Dreamtime Bungalows

We did not stay at dreamtime bungalows but we're told to read these reviews regarding a desert safari with Merhan. At first Mehan was lovely and offered us a once in a life time trip to the desert- no other tourist, stories by the campfire, oasis, sleeping in the dunes. We thought that this sounded better than any other desert safari we'd be offered so we agreed. After a little bit of confusion over the price we paid 5000 rupees each for 2 nights in the desert. We woke up in the morning ready to go only to see that it had been raining quite heavily, this wasn't Merhans fault and he gave us some of our money back and another night in his hotel for free. We couldn't complain. The next morning the sun was shining and we were ready to go, we then found out that Merhan wasn't going to be coming with us and instead was sending us with a *** (Sudan) who didn't speak any English, we were disappointed by this but agreed anyway. We drove for about an hour into the desert (even though Merhan had previously said we couldn't do only one night because the camp was too far away). We ended up at Sudans family's farm, which was lovely but not what was promised. It wasn't in the dunes, coverd in liter, it was full of sheep and goats and therefore full of animal poo (including the hut we were told we would sleep in). Sudan was lovely the entire time but it made us feel uneasy when his 4 friends came to join. None of them spoke any English and being 2 females alone in the desert without any service we felt quite unsafe. When the sunset we decided that the risk of staying in an isolated area with a group of men probably wasn't the safest idea so requested to be driven back to the hotel. Sudan did this without hesitation and Merhan gave us another night in the hotel for free. We were really disappointed with the experience and felt as if we were ripped off. We wasted alot of money and also didn't get to spend a night in the desert which was on our India bucket list. I hope this helps anyone trying to make the decision.