Adventure Group Tours

Morocco hotel with incredible swimming pool in the Sahara Desert

Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel - south Morocco
Mind-blowing hotel in the Sahara Desert – Morocco hotel

The Moroccan Sahara Desert is a fantastic place, with its orange color sand dunes are one of the country’s best travel destinations. The Hotel Café du Sud is a fabulous hotel to stay while in Erg Chebbi Dunes.

Regarding accommodation, this hotel in Morocco offers you exclusive luxury desert camps in the dunes and also rooms with beautiful decoration.

The Sahara Desert is a fantastic place that many travelers dream about. On this blog post, I will write about an amazing desert hotel called Café du Sud. If you ever wondered how a Morocco hotel would look like, this is the best you can get.

Promo video from Hotel Café du Sud in Merzouga Dunes

Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel


Hotel facade and main entrance


Facade of Auberge Café du Sud Desert Hotel
The facade of Auberge Café du Sud Desert Hotel

Swimming pool and friendly Blue Man from the Sahara Desert


Hotel in Sahara Desert – Auberge Café du Sud
Hotel in the Sahara Desert – Auberge Café du Sud

Decorated double room, Sahara Desert inspiration


Hotel in Sahara Desert - Auberge Café du Sud
Auberge Café du Sud, Sahara Desert Hotel

Camel trekking in Sahara dunes


Camel trekking in Merzouga Dunes, Morocco
Camel trekking in Merzouga Dunes, Morocco

Tourist children birthday party


Tourist children birthday party - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Tourist children birthday party – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Preparing traditional mint tea with wooden fire


Preparing traditional mint tea with fire - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Preparing traditional mint tea with fire – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Tents in front of the hotel


Tents in front of hotel - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Tents in front of the hotel – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Oasis inside the dunes 2 hours camel ride away


Oasis 2 hours camel ride from the hotel - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Oasis 2 hours camel ride from the hotel – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Oasis fire and drums


Oasis fire and drums - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Oasis fire and drums – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Desert camp with private tents


Hotel in Sahara Desert - Auberge Café du Sud
Hotel in Sahara Desert – Auberge Café du Sud

Stars in sky and desert bivouac – tents by night


Hotel in Sahara Desert - Auberge Café du Sud
Hotel in Sahara Desert – Auberge Café du Sud, Sahara Desert Hotel

Oasis room inside the tent


Oasis room inside tent - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Oasis room inside tent – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Swimming pool view


The swimming pool is one of the hotel’s highlights. While cooling yourself and swimming, you can see the dunes. This is the perfect way to enjoy a refreshing beverage or a delicious Moroccan mint tea.

Swimming pool - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Swimming pool – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

Erg Chebbi Dunes near Merzouga village are a breathtaking spot. Located in the Moroccan desert near the Algerian border in southeastern Morocco this is one of the region’s best-kept secrets.


Auberge Café du Sud Hotel Services


Café du Sud offers: Luxury bedrooms, standard bedrooms, restaurant service, live desert music, tents in the dunes, camel trekking trips, desert oasis exploration, sunrise and sunset camel treks, a fantastic pool overlooking the dunes, and 4X4 tours through the region.

What to do during your stay in the desert? This is a good question. First of all, you should relax and enjoy life. The Sahara Desert is the perfect place to have some time with yourself. You can read a book or drink mint tea, enjoying a magnificent view of the dunes.


What to do in Erg Chebbi Dunes


1- Relax and enjoy life, tranquility, the swimming pool, quietness, and the famous mint tea;

Swimming pool - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Swimming pool – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

2- Do camel trekking, either to watch the sunrise and sunset from the top of the dunes or, do a 2-hour camel ride reaching the desert oasis by crossing the dunes;

Camel Trekking Merzouga
Camel Trekking Merzouga

3- Visit the Berber villages and oases of Hassilabied and Merzouga, located around the dunes;

4- Go on a 4X4 excursion around Erg Chebbi Dunes;

5- Visit the fossil beds in Erfoud, the cave paintings in Taouz and Rissani Kasbahs;

Fossils on rocks - Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel
Millions of years old fossils – Mind-blowing Sahara Desert Hotel

6- Visit the volcanic cobalt plateau of Hamada du Draa;

7- Watch the dancing and singing of the “Les Pigeons du Sables” of Khamlia.

8-Drink Mint tea on the dunes

Min tea in Sahara Desert
Min tea in the Sahara Desert

9-Stargazing at night

Stargazing Moroccan Desert
Stargazing Moroccan Desert

How to get to Merzouga


You can rent-a-car in Marrakech or get a direct bus. Supratours bus company operates daily trips from Marrakech until the Sahara Desert via Ouarzazate. This journey takes about 12 hours, leaving Marrakech at 08:30 am and arriving at Merzouga village at 9 pm. You can also start your journey in Ouarzazate with the same bus that is coming from Marrakech and passing Ouarzazate around 12pm. If you need accommodation while in the city check out my hotel in Ouarzazate.


Auberge Café du Sud


Erg Chebbi Dunes in Auberge Café du Sud Hotel
Erg Chebbi Dunes in Auberge Café du Sud Hotel

Contacts: Auberge Café du Sud, Ras el Erg, Merzouga, Morocco
● Phone: +212 661 216 166 ● Email: aubergedusud@gmail.com
● Website: www.hotelcafedusud.com.

NOTE: This is NOT a sponsored post and I didn’t get anything in return for writing this travel article. Consequently, all content and opinions are entirely my own.