Sustainability – The Desert Is Changing – So Are We

By Salim, a Bedouin host

I was born here, under these stars. My first bed was sand. My first roof — the sky.Me and my family grew up in the real desert, no electricity, no roads. Just stars, wind, and the sound of camels in the morning.

My grandfather used to say, “The desert will give you everything, if you ask gently.”

We never took more than we needed. We moved with the seasons. Life was simple, not easy. But it was real.

Then the world sped up. People left the desert. Cities grew louder. Roads came. Phones came. The silence got thinner.

But we stayed. And little by little, visitors came – curious, respectful, looking not for hotels but for a feeling.

Every guest helps us stay here. We don’t have investors or government funds, just solar panels, reused water, and our family’s hands.

Some Guest ask why we live that simple life.

“Why? Because I want my son to grow up hearing silence. Real silence. Not cars. Not buildings. Just wind and stars.”

That’s how everything began.

At first, it was basic. Just a few tents, some solar lights, warm tea, and stories by the fire. We cooked together, we sang, we watched the stars. People cried when they left — not because of what we had, but because of what we didn’t have.

No noise. No plastic. No pretending.

And they kept coming. So we started to grow – but slowly, carefully.

Last two season we’ve build new luxury-style camps. Still simple. Still honest. But with a bit more comfort — proper beds, private tents, better showers. Not because we want to change the experience, but because we want more people to feel at home here, especially those who might not be used to the simple desert life.

Our guest loved that experience combined with our “bedouin life teachings” so much, we got more and more requests.

We follow in each of the camps the same philosophy: recycle, reuse, avoid plastics and eat clean.

What’s left from dinner? That goes to our goats or becomes compost. We plant herbs, and cook with what we grow. About 80% of what we use is local – from neighbors, or raised by us. Bread is still made by hand, the way my mother taught me.

It costs more this way. It takes more time. But we’d rather build slow and true than fast and empty.

I tell our guests this:

If you come to the desert, expect nothing, but get everything.

Walk slow, listen to the wind and don’t come for the Wi-Fi, come for the fire, or the silence.

Come for the chance to see how little you really need, to feel full.

Ask us how to make bedouin bread in fire, ride a camel before sunset, sit with us before your dinner. And if you’re lucky, we might tell you one of the old stories — the ones our grandfathers told us, and theirs before them.

We’ll be here — with warm tea, a fire, and a place to rest your feet and to watch the stars.

Salim

What means Sustainability for us at Desert Private Camping Company?

Some people say “sustainability” like it’s new.

For Bedouins, it’s old: take only what you need, move so the land can rest, live with nature—not against it.

At Desert Private Camping Company — our Bedouin Camps and Starwatching Private Camps — we follow that old path to keep the desert as God gave it – natural, beautiful and alive for all who call it home.

Oman is growing in clean projects. In Muscat, Khazaen Economic City turns used cooking oil into biodiesel so trucks run cleaner. People talk about green hydrogen, and using our sun and wind for energy. There’s vertical farming that saves water, and big solar farms. It makes us proud. See the article for Oman Observer

We learn from these ideas and keep our values: reuse, avoid waste, plant what we can, buy local. Step by step, we support our Bedouin community and welcome guests without harming the desert.

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