KASBAHKASBAHMAISON D’HÔTESMAISON D’HÔTESCAMPING, INNCAMPINGKasbah Baha Baha $$
( 0524 83 97 63; N’Kob; Berber tents s/d/tr Dh80/150/210, with private bathroom
Dh200/300/400) A gorgeously restored kasbah with a vast Berber botany garden, wood-fired
bread oven, gourmet poolside meals (breakfast/dinner Dh30/100), on-site ethnographic
museum, and 360-degree oasis views. Guests are greeted like neighbours, and are even
invited to local marriages hosted at the kasbah in summer.
Kasbah Imdoukal $$
( 0524 83 97 98; www.kasbahimdoukal.com; N’Kob; d/tr/ste Dh700/900/1000; ) Berber
pride meets Marrakesh chic: chip-carved beds with luxurious pillows, Amazigh friezes atop
tadelakt walls, oasis mule treks with poolside lounging after, and dinners of madfouna (Dh120
to Dh190) by the restaurant fireplace with private concerts. Guest rooms have big, splashy en-
suite bathrooms; 16 of 20 rooms have air-con.
Auberge Restaurant Ennakhil $$
( 0524 83 97 19; N’Kob; d incl half-board shared/private bathroom Dh160/300) A warm
Berber-country welcome, with tea and Jebel Sarhro views from palm-stump terrace seating.
Downstairs rooms have wedding blankets, palm-beam ceilings, and shared bathrooms with
sinks that are upturned water jars. Snazzy upstairs ‘kasbah’ rooms have en-suite bathrooms,
sculpted pisé walls and stone floors; three have oasis views.
Ksar Jenna $$$
( 0524 83 97 90; www.ksarjenna.com; d incl half-board Dh1100; ) Holding its own with
Marrakesh riads, this place 2km before N’Kob has seven sprawling rooms with designer-
fabulous, en-suite bathrooms (albeit with erratic hot water). Dinner is served under the painted
dining-room ceiling, breakfasts amid palms in the garden, and aperitifs or espresso in the patio
bar (it’s a Moroccan-Italian venture).
Ouadjou $
( 0524 83 93 14; www.ouadjou.com; tent without/with half-board Dh50/150, r Dh225; )
Welcome comforts for desert-dazed travellers: cool pisé-clad courtyard rooms with hot
showers in en-suite bathrooms, or Berber tents in the garden with end tables, reading lamps,
linens and blankets. Guests can use the pool free, as can visitors ordering lunch (Dh90 to
Dh120). It’s 2km before N’kob.
Camp Amasstou $
( 0524 83 90 78; Tazzarine; per person incl half-board Dh150; ) Follow signs pointing
south into Tazzarine’s oasis to find this gorgeous walled garden featuring four large Berber
tents and a small pool. Pull up a goatskin bench and swap life stories with fellow travellers, or
call it a night on your narrow tent bed with clean linens.