Sahara Desert

The Sahara is Morocco at its most elemental — an ocean of sand that shifts color from pale gold to deep rose as the sun moves across the sky. Arriving by camel as the dunes cool in the evening light is one of the most quietly overwhelming experiences the country offers.

Nights at a desert camp bring a stillness that is hard to find elsewhere — Berber music around the fire, a sky uninterrupted by city light, and a silence broken only by wind moving across the dunes.