Welcome to M’Hamid
Once it was a lonesome oasis, but these days M’Hamid is a wallflower no more. Border tensions between Algeria (which lies just 40km south), Morocco and the Polisario had isolated this caravan stop until the 1990s, when accords allowed M’Hamid to start hosting visitors again.
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Why you should embrace Berber culture on your Moroccan adventure
11 min read • Published 8 Jan 2020
Whether travelling in the desert, along the coast or high up in the Atlas Mountains, encounters with Berber people will enrich your Moroccan experience.
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Desert of dreams: how and where to experience the Sahara
4 min read • Published 1 Apr 2013
A fount of solitude and the desert of childhood imaginings, the Sahara Desert is like nowhere else on earth. It is the world’s largest desert, at once…
