Imlil is a Berber village in the High Atlas 90 minutes drive from Marrakech. It is a trekking and climbing base, even skiing at this time of the year, being at the foot of the highest mountain in North Africa, Djebel Toubcal. In the photo above, Toubcal is the peak on the horizon, just to the right of centre, behind Jane and me. Many of the trekkers and skiers have their luggage taken up higher by mule, and trains of these animals plodded past all the time we were there, some also bearing trippers, the mountain equivalent of our camel ride. The mules have the same air of resignation to their fate as the camels.
Berber villages in this region seem to blend into the countryside, being made of the local mud mix and stone. The buildings are flat topped with a final covering of turf. They are eco-dwellings without the builders even realising it (or caring, probably).
We walked a little way up from the village to the waterfall, coming across patches of snow the biggest of which covered this flat area. Trish and Jane are carefully making their way across it. The waterfall was difficult to get close to and not spectacular but the setting was beautiful.
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