tom evenings. Average rating: 4.9/5, one of the highest among the luxury camps of the Erg Chebbi area.

This is an address that makes sense for travellers who want a night in the desert without giving up comfort — a couple on a honeymoon, or a memorable stop at the end of a tour rather than a simple overnight stay.

GPS location

GPS coordinates: Latitude 31.155, Longitude -3.975.