Hotel Auberge Panorama is a small hotel with cozy ambiance and overlooking Erg Chebbi Dunes with an amazing panoramic view over the Sahara.

Auberge Panorama is an hotel run by 2 Berber (Amazigh) brothers, Youssef and Hamid.

Working for long time in the tourism industry, they both have an extreme knowledge of the desert and how to deal with foreigners while visiting the region, proposing excursions, trekkings, hikings and giving some advices and tips about the Sahara in general.

Youssef and Hamid got their living experience from their grandparents (Berber nomads) who used to travel along the deserts on camels; and from their own trips through several Europeans countries.

Who are the Amazigh?

Amazigh also known as Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley.

More than 30 million Berber speakers live within this region, most densely in Algeria and Morocco. Many Berbers call themselves some variant of the word Imazighen (singular Amazigh), meaning "free men".

Some of the Berber groups are: Kabyle, Chaoui, Mozabite, Rifians, Chleuh, Sous, Tuareg and Zenata. In Morocco only Rifians, Chleuh and Sous exist.

Some famous Berber people

Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II; Roman Emperor Septimus Severus; Clodius Albinus Governor of Britannia;, Tertullian, Christian theologian; Saint Augustine of Hippo; Gelasius I, Pope between 492-496; Abd ar-Rahman I; Yusuf ibn Tashfin, founder of the Almoravid dynasty; Ibn Battuta, Moroccan traveller and explorer; Édith Piaf's grandmother was Berber. Zinedine Zidane, French football player; Tinariwen Tuareg music group from Mali; Morgan Freeman with ancestry to the Tuareg of Northwest Africa; Driss Jettou, Prime Minister of Morocco;

About Morocco and Errachidia Province

Morocco is a fantastic country where diversity of landscapes and cultural destinations contrast with welcoming are warm people. A Moroccan will always greet you with a natural smile, welcoming you to his country.

Along many other destinations, there are cities like Marrakesh, Rabat, Fez and Essaouira that deserve a better and profound look.

Sahara Desert

The Sahara is where everything change in Morocco. A visit to the south will stand up for a different Morocco. Different architecture and cultural aspects describe the south as one of the most interesting regions to visit in Morocco.

The Dunes of Merzouga are located in the south east part of the country, in the Meknès-Tafilalet region, inside Errachidia Province. A trip to Errachidia Province is something incredible has that in one day you can wake up in the snow in a unique Amazigh village in the mountains and drive down the mountain to the sand dunes. Valleys, lakes, mountains, sand dunes, rocky lunar landscapes and camel herds can be found on the way.

Merzouga is a small desert village about 120km south of Errachidia city, the Province's capital city.

The village is most famous for its amazing dunes called Erg Chebbi, a huge Saharan erg (dune) featured in probably all tourism books about Morocco. Merzouga has the largest natural body of water in Morocco so you can expect orange dunes along with endless palm tree oases and blue sky.