Desert Backpackers Camp

The hostel is very close to the bus station, about a 20-minute walk. It could be challenging to find it at night as the nighttime lighting is poor, and the hostel doesn't have any signage around it. Luckily, the landlord's brother came on a motorcycle to pick me up from the station. The hostel is actually a proper home. The landlord lives in one of the bedrooms while the other is set up with three beds for rent. Perhaps due to last month's earthquake, there have been very few tourists lately. Although I booked a mixed single bed, it turned out to be a private ensuite space. The day after check-out, I also arranged desert activities through the landlord, including sunset, sunrise, camel rides, and camping with a nomadic family. They said it's a group tour, but it was just me. Once again, I had a private journey. Wrapped in thick woolen blankets, enjoying the pleasant evening breeze, witnessing the vast desert night view, the visible Milky Way in the unpolluted starry sky, the moonrise and sunrise over the mountain ranges at the Algerian border - these were unique experiences in my life. Thanks to the landlord for an amazing desert journey!

Hamid is such a friendly and caring host. He prepares a good breakfast and provides a lovely home for travellers in Merzouga. Also, there is a bike you can borrow and get around pretty easily in the area.

It was nice Owner Hamid so was very helpfun with good breakfast, I recommend that U can visit befor May bcause of weather, coz they dont have Air condition, but it was ok if U sleep outside.

Hamid have been great to us and we had an awesome time there. The house is a bit out of Merzouga „center“ which make the trip to the desert even more convenient! If you have the luck to go with Hamid for a sunset trip, GO FOR IT!

Hamid is an extraordinary guest. He was very flexible, always available for us and went the extra mile to address all our wishes. We loved the hiking on the dune at sunrise (see pictures), the dinner that he prepared for us and his company. We learned so much about the life in the desert, camels, culture and his personal story is also super interesting.

We had problems with the bed (traditional ones) but this belongs to the experience ;-)

The room and house are comfy, quiet and very clean. Location is good, away from the main road, with the dunes of Merzouga visible from the main door. Hamid made everything to make me feel at home. He speaks fluent English and Spanish and I learned a lot about the region talking with him. I would totally recommend staying at his place!

super nice place. The owner is one of the kindest person I ever met in Morocco. During my journey I got sick and he took take care of me. Tasty breakfast and also really nice position.

Hamid was super nice and speaking fluent English. He arranged also chamel ride into desert camp with his brother Mustafa. Very nice everything.

Staying with Hamid was an awesome experience. First, he was a superb host - met me & 2 other travelers in the bus station, cooked a really fantastic dinner for us even though we arrived late, and it was just cool to talk to him and he shared with us many interesting stories about life in Morocco. Hamid's place is superb too, compared to other backpacker places it has much better quality and I had the best sleep and shower in days in there. The place is located a bit away from the center of Merzouga so there is a really great village atmosphere there with no tourists around, yet everything is walking distance and you can see the massive dunes right when you exit the door. Hamid was also kind enough to hire me his bicycle for riding around and his breakfasts were delicious too. Absolutely 10/10 stay!