21 Feb 2023
We had a wonderful tour into the High Altas Mountains with our driver Mohammed, and Mohammed our guide, who shared his passion and knowledge of the Berber/Amazigh cultural traditions throughout the day. We visited a womens argan oil cooperative and had the opportunity to participate with the women in the grinding of argan nut and learned of its use in body treatments, cosmetics, and in food. It was snowing heavily as we approached Imlil, and our driver navigated safely through it all. Our guide brought us for a delicious tangine lunch and took care that all our needs were met - including seating us near the fire???????? The weather kept us from hiking, so we shopped a little - a Berber hat and embroidered slippers - then headed down to Marrakech desert for a camel ride. A full and fascinating day - thank you thank you thank you we learned so much from this experience!