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Niger
Festival
3 -7 February 2010
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| Jour 1 : |
Bamako
Arrival in Bamako.
Meeting and assistance at the airport.
Transfer to hotel Salam Hotel 5***** or similar. Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 2 : |
Bamako Visit
of Bamako : national museum, Medine market
Lunch at restaurant San Toro
Visit of handcraft market
Dinner and overnight at hôtel Salam****
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| Jour 3 : |
Bamako – Timbuktu
Early
morning flight to Timbuktu. We will visit in Timbuktu
the Djingareiber mosque, then we continue towards
the Sidi Yahiya mosque, then Sankoré mosque.
We will discover some of the houses of Western
explorers, such as René Caillé,
Gordon Laing and Heinrich Barth.
Lunch in route.
In the afternoon, we will visit the museum of Tuareg and Songhai traditions.
Check in Hotel Hendricka Khan 2** or similar. Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 4 : |
Timbuktu
We will visit Ahmad Baba Centre for Islamic archives.
In the afternoon, camel ride to go and visit a Tuareg encampment.
Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 5 : |
Timbuktu – Mopti
Breakfast, then flight to Mopti.
Lunch in Mopti.
After lunch, visit of the Komoguel mosque, the docks and the workshops
of making boats, the harbour and the market.
Check in Hotel Ambédjélé 3*** or similar. Dinner and
overnight.
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| Jour 6 : |
Mopti – Djenné – Mopti
Breakfast
and departure towards Djenné.
Lunch in town. We will continue our exploration of
Djenné in
the afternoon visiting the Grand Mosque and the
market.
Late afternoon, back to Mopti. Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 7 : |
Mopti – Songho – Sangha –Banani
- Mopti (Dogon land)
After breakfast, we will board
the 4WD and start our excursion to the Dogon land, starting
with the village
of Songho.
Continue to Sangha. Check in hotel campement of Sangha
where we will have lunch. Then we will visit the
2
sections of Upper Ogol and Lower Ogol. We will attend
a dogon
mask dance . Then, we will drive to Banani village,
one among
hundreds of vertical Dogon villages. Back to
the hotel.
Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 8 : |
Mopti
- Niger cruise – Mopti
Early
in the morning, back to Mopti.
That day, we will cruise on the Niger during the whole
day, stopping at several Bozo villages, such as Kotaka,
Saya and Barkoundaga. We
will
picnic
and continue discovering the various villages.
Check in hotel AMBEDJELE at the end of the day. Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 9 : |
Mopti – Ségou
We
will depart towards Ségou. Check in hotel.
Lunch and then attend the Festival of the Niger.
Back to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 10 : |
Ségou
Full day at the
Festival, attending concerts and shows.
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| Jour 11 : |
Ségou
In the morning,
we will take a boat cruise and visit Kalabougou (a
pottery village, on the other side of the river),
then back for lunch. In the afternoon, we will attend
the Festival.
Dinner and overnight.
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| Jour 12 : |
Ségou - Bamako – Flight
to USA
Drive in the morning to Bamako.
Lunch in town, then check in Hotel Salam for day-use.
Spend the remainder
of
the
day at leisure, either
strolling
in the market place of Bamako, or enjoying the pool at the hotel.
Early evening transfer to the airport to catch up the flight.
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