Travel services and price: 1.790 €

• Single room/tent available at extra charge (limited number)
• Group transfer on arrival and departure (130 km each)
• Local, German and English speaking tour guide
• 8 overnight stays (2x hotel, 6x desert camp)
• Half board (breakfast and dinner) in Merzouga
• Full board in the desert camp (vegetarian, vegan)
• Camel trekking (approx. 2.5 h) from Merzouga to the desert camp and back (also possible as a hike or by car)
• Contribution to the children project Merzouga 30 € per person
• Help and support in planning your trip

Not included in the tour price:

• Flights
• Tips
• Mineral water (will be charged according to consumption at the end of the trip, approximately €10-15)

What is special about this journey?

• Life in the heart of the desert
• Yoga in a breathtaking setting
• Workshops and practices that will bring you into your power and clarifty
• Experience love, acceptance, care and what it means to live in community
• Discovering the Berber culture in an authentic way
• Experience community in a group
• Familial atmosphere

Day 1 – Salam Aleikum Morocco

Today you go on your way into the desert. How did you decide? If you come by domestic  flight from Casablanca to Errachidia, the transfer takes you deep into the desert region to the  Merzouga oasis (approximately two hours drive). The domestic flight lands in Errachidia at  00:50 a.m. the following day.

Arrival in Merzouga is, therefore, late at night. The driver is waiting for you and the other  participants. If you come to Merzouga by bus from one of the royal cities, you will be picked  up from the bus stop. On the way, it goes through small Kasbah villages and past beautiful  palm groves. The first night is in Hotel Kanz Erremal on the edge of the desert.

Day 2 – Welcome to the Oussidi family

You start the day with breakfast together with a view of the dunes. In the morning, you ride  your camels to the desert camp. A wonderfully fresh lunch awaits you there and the Oussidi  family, who will look after you during your stay in the desert. After you have settled in at the camp, we will have an opening circle to get to know each other and enjoy your first yoga class in the desert. Let the desert affect you and immerse  yourself in the silence. After dinner, you say goodbye to the day with a colorful sunset. Around the campfire, you enjoy the night sky dotted with millions of stars along with  traditional Berber drums and music.

Day 3 – Grounding

The day starts with a tea ceremony in the heart of the desert camp. Right after, let us meet for a yoga and meditation practice with a view of the endless expanse of the desert. Afterwards we strengthen ourselves  with a delicious breakfast.

After a bit of free time we come together as a group for a workshop that will help us ground.
The desert gong heralds lunch and you will be spoiled with traditional Berber delicacies.

Now your individual free time begins. What are you after? The possibilities are great. Hear Barak’s stories about Morocco and the desert. Exchange ideas in our retreat family, read in a shady place, listen to the silence in meditation, or enjoy a desert  walk to Barak’s Dune.

In the afternoon we come together for yoga class again. After the class, Barak’s nephews wait with drums around the crackling campfire while dinner is already being prepared in the  kitchen. We enjoy dinner and have an early night, ending the day with a view of the breathtaking starry sky.

Days 4 to 6 – The silence of the desert and rebirth

The days start early underneath the stars with Morning Sadhana including Kundalini practices, Meditation and Kriyas, allowing us to accompany the sun in its awakening. We have a tea ceremony in the heart of the desert camp. Right after, we dive into our Yoga class with a view of the endless expanse of the desert before strengthening ourselves  with a delicious and well deserved breakfast.

Now your individual free time begins. The desert gong heralds lunch and you will be spoiled with traditional Berber delicacies again.

After Lunch we dive into our daily workshops including therapeutic work, study, group sessions of movement, chanting or listening to each other. The last of the 3 days will be a silent day where you will simply be guided in practices and will have time to reflect, enjoy yourself and your inner peace.
After the workshops and a tea break we come together for yoga class again. We enjoy dinner and have an early night, ending the day with a view of the breathtaking starry sky.

Day 7 – Integration in the camp

The day starts with a tea ceremony in the heart of the desert camp. Right after, let us meet for a yoga and meditation practice with a view of the endless expanse of the desert. Afterwards we strengthen ourselves  with a delicious breakfast.

After a bit of free time we come together to chant mantra as a way to find our way out of the 24 hours of silence that we started the previous day.
The desert gong heralds lunch and you will be spoiled with traditional Berber delicacies again.

We will use the afternoon for a sharing circle, somatic practices and Yoga. After the class, Barak’s nephews wait with drums around the crackling campfire while dinner is already being prepared in the  kitchen. We enjoy dinner. The day ends with a view of the breathtaking starry sky once again.

Day 8 – Farewell to the Oussidi family

After morning yoga in the desert, you return to Merzouga with the camels. In the village, you  will take a tour of the oasis. You are treated to a traditional Berber meal in their house by the  Oussidi family. Afterward, you visit the children’s project, which was founded by Barak  Oussidi and a Berber cooperative that offers traditional handicrafts. In the afternoon, you  practice yoga one last time, dinner, and overnight we will stay in the kasbah.

Day 9 – Goodbye Sahara

For the air travelers, it goes to Aéroport Errachidia Moulay Ali Chérif (ERH) in the early  morning. You will experience one last spectacular sunrise and the panorama of the palm gardens. Sahara Yoga will take the bus travelers to the bus stop.

Our tip:

For an individual extension stay in Marrakech or on the Atlantic coast, we are happy to recommend a riad we trust and will be happy to help you with the booking and preparation of your trip.

Or would you like to make your desert trip something very special? Then we recommend that you spend two to three nights in our glamping tents in the middle of the desert before or after your desert trip, in the most magical places in the deep silence of the desert. Very special, individual days await you according to your wishes, of course with great food and loving and safe support from Barak’s family. If you are interested, please write to us at office@sahara-yoga.com and we will give you further information!

Jagadambika Alisa 

lives and shares the traditional paths of Yoga, its practice and philosophy in programs worldwide and holds space for the online community: The Bhakti Family which supports individuals on their recognition of their divine nature.

Discovering the spiritual path during her degree in Mathematics, she went to India to learn about Yoga. Having found many answers to her longing for a deeper meaning, ever since her teacher training in the Sivananda Ashram in Neyyar Dam (Kerala – India) in 2014, she explores Self discovery. She continued her training and personal guided practice within the Sivananda Organisation, completing her Advanced Teacher Training (being granted the title of Yoga Acharya) in 2017 and the Sadhana Intensive (deep personal Hatha Yoga Sadhana) in 2019. Over the last 10 years Jagadambika lived in Germany, Mexico and ashrams in different locations including the Bahamas, Colombia and New York, studying and teaching Yoga Philosophy and how to invite divinity into our daily life. She currently teaches modules in teacher trainings in Mexico City and retreats around the globe.

Through teaching how to play the harmonium worldwide, she has encouraged many to share the power of Bhakti Yoga, the path of love and devotion, in their local communities and homes. Inspired by her spiritual guidance and private spiritual life together with her husband Miguel, she shares Yoga and Kirtan wherever she goes.

Miguel Nieto

is a Sadhaka (yoga practitioner) since he was 14 years old. He began his journey as a facilitator at the age of 21 after completing his first training under the teachings of Jñana Dakini at Yoga Espacio in Mexico City. A few years later he dedicated himself to a one year study within the Sivananda Ashram in Neyyar Dam, Kerala, India, achieving the degree of Yoga Acharya (Master of Yoga) in 2012.

He is the founder of Tiempo Yoga and cofounder of Casa Kumbhaka that he brought into life together with his best friends. Casa Kumbhaka is a Yoga school dedicated to teaching various styles of Hatha Yoga such as: Sivananda Yoga, Ashtanga, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa and Restorative Yoga and offers Teacher Training Programs in Mexico City. Currently Miguel coordinates the 8th generation of the Teacher Training 2024-2025 and facilitates yoga and meditation retreats since 2012 in different places in Mexico, expanding now to teach retreats worldwide.