Haven La Chance Desert Hotel

Room Types	Sat 04	Sun 05	Mon 06	Tue 07	Wed 08	Thu 09	Fri 10	Sat 11	Sun 12	Mon 13	Cost
Tent											$51.42AUD
Dorm (4)											$57.13AUD
Triple											$57.13AUD
Twin (ens)											$85.69AUD
Triple (ens)											$85.69AUD
Double (ens)											$42.85AUD

 

Address

B.P. 17 Merzouga, Errachadia ., Merzouga, Morocco

About Haven La Chance Desert Hotel

Ten modern bedroom hotel with seven rooms having ensuite toilet and showers right by palm trees and the sand dunes. All double rooms can be triple rooms. Price includes dinner - which can be cous-cous or tangine or Kalia or other local dishes as all is made to order - and breakfast. Lunch is available - omelettes, salads, kebabs. We also have khaimas - nomad tents made of camel wool to sleep in by the hotel, camping facilities with more outside showers/toilets available. Our Berber staff are gentle, helpful people who give you space to yourself to enjoy the desert, the dunes, the stars.

We have several khaimas or nomad tents on both sides of the hotel and amble parking facilites and camping area under olive and other trees.

Things To Do

No trip is complete without an overnight camel bivouac where you sleep in a Berber tent after riding your camel two hours to an oasis. Campfire dinner under the stars is a quiet, unique experience to remember.

Also 4 x 4 or quads can be arranged to travel around the dunes. Snowboarding and skiing in the dunes. Black Gnawi Tribe music at a nearby village is different than Marrakech as you are in their homes and they offer mint tea for you to sip as you watch and listen to their music. Visit and shop at local Berber cooperative where you can learn about the Berber symbols in the carpets and jewellery. Many are made locally so remember your purchases help the local folks. Have lunch with Berbers in their home and visit the families.

Rissani has three local markets where nomads come to shop. It was called Sijilmass - as it was a mustering point for the camel caravan trade years ago. Burros and livestock auctions are held and sometimes a real antique can be found. Merzouga with its famous lake and flamingos and Hassi Lybaid are the two local villages to explore on foot. Fossils are available to buy throughout the area - including trilobites and ammonites and you can look for them in certain areas yourself.

How To get There

Travel through Erfoud to Rissani. When you come to a "T" intersection in Rissani village, turn left and follow the asphalt road towards Merzouga. About four km before Merzouga village, you see a sign for Village Hassi Labaid pointing left. Right after that you see the sign for Haven La Chance Desert Hotel pointing left. Follow that to the sand dunes and our hotel is right there. BEWARE OF FALSE GUIDES WANTING TO STEER YOU ELSEWHERE!!

Taxis are available from Rissani. We also can arrange transport from other cities to the desert. Contact us directly for that arrangement well in advance at info@bluemenofmorocco.com

Terms & Conditions

Be aware that you will find what we called FALSE GUIDES who will try to lead you astray. In all purchases you must bargain. TIPS are normal for the staff, camelman, guides etc whenever their services have been at least satisfactory. Children under 10 have 50% discount. Under four years are free.