Mhamid Travel Guide

  Morocco 2008
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  • Morocco 2008
      Morocco 2008
    by MITNIC
  • Morocco 2008
      Morocco 2008
    by MITNIC
  • Morocco 2008
      Morocco 2008
    by MITNIC
  • the town centre
      the town centre
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  • colorful ladies in the main street
      colorful ladies in the main street
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Things to Do  

Camel trek in Sahara

Camel trek in Sahara, Mhamid

 carlf9999 Says:  I recently finished a camel trek from M'hamid to Erg Chigaga that was arranged through SaharaTrek (an American middleman company that subcontracts to local tour operators). While the desert was fantastic, the service was not. The cost was supposed to include an... 

Camel ride to the Sahara (Work in progress)

Camel ride to the Sahara (Work in progress), Mhamid

 gmg61 Says:  Have a camel ride at sunset, leaving from M'Hamid to the first real dunes of Sahara.You'll discover a silent place where the wind blowas and doens't make noise, pure air and intense colours. A really nice experience. 

A desert excursion

A desert excursion, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  The only thing in M'Hamid is to do a desert excursion. It's quit a great experience when you first hop on a camel. But wait until you will go down a hill!!! 

Hotels  

Hotel Restaurant Sahara: The only hotel there

Hotel Restaurant Sahara: The only hotel there, Mhamid

 gmg61 Says:  The paved road ends and the sand starts. Few houses around and it's M'hamid, just on the edge of the Sahara. From now on, it's only sand and dunes for miles (or for weeks....). This could be your arrival point or just the beginning of a desert trek, but the only place where... 

Restaurants  

Auberge Restaurant Dunes Dor/Sahara Services: excellent Mhamid brochettes

Auberge Restaurant Dunes Dor/Sahara Services: excellent Mhamid brochettes, Mhamid

 angiebabe Says:   By the time we got to Mhamid i was actually almost 'starving'! so it was even more appreciated having an excllent lunch put before us! Thanks so much to the guys at Dunes d'or Restaurant and Houssine who was escorting me down from Ksar Riad Malal just north of Zagora and... 

Transportation  

Excursion tranport

Excursion tranport, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  Everybody must one day try the camel. Is so much fun! 

Still our desert car!

Still our desert car!, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  But we didn't have the same luck on the return trip!!!You will maybe see our car in you desert excursion!She is dead!!! 

Our desert car!!!

Our desert car!!!, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  We were to only one with that kind of transport! Everyone else were some big 4x4.It did the job on the way to the desert... 

Local Customs  

A berber nap!!!

A berber nap!!!, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  You know you buy a desert excursion, you're all nervous to hop on a camel, and then lunch is served and your guide tells you to just take it easy and take a nap then after you will go !!!But I guess taking a nap is good??!! 

The Tea!

The Tea!, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  Never refuse a glass (or cup) of tea!You can see our guides, my uncle and I (center of the photo) 

Favorites  

The desert (part III)

The desert (part III), Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:   Having sand all over my body after a trek on the top of this big sand dune!!! 

The desert (part II)

The desert (part II), Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  Just to see this beautiful sand!! 

The desert

The desert, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  Just being able to walk from dune to dunes was the best thing in the world! Feeling the sand and the sun was great! 

M'Hamid Practicalities

M'Hamid Practicalities, Mhamid

 amsterdam_vallon Says:  HOTELS AND ALTERNATIVESThere are now three very basic hotels in M'hamid, where the Hotel du Sahara which has received the best reports. They are all cheap and clean. For those who never get it cheap enough, or simply want to sleep under an open sky (which can be freezing... 

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M'hamid : Where civilization ends

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 Coming as far south as this, along the Draa' river, the main attractions are the mere primitiveness and the nearby sand dunes. The village of M'hamid is very modest by all standards, and not much... 

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M'Hamid

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 That's the case: M'hamid is only a small vllage of 2.000 at the edge of th Sahara, with a market on monday, and rests of the old vllage about 5 km's away. Nothing else's remarkable. M'Hamid is a dot... 

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Last oasis before the Sahara

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 Here in this border post and administrative centre town with a population of 2000 theres not a lot happening other than tourists and camel trips.' Its the end of the road here - well tarsealed road... 

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Dance in dunes

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 Around Mhamid in Morocco many interesting events happened each year. Kasbah Porte du Sahara organize new year festival. Also Grand Sahara festival is charming.December is full of joy down there.If you... 

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Mhamid

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