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Bendir players and Ahidous singers in white dress in the M'Hamid palm grove, during the Zamane Festival

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Choose your way of experiencing the Sahara: music, festival, desert, culture and encounters.

Bendir players and Ahidous singers in white dress in the M'Hamid palm grove, during the Zamane Festival

Festival · Music · Ahidous

Zamane Festival 2026 - The Ahidous Chant

Experience the 5th Zamane Festival from a comfortable bivouac, nestled among the superb dunes of M'Hamid El Ghizlane, at the gateway to the Sahara. Four days of music, art, encounters and sharing under the desert stars, with Ahidous - Amazigh song and poetry - as the common thread.

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A Tuareg musician with an electric guitar by the Drâa wadi, in the spirit of the Desert Blues

Music · Culture · Drâa

To the Rhythm of the Desert Blues

A tailor-made musical journey, departing from Marrakech, Ouarzazate or M'Hamid, to discover oasis songs, Ganga, Ahidous and the Saharan blues.

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A night-time music session bringing together local musicians and travellers around the fire

Accommodation · Music · Culture

Joudour Sahara Cultural Centre

Stay at the Artists' Kasbah or in a comfortable bivouac, between oasis and desert, for musical journeys, artistic residencies, yoga retreats and stays around the Zamane Festival.

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Aerial view of the M'Hamid El Ghizlane palm grove, the last oasis before the Sahara

Zagora Airport · Short stay · M'Hamid

Zagora – M'Hamid in four days

From Zagora airport, four days between heritage, music and desert: the Drâa Valley, a permanent bivouac and the dunes of Chegaga.

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Night view of the Joudour Sahara Bivouac camp, lit tents at the foot of the dunes

New Year's Eve · New Year · Bivouac

New Year's Eve under the stars

Celebrate the new year in a magical setting, from 31 December 2026 to 3 January 2027, at the Joudour Sahara bivouac.

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A lone nomad tent under a starry sky and the Milky Way, in the great desert© Massimo Matera

Camel · Private bivouac · Two days

One night under the stars

2 days / 1 night from M'Hamid: a meal with a local family, a camel caravan, a private mobile bivouac and a visit to the ecological project.

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Morning light on the dunes of the M'Hamid El Ghizlane desert

Ouarzazate · Mobile bivouac · Two days

From Ouarzazate to the Sahara

2 days / 1 night: crossing the Drâa Valley, a welcome in M'Hamid, a mobile bivouac and a return via Tamegroute.

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A silhouette at the top of a dune in the M'Hamid desert

Chegaga · Caravan · Four days

Sahara & Chegaga immersion

4 days / 3 nights: oases, ksour, encounters, a camel caravan, wildlife and plant discovery, and the great dunes of Chegaga.

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A lone walker on the crest of a Sahara dune near M'Hamid© Massimo Matera

Silence · Yoga · Walking

Yoga and desert

A retreat built around the pace of the group, to find your rhythm in the silence of the Sahara.

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Sunset over the M'Hamid palm grove, silhouettes among the palm trees

Family · Children · Discovery

Family stays

A gradual adventure adapted to families: camels, dunes, oases, local encounters and nights under the stars.

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