Erg Chebbi offer camel trips into the dunes, taking tourists on overnight trips to permanent campsites several kilometres into the erg, and out of sight of the hotels. Erg Chebbi's proximity to the tourist center has led to the erg sometimes being referred to as "dunes of Merzouga." During the warmest part of the year, Moroccans come to Erg Chebbi to be buried neck-deep in the hot sand for a few minutes at a time. This is considered to be a treatment for rheumatism. Erg Chebbi Erg Chebbi () is one of Morocco's several ergs – large seas of dunes formed by
Erg (tug) generators) through the fog and rain, when she was run down by a Norwegian freighter – a steamship named "Norelg" (See Convoy SC 94 for more information on this ship). The tug immediately began sinking and as a result, 19 men lost their lives. On July 19, the Royal Canadian Navy utilized the floating crane "Lord Kitchener" to raise the wreck of "Erg" so the bodies of the deceased could be recovered. Only 10 bodies were discovered and removed from the wreck. "Erg"s sinking was and still is considered one of the worst accidents to have taken place in the