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River Cruises and Tours in Mali
Mariama Ludovic

DOGON TREK AND
NIGER RIVER CRUISE ( 12 DAYS)

DAY 1: BAMAKO ( Arrival)

Arrival and transfer to the hotel

- Dinner and overnight at the hotel

DAY 2: BAMAKO/DJENNE

- Breakfast and departure to Djenne

- Visit of Bambara villages along the way

- Lunch at restaurant " Teriya"

- Continuation to Djenne

- Arrival and check-in at Campement Hotel.

- Dinner and Hotel.

DAY 3: DJENNE/ SANGHA

- Breakfast followed by citytour ( the mosque, the largest mud building in the world, the old district, the tomb of the young lady walled up alive for the future prosperity of the town, the sacred well.)

- Lunch at restaurant " Baba".

- Departure to Sangha

- Arrival and check-in at Campement hotel

- Dinner and overnight at Campement hotel

DAYS 4 & 5 : DOGON COUNTRY

- During these two days you will discover on foot the mysteries of the Dogon country. You will visit the tellem caves, the spiritual chief house known as Guinna, the granaries. You will see the villages of Irelli, Tirelli, Banani. Picnic lunch. Dinner and camping


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DAY 6 : DOGON COUNTRY/ MOPTI

- Breakfast and departure to Mopti

- Visit of the Dogon village of Songo very famous for its rock paintings.

- Arrival and check-in at Hotel Kanaga.

- Lunch at restaurant " Bozo" located in the fishing harbor.

- Citytour ( the fishing harbor, the grand mosque and the old district, the vegetable market)

- Dinner at restaurant " Sigui" and overnight at hotel.

DAYS 7 & 8 : NIGER CRUISE

- Breakfast and beginning of the cruise. During these days you will discover the Bozo fishermen's way of life living along the riverbanks. You will visit Bozo and fulani villages. You may also see an important life around Lake Debo and some hippos. Picnic lunch. Dinner and camping on the Niger banks.

DAY 9 : RIVER/ TOMBOUCTOU

- Breakfast and continuation of the navigation.

- Visit of the Tuareg village of Shankour.

- Lunch aboard.

- Arrival at the harbor of Tombouctou late in the afternoon and transfer by car to the hotel

- Dinner and overnight at the hotel.

Mariama Ludovic de Lys, Director
Company name : West Africa Tours
email :
westair@afribone.net.ml /mariamaludovic@yahoo.com
tel : 223 228 8157 /fax : 223 228 52 32, BP E 1642, Bamako /Mali