Bamako, Mali
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The Sahara Desert:
Timbuktu - Taoudenni - Timbuktu
by 4WD vehicle
Every tour is private, scheduled on dates of your choice, with a Friday arrival in Bamako; there are no fixed-date scheduled departures.
Contact us for prices. Groups of any size are welcome. Be sure to specify how many persons are in your party—prices are digressive, so a better value per person for a party of four than a party of two, etc.
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D1 Friday: Arrive in Mali
Your international flight arrives in Bamako; airport-to-hotel transfer; overnight in Bamako (Grand Hotel, or similar)
D2 Saturday: Bamako - Timbuktu - Sahara desert (B,D)
Transfer to the airport for your early morning flight to Timbuktu; meet your Tuareg guide and after lunch, depart into the desert by 4-wheel drive vehicle; dinner and overnight camping in Azoya
D3 Sunday: Araouane (B,L,D)
Resume driving across the dunes, and arrive in Araouane for lunch; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane
D4 Monday: Oued el Hajar (B,L,D)
Desert excursion continues, to Oued el Hajar; overnight camping
D5 Tuesday: Taoudenni (B,L,D)
To Foum el Alous, and arrive in Taoudenni; visit the salt mines of Taoudenni; overnight camping
D6 Wednesday: Ounanes (B,L,D)
Drive to Ounanes; overnight camping
D7 Thursday: Araouane (B,L,D)
Drive to Bou'Djebeha; lunch at Araouane; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane
D8 Friday: Return to Timbukutu (B,L)
Drive to Taganet for lunch, and continue to Timbuktu at day's end; overnight in Timbuktu (Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar)
D9 Saturday: Timbuktu (B)
Full day in Timbuktu to visit this former metropolis at the edge of the desert: visit the ancient mosques and former universities, the museum, the explorers' houses, the city market, the artisans' center; overnight in Timbuktu (Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar)
D10 Sunday: Timbuktu - Bamako (B)
Early morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Bamako; check into your hotel day room and take the rest of the day at leisure; overnight in Bamako (Grand Hotel, or similar)
D11 Monday: Bamako - final departure (B)
Bamako city tour in the morning: visit the Muso Kounda Museum, the city market, the artisans' village; in the evening, transfer to the airport for your final departure
B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner
NB: camping is no frills, sleeping on a ground mattress in a small tent; there are no campgrounds, so no running water, no latrines. Camping in Mali is not recommended for inexperienced campers.
NB: Domestic flights are subject to availability; if flights are not available, add two days for roundtrip overland transportation to/from Timbuktu.
NB: Hotels subject to availability.
Tour includes:
- Bamako airport transfers
- Bamako hotel, 2 nights, double occupancy, with breakfast
- day-room in Bamako on the final day
- Timbuktu airport transfers
- domestic flights Bamako-Timbuktu and Timbuktu-Bamako (priced separately)
- Timbuktu hotel, 2 nights, double occupancy, with breakfast
- 6 nights camping in the desert; bring your sleeping bags, other camping gear provided
- all-inclusive desert excursion: 4-WD desert vehicles with fuel and drivers; Tuareg desert guide; camp cook; all meals and bottled mineral water outside Timbuktu
- all hotel taxes, local tourism taxes and site visit fees, as per itinerary
The price does not include international travel to/from Mali, entry visas, non-specified meals, drinks/bottled water, tips, and personal expenses.
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