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07 Days Festival in the desert Timbuktu Mali FROM 04 JAN TO 10 JAN 2010
offered by supplier M19125 (view this supplier profile)
Key Information:
Tour Duration: 7
day(s)
Group Size: 2
- 18
people
Destination(s):
Mali
Specialty Categories:
Festival Tours
Cultural Journey
Season: January
Airfare Included: No
Tour Customizable: Yes
Minimum Per Person Price: 935 Euro (EUR)
Maximum Per Person Price: 935 Euro (EUR)
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FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT TOUR
Day 1:
ARRIVE IN BAMAKO, MALI JAN 04 / 2010
International flight arrives in Bamako. You will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel.
Day 2:
TOUR OF BAMAKO JAN 05 / 2010
Today you will explore this 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 jewelry. There is nowhere better to see this colorful diversity than in the streets and markets of Bamako.
Bamako has a large art and craft centre where sculptors, weavers, leather workers, jewelers and metal workers exhibit their wares and skills. You will visit the Grand MarchΘ, or 'Great Market', where you can spend hours exploring the hundreds of stalls. From carvings and cassettes, to fabrics, beads, brass and gold, the variety of goods is staggering. One area of the market is devoted entirely to traditional African medicines. Here you'll find the freshly shrunken heads of birds, monkeys and crocodiles, along with lizard skins and other gruesome treatments.
Day 3: BAMAKO/TIMBUKTU JAN 06 / 2010
This morning take an early flight to legendary Timbuktu. Located at the terminus of the great trans-Saharan caravan route, Timbuktu became fabulously wealthy in the 16th century. Loaded with blocks of salt and other trade goods, huge convoys of camels would spend weeks crossing the unforgiving Sahara to reach Timbuktu. It was here that they would trade salt, pound-for-pound, with African merchants bringing gold and ivory along the Niger from the heart of Africa.
Wander the dusty streets of Timbuktu, admiring such magnificent mud-brick structures as the Djinguiraiber Mosque, the Mosque of Sankore, and the Palace of Bouctou. See the houses of the various 19th century European explorers who used Timbuktu as a base.
Days 4, 5 & 6: FESTIVAL IN THE DESERT JAN 07,08,09 /2010
Drive to Essakane and enjoy 3 days of world music, dancing, camel races and other activities.
Meals prepared by private chef.
Day 7: ESSAKANE / TIMBUKTU / BAMAKO / DEPART JAN 10/2010
Return to Timbuktu and fly to Bamako for departure or extended tour begins.
Member discount:
10% discount for InfoHub customer. Request a free gift certificate.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
Tour Price Includes:
Hotel accommodation as indicated in the itinerary
Day-room in Bamako on the last day
3 nights camping in private tents with mats
All ground transportation by 4x4 vehicle
Hot Meals prepared at Festival site
Bottled water during the festival
Meals indicated
Tours as outlined in the program
One tour guide per vehicle
Roundtrip airport to hotel transfers
All taxes and admission fees to included sites
Tour Price Does Not Include:
Travel insurance
International airfare to Mali
Meals not listed
Visa fees
Gratuity to driver and guide
Festival entry pass
Domestic flights
Sleeping bags
Also see tour packages in:
Africa
Mali
Local Culture
Festival Tours
Cultural Journey
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