MALI, the jewel of West Africa — visit Timbuktu, Djenne, Dogon country, Mopti and Bamako

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	Places to Visit – • Legendary Timbuktu • Dogon country, with its houses and granaries clinging to sheer cliff walls • Mopti, Mali's trade center and cultural 'melting pot' • Djenne, one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites • Bamako, Mali's dynamic capital city • Mande country and its traditional gold mines • Segou, former French colonial capital • Gao, of the Songhay Empire • Hand of Fatima, natural rock formation in the Hombori Mountains • Djenne Jeno archeological site • Lake Debo of the inland Niger River Delta	Things to do – • camel treks in the desert • hiking the Bandiagara escarpment • camping on the Sahara sand dunes • sailing the Niger River • 4x4 vehicle excursions in the desert • witness a traditional divination ceremony in a Dogon village • visit the Hogon, traditional leader of the Dogon people, in his mountain sanctuary • track elephants in the Douentza Reserve • explore the sacred grotto of Missiri Koro • visit traditional pottery makers	Sights to see – • traditional mask dances in Dogon villages • colorful local markets • Tuareg silversmiths at work • traditional weavers and dyers of mudcloth (bogolan) • Bozo fishermen, masters of the Niger • Djenne's Great Mosque, the world's largest mud-brick architecture • hippos in the Niger River • Takamba, traditional Tuareg dance • camel caravans from the salt mines in the desert • nomadic Fulani cattle herders • ancient Tellem cave dwellings
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