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Sahara Desert Salt Road Tour :
Timbuktu - Taoudenni - Timbuktu
by 4-wheel drive vehicle
11 days / 4 nights hotel, 6 nights camping
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Every tour is private, scheduled on dates of your choice, beginning on a Friday and ending on a Monday in Bamako; there are no fixed-date scheduled departures.
Contact us for prices. Groups of any size are welcome. Be sure to specify the month/year of travel, and 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.
Regretfully this desert tour is temporarily unavailable, due to insecurity in the desert.
ITINERARY
| Day 1 Friday |
Arrive in Bamako, MALI Your international flight arrives in Bamako in the evening; airport-to-hotel transfer; overnight in Bamako |
Grand Hotel, or similar | (no meals) |
| Day 2 Saturday |
Bamako – Timbuktu (by air) – Sahara desert Transfer to the airport for your early morning flight to Timbuktu; meet your Tuareg guide and depart into the desert by 4-wheel drive vehicle; dinner and overnight camping in Azoya |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 3 Sunday |
Araouane Resume driving across the dunes, and arrive in Araouane for lunch; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 4 Monday |
Oued el Hajar Desert excursion continues, to Oued el Hajar; overnight camping |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 5 Tuesday |
Taoudenni To Foum el Alous, and arrive in Taoudenni; visit the salt mines of Taoudenni; overnight camping |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 6 Wednesday |
Ounanes Drive to Ounanes; overnight camping< |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 7 Thursday |
Araouane Drive to Bou'Djebeha; lunch at Araouane; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane |
camping | Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Day 8 Friday |
Return to Timbuktu Drive to Taganet for lunch, and continue to Timbuktu at day's end; overnight in Timbuktu |
Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar | Breakfast, Lunch |
| Day 9 Saturday |
Timbuktu 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 | Breakfast |
| Day 10 Sunday |
Timbuktu – Bamako (by air) 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 | Breakfast |
| Day 11 Monday |
Bamako / final departure Bamako city tour in the morning: visit the Muso Kounda Museum, the city market, the artisans' village; in the evening, transfer to the airport |
day-room | Breakfast |
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 hotel, 2 nights, double occupancy, with breakfast
- day-room in Bamako on the final day
- domestic flights Bamako-Timbuktu and Timbuktu-Bamako (priced separately)
- all airport transfers for domestic flights
- Timbuktu hotel, 2 nights, double occupancy, with breakfast (B)
- 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 (as outlined above) and bottled mineral water in the desert
- military escort in the desert
- all hotel taxes, local tourism taxes and site visit fees, as per tour program
- airport transfers for international arrival and departure in Mali (Bamako)
The price does not include international travel to/from Bamako; Mali visas; non-specified meals, drinks/bottled water; sleeping bags; tips and personal expenses.
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