KASBAH DU TOUBKAL

  The Kasbah is perched on a great rock outcrop above the main village with panoramic views of the mountains, valleys and waterfalls. It is reached by a short walk (15 mn) or mule ride from the village of Imlil. Imlil, 65 km from Marakech in the Ait Mizane Valley, is the starting point for the trek up Jbel Toubkal (4165 m) the highest mountain in North Africa. So impressive is the scenery that film director Martin Scorsese chose Imlil as one of the locations for Kundun, his film about the Dalai Lama, temporarily transforming the Kasbah into a Tibetan monastery.