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Dogon village on the Bandiagara escarpment in Mali, West Africa See our Festival Tours ! Festival in the Desert Festival on the Niger
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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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