Darkness hid the top of the sand dunes when we arrived at our Sahara camp, and it’s probably just as well.Because the longer we climbed the next morning, the taller those dunes seemed to get.The ...

This June 2013 photo shows camels resting in sand dunes on a sunset ride in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan desert. The route from Marrakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows ...

A camel is led across the sand dunes in Erg Chebbi, Morocco, at the edge of the Saharan Desert in June 2013. The route from Marrakech, Morocco, to the Saharan desert follows one of Africa’s most ...

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene.

The camp is on the far side of the dunes and takes about 20 minutes by 4×4 jeep or 1.5 hours by camel. You’ll leave Merzouga around 5pm, arriving in camp a little before sunset. What It’s ...

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco — The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene. While Georgie, as I ...

We met our camels after an hourlong ride from Merzouga in four-wheel-drive vehicles over rough-and-rocky terrain, unmarked in any way I could see, to a camp tucked into the dunes.

ERG CHEBBI, Morocco - The bright black silhouettes of our three-camel caravan shone against a tall sand dune like a background drawing of the Three Kings in a Nativity scene. While Georgie, as I ...