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Arrival in Dakar
Welcoming and assistance at the
airport - police formalities - transfer to the hotel - welcome
drink - Dinner and overnight in Dakar |
TIMBUKTU -MOPTI
Early in the morning transfer
to the airport and departure for Mopti by Air Mali flight - Settling
at the Kanaga hotel - Visit of Mopti - The mosque - the common
quarters - the fishing port - tour in canoes in the afternoon
during which you will visit some Bozo fishing villages settled
along the river . Overnight in Mopti. |
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DAKAR
Breakfast at the hotel - Short
walking and visit of Dakar - Conference on the theme "African
cultural sources in Senegal and Gambia" , by a teacher of
the university of Dakar - Complete visit of Dakar in the afternoon
- Welcoming dinner in a typical Senegalese restaurant - Overnight
in Dakar |
MOPTI - DJENNE -MOPTI
After breakfast, |
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GOREE ISLAND
Breakfast and departure for a
pilgrimage on the Island. There, you will visit the slaves' house
followed by some minutes'silence in the memory of those Africans
who definitely went to America for slavery - A conference on
the theme << Three hundred years' slave trade in West Africa
>> will be organised for the visitors - You will -then-
visit the history museum - the fortress - and have a talk with
the inhabitants on the island - Return to Dakar in the afternoon
where you will spend the night. |
MOPTI - DOGONLAND
From Mopti you will go to discover
the Dogonland - As soon as we arrive, we shall settle in the
encampment of Sangha - Visit the village - With the help of a
Dogon guide, you will learn everything on the history, tradition
and cosmogony of the Dogon people - you will go down the cliffs
to attend a symbolic Dogon mask danse - Overnight in Sangha. |
FREE DAY IN DAKAR |
When you leave Sangha, you will
go past the village of Songo where you will see the high places
of circumcision in the Dogonland before reaching mopti. Setting
in the encampment - Lunch and canoeing on the River Niger - Overnight
in Mopti |
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THE PINK LAKE
Breakfast and departure to visit
the Pink Lake and its neighbouring villages where you will get
in touch with the local population and meet different village
chiefs - You will finally attend a naming ceremony lead by the
notables of the old village. |
MOPTI-BAMAKO
Once more, you will go to the
Mopti-Sévaré airport and board for Bamako by Air
Mali flight - Settling in Grand hotel - Overnight in Bamako |
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DAKAR
Farwell dinner in a restaurant
- overnight in Dakar |
BAMAKO - FLIGHT
Free morning for your shopping
and private trips - transfer to the airport late in the afternoon
and flight ending an African journey through the two representatives
of the African traditon and culture. |
Late in the afternoon,
transfert to the airport - police formalities and departure for
Bamako - Arrival - Welcoming - Visit - Transfer - and settling
at the hotel. |
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Breakfast early in the morning and departure for the mysterious
city of Timbuktu by Air mali flight - Setting at the Azalai Hotel
or similar - Visit of town - you will see the main mosques (Sankoré,
Djenguereber,) explorers'houses (Renné CAILLE, BARTH etc...)
the municipal museum, a short walk in the common quarters, tour
in camel back in the afternoon - Dinner and overnight in Timbuktu. |
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