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05 Days Festival in the desert Bamako / Essakane / Bamako Express
offered by supplier M19125 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 5
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 4
people
Destination(s):
Mali
Specialty Categories:
Festival Tours
Cultural Journey
Season: January
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 680 US Dollar (USD)
Maximum Per Person Price: 690 US Dollar (USD)
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Day 1, Wednesday 6 Jan, 2010: Bamako-Timbuktu
Breakfast in the early morning then flight to Timbuktu, flight to reach the legendary city of Timbuktu, the city of 333 holy, the mysterious city or the doorway to the desert founded around the 11 th century by the touareg Imagcharen. In Timbuktu the tradition says:“gold comes the south, salt comes from the north, money comes form occident, but the speeches of God, holy things, wonderful stories can be found only in Timbuktu. The 6th administrative capital of Mali, Timbuktu attracts many tourists who like to discover an exceptional cultural heritages, adventure landscape and fabulous histories of the city.
Timbuktu has maintained many ancient monuments you will walk through street to see the buildings, arrival at Timbuktu Timbuktu where you will Visit the old Islamic manuscripts in the Baba Ahmed Institute, the houses of exploratory Gordon Laing, Henri Barth, Mongo Park, and Rene Caille, the handicraft centre to discover the wonderful work of the touareg: the jewellery and the blankets; the visit of the three famous mosque (Mosque of Djinguareyber built in 14th century by Kankou Moussa, Mosque of Sankore and the mosque Sidi Yahia, overnight in Hotel La Colombe.
Day 2, Thursday 7 Jan, 2010: Timbuktu-Essakane. Breakfast and departure to Essakane, during three days, around 30 artistic groups are invited from all around the world to present their art. Through the festival au Desert you will discover Malian culture specially the Touareg one. They will come from Niger, Algeria and Mauritania.
Day 3 & 4, 8-9 Jan, 2010: Essakane. Continuation to enjoy the festival
Day 5, Sundau 10 Jan, 2010: Timbuktu-Bamako. Breakfast and flight to Bamako the capital city of Mali the capital city of Bamako situated on the Niger, one of Africa's great rivers. Mali is a country of many tribal peoples, each with your own exuberant styles of clothing and jewellery. There is nowhere better to see this colourful diversity than in the streets and markets of Bamako and end of our service.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Price Includes:
- Transportation to the festival place from Timbuktu
- Hotel accommodation in Timbuktu
- Tent in the festival
- Meal in full board in the festival
- Camel ride and tea ceremony in the festival
- A trained English-speaking guide
- Attend all the listed sites.
Price Excludes:
- Domestic air flight Bamako-Timbuktu-Bamako
- Festival of entrance ticket
- Meals not listed.
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Mali
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