The hinterlands of Essaouira are rich and fertile, home to protected thuya wood forests, grove after grove of argan trees and, perhaps unexpectedly, vineyards. This trip drives through this attractive scenery (keep an eye out for the goats, famed locally for climbing in the argan trees!), visits a local woman’s collective making argan oil and concludes with a wine tasting at the locally-owned Val D’Argan estate.