I am Aziz, your guide in M'Hamid El Ghizlane
Many people come to Sahara for dunes and camels. But they book with big companies from cities. I am different. I am Aziz, born here in desert near M'Hamid El Ghizlane. My family was nomad for first 13 years of my life. We moved across sands for water and food for goats and camels. No phones, no money, just sky and dunes. The desert, it teaches you to listen to wind and stars.
Later my family stopped moving and built home in M'Hamid El Ghizlane. This village is on edge of Sahara. Tourism gives us work now. I did not go to big cities. I stayed and started Sahara Wonders. This is my company, run by local people like me. I share what I know about desert, Amazigh ways, and how nomads live.
We start with camel trek. Camels walk slow, about 4 km per hour. You learn to read dunes and move with wind. I show desert animals - how snakes and foxes find water in dry sand. Nights get cold, down to 5°C sometimes, so bring jacket. We talk about nomad life, my stories from childhood. Bedouin means free people in our language. That is us, Amazigh people.
One day with me, you learn more than from hotel tours. No rush, no big groups. Just you, me, camels, and desert. We make tea in tent - three glasses, bitter first like life, sweet last like death. My grandmother showed me how.
I think big tour companies forget the real Sahara. They drive fast to dunes and leave. With me, you feel the desert true way.
Come from Marrakech or wherever. We meet in M'Hamid. Support us locals, not far companies. You see real nomad life. I grew up here, I know every dune.