Couple questions: Food and romance
What is dinner like at a luxury desert camp?
At a luxury camp in the Sahara, dinner is a four-course Moroccan meal served by candlelight. It usually runs from harira soup to a pastilla or salads, then a slow tagine or mechoui, and ends with almond pastries and mint tea. Afterwards a musician often plays by the fire.
Answered by the Morocco Honeymoons team. Checked October 2026.
The short answer
At a luxury camp in the Sahara, dinner is a four-course Moroccan meal served by candlelight. It usually runs from harira soup to a pastilla or salads, then a slow tagine or mechoui, and ends with almond pastries and mint tea. Afterwards a musician often plays by the fire.
In more detail
Our desert-camp guide describes a proper multi-course dinner at a private table rather than a buffet. The food is cooked in the camp kitchen and carried out to you. Our guide calls the quality remarkable given the setting.
After dinner, the camp's Gnaoua musician, the maalem, typically plays for about an hour around the fire. Breakfast comes as the sun rises over the dunes, with bread, honey, olive oil, coffee and mint tea.
Nights are cold, even in spring. Between November and February the temperature at Merzouga and M'Hamid often drops to 3 to 8°C, so dinner outside means warm layers and a blanket.
You can add to it. A camp can set a private table on the sand with a path of lanterns, or run a telescope-led stargazing session after dinner. Wine, dune boarding and a private musician are best arranged before you arrive.
Good to know
- We brief the camp on any dietary needs before you arrive.
- Pack a warm layer for dinner in any season.
- Ask for wine in advance. Better camps keep a cellar but serve it on request.
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