A little glimpse of life at Kasbah of Peace in Tissergate, near Zagora, Morocco. 🌴
Sharing a cozy room and the beautiful view from our balcony overlooking the palm oasis of the Draa Valley.
Would you spend a night here? 😊
We spent two days in Erg Chigaga, and the thing that stayed with me most wasn’t the dunes.
It was the silence.
Not empty silence, but the kind that makes you notice how much noise you normally carry inside your own head.
No traffic. No notifications. No schedule pushing you to the next thing. Just wind, sand, tea, fire, stars, and people sitting together without needing to fill every second with words.
The desert has a strange way of simplifying life.
After a few hours, you stop thinking about what you should be doing, what you should buy, where you should be next, or how you look to other people. You start noticing smaller things again, the temperature changing after sunset, the sound of someone preparing tea, how enormous the sky actually is.
Maybe that is part of the wisdom of places like Chigaga.
The desert doesn’t give you answers. It removes enough distractions that you can finally hear your own questions.
Our two days there felt much longer than two days, in the best possible way.
If you ever go to the Sahara, don’t only go for the camel ride or the photos. Give yourself enough time to sit still.
Sometimes the most memorable part of Morocco is the moment when nothing is happening at all.
Nothing against Merzouga. It’s beautiful and easy to reach, and for many people it makes perfect sense.
But I’m from the zagora/ Erg Chigaga region, and I’m always surprised how many visitors have never even heard of Chigaga.
Chigaga is different.
You travel down through the Drâa Valley, reach the end of the normal paved route around our area, and from there the journey continues across desert tracks by 4x4. It’s quieter, more remote and you feel much further away from everything.
If you have only one night and want something easy, Merzouga may make more sense.
If you have 3–4 days from Marrakech/Ouarzazate and the journey itself matters to you, I’d seriously look at Chigaga.
I organize trips in this region, so yes, I’m biased But I also grew up around here and would recommend the place even if you arranged everything yourself.
Happy to answer questions about Zagora, Drâa Valley, Chigaga or driving south with a rental car.
سلام عليكم
انا شهر العسل بقضيه ب المغرب باذن الله ١٥ يوم
راح اجي بيناير وقت البرد وطيارتي بتوصل على الدار البيضاء
نصايحكم هل الشمال افضل او ابقى فالدار البيضاء وماحولها ؟
ولو فيه وجهات او اماكن مميزه لا تحرمونا افادتكم وشكرا