Dhaydhan camp: a nomadic night near Ali-Sabieh

What is the Dhaydhan camp?

Dhaydhan is a tourist camp in the Ali-Sabieh region, in south-east Djibouti, presented by the catalogue as a reinterpreted nomadic camp: people come here in search of the country’s pastoral roots, only a few kilometres from the town.

That is what sets this site apart from the mountain or seaside camps. Here, the attraction is neither a rocky cirque nor a beach, but a way of life: traditional toukouls, food served on mats, domestic animals, crafts, stories and games. The catalogue makes it a family escape, designed to introduce children to the country’s traditions.

Marker	Data
Region	Ali-Sabieh
Situation	A few kilometres from Ali-Sabieh
Coordinates	11.1448 N · 42.7743 E
Bedding	traditional toukoul, local dwelling or bivouac
Google score	4.3/5 over 10 Google reviews (September 2026 survey)
Telephone	77 81 00 53
Capacity	not documented
Rate	not published; set by the camp

The establishment is scored 4.3/5 over 10 Google reviews, September 2026 survey. We report that figure without signing it: ten reviews make a low volume, and an average calculated on so small a number of ratings moves quickly. It indicates a tendency, not a verdict.

Where is Dhaydhan, and how do you get there?

The camp lies a few kilometres from Ali-Sabieh, capital of the region of the same name. The regional survey specifies about ten kilometres from the town. That is a short distance on the scale of the country, where natural sites are often counted in hours of track.

We publish no journey time from Djibouti City: no source consulted documents it for this camp. The town of Ali-Sabieh is served by road and by train, and the page Ali-Sabieh details the access, the town’s other accommodation and the neighbouring sites, from the Grand Bara plain to the Holl Holl viaduct.

One practical note for your searches: the catalogue also writes the name “Dhaydhane”, and the official tourism guide follows that spelling. Both forms designate the same camp.

What can you do at the Dhaydhan camp?

The programme described by the catalogue is deliberately slow. You stroll at the pace of the camels, watch the local wildlife — gazelles, dik-diks, monkeys and birds — and look on as the area’s craftspeople work.

Cultural immersion is the second strand: traditional clothing, games, stories, and above all an introduction to medicinal plants led by the camp’s guides. That is an activity to take seriously: take nothing yourself, and content yourself with recognising the species you are shown.

On the table side, nomadic cooking is ordered in advance, on mats on the ground. Our page on Djiboutian food places these dishes within the country’s cooking.

What comfort should you expect at the Dhaydhan camp?

The catalogue describes the bedding, not the capacity: a traditional toukoul fitted out for a night under the stars or behind mosquito nets, a local dwelling of rustic comfort, or an open-air bivouac. Three levels of privacy and comfort, on the same site.

It publishes neither the number of places, nor the number of rooms, nor the state of the sanitary facilities, and we do not estimate them. Two points deserve to be asked before booking: is the mosquito net provided, and are the sanitary facilities private or shared. Our page on camps and ecolodges details what varies from one site to the next and what to bring.

How much does a night at Dhaydhan cost?

We publish no price for this camp. No bookable offer concerns it on the partner platform, so we have no rate to quote: we would rather display none than a figure we could not guarantee.

The rate is set by the camp and must be confirmed with it directly. The number recorded is 77 81 00 53. Three questions to ask:

1. Which formula? Toukoul, local dwelling and bivouac are not billed in the same way, and meals are a separate line.
2. What is included? Bedding, dinner, breakfast, introductory activities: ask for the detail, it is the first source of a gap with the final bill.
3. How do you pay? Plan for cash, card payment being rare outside Djibouti City.

When should you go, and how do you book?

The cool season, from October to April, remains the most comfortable window for sleeping in a toukoul or in a bivouac: in summer, the night heat makes the experience markedly harder. The month-by-month detail is on the page when to go to Djibouti.

For booking, call the camp and have what is included confirmed in writing. If you are travelling with children, our page on family travel in Djibouti covers the usual points of caution — water, shade, sanitary facilities, journey times. And if you are looking for a second camp in the region, Assamo lies further south, on the edge of the beira antelope’s protected area.