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Some 2.5km beyond Sebt Aït Bououli, you'll have to squint to make out a picturesque
trio of villages built right into a two-toned purple and ochre bluff. On green terraces are
gambolling lambs that are the valley's claim to fame: Bououli means 'those who keep
sheep'.
Shopping
Cooperative Feminin de
Tissage Aït Bououli
( 0671 41 91 06; 8am-5pm)
Immediately below Aït Bououli's trio of mimetic villages is
a stone-walled community association with a sign pointing visitors towards the Aït
Bououli women's carpet-weaving cooperative.
This 40-member cooperative takes every aspect of carpet-making into its own hands,
tending and shearing sheep, carding and spinning fluffy lambswool into yarn; and collect-
ing plants to dye yarn fascinating tertiary hues. The members also take turns minding the
shop, so you'll be buying carpets from the woman who made it, her sister or her neigh-
bour.
If you find the door closed, just call Fatima, the dynamic director, and she'll come
down from the village to open the co-op's small storeroom.
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Trekking the M'Goun Traverse
While crowds flock to Jebel Toubkal, nature lovers head to the M'Goun Massif, where
pristine, prehistoric landscapes make for rewarding challenges for trekkers.
If you're going in spring, dress warmly and be prepared to get your boots wet: walking
river gorges is one of the great pleasures of M'Goun. The M'Goun Traverse outlined here
follows one river up to its mountain source, crosses the mountain range, and then follows
another river down into its valley.
