The place
Country
Morocco
Region
Marrakech-Safi
Best season
October — April
Climate
24°C days, 7°C nights in winter. Dry; rain on fewer than five days a month.
Altitude
520 m
Nearest airport
Marrakech (RAK) · 45 min
Agafay isn't the sand sea of postcards. It's a hammada — a rolling plain of pale stone and dust, cut by dry riverbeds and backed on clear days by the snow of the High Atlas. That's exactly why we chose it: the walking is easy underfoot, the horizon is enormous and the silence is total.
Our camp is run by the Aït Ali family, who have hosted travellers here for three generations. Ten canvas tents sit around a central fire, with a long dining tent, a hammam built from rammed earth and a shaded platform for practice. Water comes from the family's own well; electricity from the sun.
Getting there
Marrakech (RAK)
Fly into Marrakech Menara (RAK). Our driver meets you in arrivals on the first day between 12:00 and 15:00 and the transfer takes about 45 minutes.
Arriving another day? We can book a riad in the medina and collect you from there.
