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Best camp in Agafay Desert: the named camps side by side

There is no single best camp in the Agafay Desert: there is the best fit for your budget and your month. This page sets the camps people search for by name side by side, so you can see where yours stands. Of the named camps on Booking.com, Oxygen Lodge Agafay is rated 9.5 out of 10 over 2,132 reviews, far more than any other, at USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total). BE Agafay, Alkamar, Caravan by Habitas, Le Bedouin, The White Camel and Scarabeo are not listed on Booking.com.

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Named Agafay camps side by side

Every camp people ask for by name has a row, each with its own anchor link. Three rows show; the rest open with one click. Sort by reviews, price, rating or name. To choose by month and budget instead of by name, use the camp chooser.

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Sorted by most reviews. Camps with no reviews come last.

  1. Oxygen Lodge Agafaynotes on Oxygen Lodge Agafay

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total)
    Guest rating
    9.5 out of 102,132 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  2. Emeraude Camp Agafaynotes on Emeraude Camp Agafay

    Comfort level
    en-suite or standard tents / camp
    Night price
    USD 143 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total)
    Guest rating
    7.4 out of 101,356 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  3. Les Terrasses d'Agafaynotes on Les Terrasses d'Agafay

    Comfort level
    en-suite or standard tents / camp
    Night price
    USD 136 per night before taxes and fees (USD 169 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.6 out of 101,222 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
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  1. Dar Inacampnotes on Dar Inacamp

    Comfort level
    en-suite or standard tents / camp
    Night price
    USD 131 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total)
    Guest rating
    7.9 out of 101,117 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Mjed
    Day pass
    not listed
  2. Agafay Pearl Camp Marrakechnotes on Agafay Pearl Camp Marrakech

    Comfort level
    en-suite or standard tents / camp
    Night price
    USD 166 per night before taxes and fees (USD 204 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.9 out of 10879 reviews
    Area on the card
    Marrakesh
    Day pass
    not listed
  3. Agafay, La Ferme Nomade Bivouacnotes on Agafay, La Ferme Nomade Bivouac

    Comfort level
    simple bivouac or basic camp
    Night price
    USD 94 per night before taxes and fees (USD 118 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.4 out of 10684 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  4. We Agafaynotes on We Agafay

    Comfort level
    simple camp
    Night price
    USD 120 per night before taxes and fees (USD 152 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.5 out of 10473 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  5. Agafay Desert Hotelnotes on Agafay Desert Hotel

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 227 per night before taxes and fees (USD 278 in total)
    Guest rating
    9.5 out of 10394 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  6. Inara Campnotes on Inara Camp

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 304 per night before taxes and fees (USD 340 in total)
    Guest rating
    9 out of 10389 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  7. The Orion Domenotes on The Orion Dome

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total)
    Guest rating
    9 out of 10269 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  8. Be Nomad Agafay Campnotes on Be Nomad Agafay Camp

    Comfort level
    simple bivouac or basic camp
    Night price
    USD 65 per night before taxes and fees (USD 83 in total)
    Guest rating
    9.2 out of 10260 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  9. Kasbah Agafay Hotel & SpaMinistry directory: Maison d'hôtes 1ère catégorienotes on Kasbah Agafay Hotel & Spa

    Comfort level
    hotel and spa
    Night price
    USD 258 per night before taxes and fees (USD 284 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.2 out of 10163 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  10. The Seven Saintsnotes on The Seven Saints

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 360 per night before taxes and fees (USD 437 in total)
    Guest rating
    9.5 out of 1091 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  11. Mirage Agafay Luxury Campnotes on Mirage Agafay Luxury Camp

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 320 per night before taxes and fees (USD 352 in total)
    Guest rating
    8.7 out of 108 reviews
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  12. Alkamar Campnotes on Alkamar Camp

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  13. BE Agafaynotes on BE Agafay

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  14. Caravan by Habitasnotes on Caravan by Habitas

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  15. Etoiles & Atlasnotes on Etoiles & Atlas

    Comfort level
    luxury lodge or upscale camp
    Night price
    USD 533 per night before taxes and fees (USD 645 in total)
    Guest rating
    no reviews on 14 November 2026
    Area on the card
    El Karia
    Day pass
    not listed
  16. La PauseMinistry directory: Gîte 2ème catégorienotes on La Pause

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  17. Le Bedouinnotes on Le Bedouin

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  18. Le CuveMinistry directory: Maison d'hôtes 2ème catégorienotes on Le Cuve

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  19. Scarabeo Campnotes on Scarabeo Camp

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  20. Terre des EtoilesMinistry directory: Ferme d'hôtes 1ère catégorienotes on Terre des Etoiles

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    not listed
  21. The White Camelnotes on The White Camel

    Booking.com
    Not listed on Booking.com
    Day pass
    day pass, USD 220 per person

Night price and guest rating: Booking.com for 14 to 15 December 2026, 2 adults, as listed on 14 November 2026, before the tourist tax. Comfort level: grouped from each listing's name and price. Ministry directory: the category the Ministry of Tourism's accommodation directory gives the place.

Price against rating

A high price does not buy a high score in Agafay. On the night Booking.com priced, scores of 9 or more came from simple camps and luxury ones alike. Further right costs more, higher up scored better, and a bigger dot rests on more reviews.

Night price against guest rating for the named Agafay camps A scatter chart. Oxygen Lodge, Agafay Desert Hotel and The Seven Saints share the top score at three different prices; Emeraude has the lowest score; Be Nomad, a low-priced simple camp, scores above several luxury camps. Two vertical lines mark the middle price of the mid-range and the luxury stays. 100200300400500 78910 night price for two, in US dollars guest rating out of 10 most-reviewed mid-range most-reviewed luxury Oxygen LodgeInaraSeven SaintsOrion DomeMirageAgafay Desert HotelKasbah AgafayLes Terrasses d'AgafayEmeraudeDar InacampWe AgafayAgafay PearlLa Ferme NomadeBe Nomad
Each dot is one named camp on Booking.com, priced for 14 to 15 December 2026, 2 adults. Dot size follows the number of reviews. Etoiles & Atlas has no rating yet and is left off. The two lines mark the most-reviewed mid-range and luxury stays, the headline nights on the cost page.

A score is only as solid as the reviews under it: a 9.5 from 91 reviews can move with the next few stays, a 9.5 from 2,132 reviews hardly will. Oxygen Lodge Agafay and The Orion Dome both sit at the luxury middle price, so the step up to either is the same money; what differs is the score and how many guests stand behind it.

Luxury lodges and upscale camps

At the top of the price range the differences sit in the score and in how many guests stand behind it. The whole top end, with what a luxury night includes, is on Agafay luxury camps.

Oxygen Lodge Agafay

USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total) · 9.5 out of 10 · 2,132 reviews

The most reviewed stay in the whole Agafay list, and among the highest scores. Breakfast is on the card. For a luxury night with the least guesswork about the score, start here, then compare the same date against Inara and The Seven Saints.

Inara Camp

USD 304 per night before taxes and fees (USD 340 in total) · 9 out of 10 · 389 reviews

Its own title names a restaurant, desert activities and heated pools, so it is the camp to look at for a winter swim. Its Booking.com address reads agafay-desert-camp, easy to confuse with Dar Inacamp and with Agafay Desert Hotel (see names that look alike).

The Seven Saints

USD 360 per night before taxes and fees (USD 437 in total) · 9.5 out of 10 · 91 reviews

The dearest of the rated luxury camps, with lodges, tents and desert activities in its title, and breakfast and free cancellation on the card. The top score rests on fewer reviews than Oxygen's, so read the latest ones before you book.

The Orion Dome

USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total) · 9 out of 10 · 269 reviews

The same night price as Oxygen Lodge Agafay, with breakfast and free cancellation on the card. Booking.com lists it under a Marrakech address; its card gives El Karia as the area, as for most Agafay camps.

Mirage Agafay Luxury Camp

USD 320 per night before taxes and fees (USD 352 in total) · 8.7 out of 10 · 8 reviews

One of two named camps whose card puts dinner in the price, with free cancellation too, which makes the night easier to compare with an overnight package. The score rests on very few reviews.

Etoiles & Atlas

USD 533 per night before taxes and fees (USD 645 in total) · no reviews on 14 November 2026

The highest night price in the Agafay list, with dinner and free cancellation on the card. With no guest score yet, you book on the photos and the description alone. Not to be confused with Terre des Etoiles, a farm guesthouse in the ministry directory.

Standard and simple camps

Below the luxury tier the scores spread wider, and three of these camps carry the most reviews after Oxygen. One night in a mid-range Agafay camp, two sharing a tent, comes to USD 143 (about GBP 108 or EUR 129). The budget end and the simple tents are on Agafay camping.

Les Terrasses d'Agafay

USD 136 per night before taxes and fees (USD 169 in total) · 8.6 out of 10 · 1,222 reviews

A heated pool and activities in its title, breakfast on the card, and a score over many reviews, priced near the most-reviewed mid-range stay. The camp also runs a pool day pass, so you can see it before you sleep there (Agafay pool day passes).

Emeraude Camp Agafay

USD 143 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total) · 7.4 out of 10 · 1,356 reviews

Many reviews and a mid-range price, but the lowest score of the rated camps on this page. Its Booking.com address calls it a luxury camp; its price sits in the standard group. Read the low reviews before you choose it.

Dar Inacamp

USD 131 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total) · 7.9 out of 10 · 1,117 reviews

The only named camp whose card gives El Mjed as its area. Breakfast is on the card. The name is close to Inara Camp, but the two are separate listings at very different prices.

We Agafay

USD 120 per night before taxes and fees (USD 152 in total) · 8.5 out of 10 · 473 reviews

A simple camp with breakfast on the card and a good score. Its card showed a higher struck-out total beside the price paid, so check what your own dates cost.

Agafay Pearl Camp Marrakech

USD 166 per night before taxes and fees (USD 204 in total) · 8.9 out of 10 · 879 reviews

A standard camp on Booking.com with many reviews and a good score. Search its full name there for the price on your dates.

Agafay, La Ferme Nomade Bivouac

USD 94 per night before taxes and fees (USD 118 in total) · 8.4 out of 10 · 684 reviews

A simple bivouac with many reviews at a low price. Ferme Agafay, a different listing with 1 review, is not the same place.

Be Nomad Agafay Camp

USD 65 per night before taxes and fees (USD 83 in total) · 9.2 out of 10 · 260 reviews

A simple camp at a low price, with breakfast and free cancellation on the card. The name is one word away from BE Agafay: they are different places.

Walls instead of canvas

Some names people search are not tent camps. A room with solid walls holds the warmth better on a winter night, when the Marrakech station's mean minimum in January is 6°C (43°F). These are the walled stays among the names; more of them, with villas, are on Agafay desert hotels.

Agafay Desert Hotel

USD 227 per night before taxes and fees (USD 278 in total) · 9.5 out of 10 · 394 reviews

Shares the top score with Oxygen Lodge Agafay at a lower price, with breakfast on the card. Its Booking.com address reads la-maison-du-desert-agafay, and its price groups it with the luxury stays.

Kasbah Agafay Hotel & Spa

USD 258 per night before taxes and fees (USD 284 in total) · 8.2 out of 10 · 163 reviews

A hotel and spa with breakfast on the card. The Ministry of Tourism directory lists Kasbah Agafay, km 20 on the route de Guemassa, as Maison d'hôtes 1ère catégorie.

La Pause

Not listed on Booking.com · ministry directory: Gîte 2ème catégorie

The directory lists La Pause at Douar Linch Laarousienne in Agafay as a gîte, a simple rural lodging.

Terre des Etoiles

Not listed on Booking.com · ministry directory: Ferme d'hôtes 1ère catégorie

Listed at km 23 on the route d'Agafay, in the rural commune of Aït Imour, as a farm guesthouse.

Le Cuve

Not listed on Booking.com · ministry directory: Maison d'hôtes 2ème catégorie

Listed at Douar Aït Daoud, in the rural commune of Agafay, as a guesthouse.

A tent camp is a bivouac in Moroccan law, with an operating authorisation that the camp requests from the local authority. What that authorisation involves, and how to ask a camp for it, is on the camp chooser; the full ministry directory is online (in French).

Camps not listed on Booking.com

Several of the most searched names are not listed on Booking.com. That says nothing about their quality. What is on record for each:

BE Agafay

Not listed on Booking.com. Not the same place as Be Nomad Agafay Camp, which is listed at USD 65 per night before taxes and fees (USD 83 in total).

Alkamar Camp

Not listed on Booking.com. Searches also spell it Alkmaar.

The White Camel

Not listed on Booking.com for a night, but a day pass is on sale: White Camel Agafay Day Pass with Pool, Lunch & Spa, USD 220 per person for 6 hours, with the pool, lunch, a hammam and massage and the transport. The camp states it is 45 minutes from Marrakech.

Caravan by Habitas

Not listed on Booking.com.

Le Bedouin

Not listed on Booking.com.

Scarabeo Camp

Not listed on Booking.com. The camp states the drive from the medina takes about 1 hour and from Menara airport about 45 minutes, and that its Stone Camp has a view of the Atlas Mountains.

Names that look alike

Agafay camp names borrow from each other, and booking sites shorten them. Before you pay, check that the name on the booking is the camp you mean. These pairs are the easiest to mix up:

Easily confused names
You searchedEasily taken forHow to tell them apart
BE AgafayBe Nomad Agafay CampDifferent places; Be Nomad is on Booking.com at USD 65 per night before taxes and fees (USD 83 in total), BE Agafay is not listed there.
Inara CampDar InacampTwo listings: Inara at USD 304 per night before taxes and fees (USD 340 in total), Dar Inacamp at USD 131 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total) in El Mjed.
Inara CampAgafay Desert HotelInara's Booking.com address is agafay-desert-camp; Agafay Desert Hotel's is la-maison-du-desert-agafay.
Etoiles & AtlasTerre des EtoilesEtoiles & Atlas is a luxury camp on Booking.com; Terre des Etoiles is a farm guesthouse in the ministry directory.
La Ferme NomadeFerme AgafayLa Ferme Nomade is a bivouac with many reviews; Ferme Agafay is a separate farmhouse listing with 1 review.
Alkamar CampAlkmaarThe same name, spelt two ways in searches.

Which camp for which night

The night you want usually has one condition that matters more than the rest. Every price here is before the tourist tax, charged per person per night, and before the drive, which operators give as 40 to 60 minutes by road from Marrakech. Start from your condition:

The score you can trust most
Oxygen Lodge Agafay: the top score over by far the most reviews.
A warm pool in winter
Two listings name heated pools in their own titles: Inara Camp at the top end and Les Terrasses d'Agafay in the mid-range.
Dinner in the night price
Mirage Agafay Luxury Camp and Etoiles & Atlas are the two cards with dinner included. Otherwise an overnight package bundles dinner and the transfer.
Plans that may change
Free cancellation shows on the cards of The Orion Dome, The Seven Saints, Mirage and Etoiles & Atlas.
A cold month
Walls rather than canvas: Kasbah Agafay Hotel & Spa or Agafay Desert Hotel, or ask a camp for a heated tent.
A simple camp
We Agafay, with breakfast on the card; more budget nights on Agafay camping.
A look before you stay
A day pass: The White Camel's on GetYourGuide, or a camp pool day from Agafay pool day passes.

Where the camps sit, and how far each area is from the city, is on the Agafay desert map. How to plan the night itself, package or camp plus transfer, is on the Agafay overnight page, and the whole sum of a trip on the Agafay cost page.

Questions about Agafay camps by name

Which is the best camp in the Agafay Desert?

It depends on what you need. Of the named camps on Booking.com, Oxygen Lodge Agafay, Agafay Desert Hotel and The Seven Saints share the top score of 9.5 out of 10, and Oxygen holds it over 2,132 reviews. For a warm pool in winter look at Inara Camp; for dinner in the price, Mirage or Etoiles & Atlas.

How much does a night at Oxygen Lodge Agafay cost?

Booking.com showed USD 267 per night before taxes and fees (USD 326 in total) for 14 to 15 December 2026, 2 adults, with breakfast on the card. Other dates can cost more or less, especially at Christmas, New Year and Easter. The tourist tax comes on top, charged per person per night, and the drive from Marrakech is not included.

Is BE Agafay the same as Be Nomad Agafay Camp?

No. They are different places. Be Nomad Agafay Camp is on Booking.com at USD 65 per night before taxes and fees (USD 83 in total), with breakfast and free cancellation on the card; BE Agafay is not listed on Booking.com. Check the exact name on any booking before you pay, since the two names differ by one word.

Is Inara Camp the same as Dar Inacamp?

No. Inara Camp is listed on Booking.com at USD 304 per night before taxes and fees (USD 340 in total), with heated pools in its title; Dar Inacamp is a separate listing at USD 131 per night before taxes and fees (USD 173 in total), in El Mjed by its card. Inara's Booking.com address reads agafay-desert-camp, which adds to the confusion.

Which named Agafay stays does the Ministry of Tourism list?

The Ministry of Tourism directory lists Kasbah Agafay as Maison d'hôtes 1ère catégorie, La Pause as Gîte 2ème catégorie, Terre des Etoiles as Ferme d'hôtes 1ère catégorie and Le Cuve as Maison d'hôtes 2ème catégorie. A tent camp's operating authorisation comes from the local authority under decree 2-23-441; ask the camp for it in writing.

Sources

  1. The Ministry of Tourism's accommodation directory lists five classified establishments whose name or address contains 'Agafay' across its 30 type tables, none a bivouac (14 November 2026): 5. Ministère du Tourisme, Annuaire des établissements d'hébergement touristique, server-side search 'agafay'.
  2. The Ministry of Tourism directory lists Terre des Etoiles (Marrakech prefecture, km 23 route d'Agafay, rural commune Aït Imour) under the category Ferme d'hôtes 1ère catégorie. Ministère du Tourisme, Annuaire des établissements d'hébergement touristique.
  3. The Ministry of Tourism directory lists Kasbah Agafay (Marrakech prefecture, km 20 route de Guemassa) under the category Maison d'hôtes 1ère catégorie. Ministère du Tourisme, Annuaire des établissements d'hébergement touristique.
  4. The Ministry of Tourism directory lists Le Cuve (Douar Aït Daoud, rural commune of Agafay, Marrakech prefecture) under the category Maison d'hôtes 2ème catégorie. Ministère du Tourisme, Annuaire des établissements d'hébergement touristique.
  5. The Ministry of Tourism directory lists La Pause (Douar Linch Laarousienne, Agafay, Marrakech prefecture) under the category Gîte 2ème catégorie. Ministère du Tourisme, Annuaire des établissements d'hébergement touristique.
  6. At the Marrakech station (WMO 60230), the mean daily minimum temperature in January is, per the WMO climate normals 1991 to 2020 published by NOAA NCEI: 5.9°C. WMO Climate Normals 1991-2020, station sheet MARRAKECH (WMO 60230), archived by NOAA NCEI (accession 0253808, v6.6).
  7. Under Moroccan law 47-06 (art. 72), the taxe de séjour is due per person per night. Loi n° 47-06 relative à la fiscalité des collectivités territoriales, version consolidée au 3 juillet 2025 (Ministère de la Justice, adala), 3 July 2025.
  8. The camp operator Scarabeo Camp states the drive from Marrakech Menara Airport to its camp takes approximately 45 minutes. Scarabeo Camp, FAQs.
  9. The camp operator Scarabeo Camp states the drive from the medina to its camp takes approximately 1 hour. Scarabeo Camp, FAQs.
  10. The camp operator The White Camel states its Agafay camp is 45 minutes from Marrakech (mode and start point not stated). The White Camel, Agafay Day Pass page.
  11. Morocco's Law 80-14 defines a bivouac as a camp receiving tourists temporarily, either set up provisionally on a trek stage in mountains, desert or rural sites, or installed on sites reserved for it away from towns and water points. Law no. 80-14 on tourist establishments and other forms of tourist accommodation, Dahir 1-15-108 of 4 Aug 2015, BO no. 6404 of 15 Oct 2015 (Ministry of Justice, adala), 4 August 2015.
  12. Morocco's Law 80-14 makes operating a bivouac or other alternative accommodation subject to an operating authorisation with a set of specifications (cahier des charges) authorisation required. Law no. 80-14 on tourist establishments and other forms of tourist accommodation, Dahir 1-15-108 of 4 Aug 2015, BO no. 6404 of 15 Oct 2015 (Ministry of Justice, adala), 4 August 2015.
  13. Decree 2-23-441 states a bivouac operating authorisation is requested from the competent local authority at least 14 days before the bivouac is set up. Decree no. 2-23-441 of 13 July 2023 applying Law 80-14, BO no. 7462 (FR) of 4 Dec 2025, pp. 3186-3195 (ministry PDF, image scan read by OCR), 13 July 2023.
  14. The camp operator Scarabeo Camp states its Stone Camp offers a view of the Atlas Mountains. Scarabeo Camp, FAQs.
  15. Camp prices for one night, and night cold. Booking.com search for Agafay, 2 adults, 1 room, night of 2026-12-14, prices as printed in US dollars; night cold: Marrakech (Menara) station mean daily minimum, 1991 to 2020
  16. Headline costs. The price of the named partner listing each cost uses (the most-reviewed of its kind), with the date of each price
  17. Tour prices, times and the drive to Agafay. Partner listings on GetYourGuide, Viator and Klook with the date of each price, in the partner's currency; transfer times as the operators and the Moroccan National Tourist Office state them