Sahara Stars and Stillness in Merzouga, Morocco
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Merzouga, Morocco

Sahara Stars and Stillness

Duration

6 days, 5 nights

Group

10 guests max

Style

Meditation and slow flow

Intensity

Gentle

Next dates

March 2 to 7

From

$1,750 per person

The retreat

What this week is about

This one is different on purpose. We spend two nights in a kasbah town learning the rhythms of Moroccan mornings, then caravan by camel into the dunes for two nights at a desert camp with proper beds and unreal stars.

Practices are simple and deep: breath work at sunrise on the cool sand, slow flow at golden hour, and a night of silence where the only plan is the fire and the sky.

Between practices there is mint tea, tagine, a visit to a Gnawa music family in Khamlia, and sandboarding down a dune if your inner eight year old insists.

Highlights

  • Two nights under the Milky Way at a private desert camp
  • Camel caravan over the Erg Chebbi dunes
  • Gnawa music session in the village of Khamlia
  • Hammam and massage in the kasbah town
  • Silent evening around the camp fire

Where you stay

A restored kasbah guesthouse with a courtyard pool for the first and last nights, and a fixed desert camp with real beds, rugs and hot showers for the dune nights.

Sahara Stars and Stillness venue photo 1
Sahara Stars and Stillness venue photo 2
Sahara Stars and Stillness venue photo 3

Day by day

A shape for the week, room to breathe inside it

Twice daily practice anchors every day. Everything else moves with the weather, the group and the moment. Consider this the honest sketch, not a contract.

Day 1

Arrival in Errachidia

We collect you from the airport or Fez with a scenic drive south. Rooftop dinner as the kasbah glows rose in the dusk.

Day 2

Slow Moroccan morning

Sunrise practice on the terrace, hammam and massage in the afternoon, and dinner with drumming under the courtyard trees.

Day 3

Into the dunes

The camels arrive after lunch. Two hours of swaying later, the camp appears like a mirage with better furniture. Sunset practice on a dune, then dinner by the fire.

Day 4

Desert day

Breath work at dawn, breakfast, sandboarding, quiet. After dark: the silence practice, and a sky so loud with stars it feels like cheating.

Day 5

Back to the kasbah

Camels out at sunrise, a long lunch, a visit to Khamlia for Gnawa music, and a closing circle on the rooftop.

Day 6

Departure

Breakfast and transfers to Errachidia or Fez.

Included in every ticket

  • 5 nights accommodation, kasbah and desert camp
  • Transfers from Errachidia or Fez
  • All breakfasts and dinners, two lunches
  • Camel caravan in and out
  • Hammam and one massage
  • Gnawa music session and village visit
  • All yoga, breath work and guided practices

Good to pack

  • Warm layers, desert nights get cold
  • A scarf or keffiyeh for the wind
  • High SPF sunscreen
  • Stargazing app you will never need

Every booking comes with our full packing list and flight advice, and a real human answers your questions before you pack a single sock.