ART, MUSIC and CULTURE of MALI & BURKINA FASO
January 18 through February 3, 2010
Tour Highlights:
- Fabulous Music concerts with great musicians - Festival sur le Niger
- Exotic Timbuktu - Visit the Tuareg "blue men" in the Sahara!
- Decorated house compounds of Tiebele, north Burkina
- Dye workshop with famous textile designer
- Bamako grand marché - good arts shopping in artisan's market
- Jenne-Jeno archaeological site and the Great Mosque of Djenne
- Mudcloth-painting class, Museum visits
- Dogon Country villages - meet the people
- Mopti waterfront market and mosques.
FLEXIBLE ITINERARY
NOTE: Group is accompanied by textile expert, Cynthia LeCount Samake, and her husband Barou Samake, who speaks English, French, and Bambara. A Malian assistant also travels with us to help with luggage, market purchases, exploring towns, etc. Barou’s hometown is Segou and we will meet his family and many friends, and enjoy traditional meals and music with them.
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Price Includes 16 nights accommodation (14 nights in modest and pleasant hotels with fan or A/C, 2 nights sleeping on rooftops or in basic rooms in Dogon Country, plus day room in BKO hotel on last night ), Round Trip flight to Timbuktu; ALL meals and restaurant tips; ALL ground transportation in private van; dye and mudcloth workshops, entrances to 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites and all museums and events on itinerary, local guides in Dogon Country and Timbuktu, airport transfers upon arrival and departure in Bamako, pirogue ride on Niger River to visit Bozo pottery village. Single Supplement: $350.
Not included: Alcoholic beverages, Segou festival tickets, baggage porter tips, and items of a personal nature.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- All accommodations (12 nights hotel, 2 nights Dogon Country and day room in hotel on last night; double rooms),
- All meals and restaurant tips,
- All ground transportation in private van,
- Round-trip flights to Timbuktu,
- All entries to museums and events on itinerary except as noted; all guide fees.
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Mali
Burkina Faso
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Festival Tours
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