SAHARA DESERT JOURNEYS

Sahara Desert Journeys is a local moroccan tour company and small family business, run by berber peaple who were born and grew up in the sahara desert of erg chebbi in the south-east of Morocco . Their parents were living as nomads in the desert ; looking after their animals and and also organizing caravans for trading with others from other african countries like Algeria, Mauritania , Mali, Sudan and Senegal .
As the borders have been drawn later between countries which share the Sahara, it is no longer possible to cross into Algeria, Mauretania, Mali or Sudan for trading . Beside that, The change in climate also effected the lifestyles of the nomads. As it got more and more dry, the rivers and lakes dried up and left carvings in the landscape. The grass soon disappeared leaving a barren land unsuitable for grazing animals. All these factors oblige a lot of nomad families to look for an other new life style. Barak and his family were among the ones who used to live in berber tent, and now live in mud house in small village in the middle of the sahara desert because of the raisons montined before.This new style of life helped Barak alot ; it offered for him the oportunity to meet tourists who were visiting the area and worked for them as a camelman during their cameltrekking, telling them about his life and culture, which is how he learned more to speak english and other languages.