Bamako, Mali
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Salt Road Caravan in the Sahara Desert:
Timbuktu - Araouane - Timbuktu
total 22 Days - by camel caravan; overnight camping in desert oases
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 Monday: Arrive in Mali
Your international flight arrives in Bamako; airport-to-hotel transfer; overnight in Bamako (Grand Hotel, or similar)
D2 Tuesday: Bamako - Timbuktu / Sahara Desert (B,D)
Morning flight to Timbuktu; meet your Tuareg guide and after lunch, depart into the Sahara Desert; dinner and overnight camping at Ouma Dawach oasis
D3-D9 Wednesday-Tuesday: In the Sahara Desert, vast ocean of sand; overnight camping on the dunes
D3: Agouni, Timbaguane (B,L,D)
D4: Amagouna, Elb Eradma (B,L,D)
D5: Adwayatte, Anahratte (B,L,D)
D6: Alb Azaa, Lahseyni (B,L,D)
D7: Oasis Alkarim (B,L,D)
D8: Nebkette Alagareb, arrive in Araouane (B,L,D)
D9-D10 Tuesday, Wednesday: Full days in Araouane to visit and relax (B,L,D)
D11-D17 Thursday-Wednesday: Return by camel caravan to Timbuktu, with overnight camping on the dunes
D11: Egrane, Elb Ahanis (B,L,D)
D12: Nbatte Mossafi, Nebkette oule Gnere (B,L,D)
D13: Ebah Essana, Alhahla Tomgahrane (B,L,D)
D14: Atilitte ould Mahame Albayaga (B,L,D)
D15: Inastal, Nebkette, Aloufa (B,L,D)
D16: Laksayare, Tirrikene (B,L,D)
D17: Timbuktu (B,L)
Arrive in Timbuktu at day's end; overnight in Timbuktu (Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar)
D18-D20 Thursday-Saturday: Timbuktu (B)
Full days in Timbuktu, to visit this legendary city and center of Islamic scholarship on the edge of the desert; visit the old mosques (former universities), the museum containing hundreds of ancient manuscripts, the explorers' houses, the city market, the artisans' center; option: excursion on the Niger River in a traditional pirogue to see hippos; overnight in Timbuktu (Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar)
D21 Sunday: Timbuktu - Bamako (B)
Early morning transfer to the airport for your return flight to Bamako; check into your hotel and take the rest of the day at leisure; overnight in Bamako (Grand Hotel, or similar)
D22 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 airfare Bamako-Timbuktu and Timbuktu-Bamako (priced separately)
- Timbuktu hotel, 4 nights, double occupancy, with breakfast
- 15 nights camping in the desert and desert towns; bring your sleeping bags, other camping gear provided
- all-inclusive desert excursion: Tuareg desert guide, camels, camp cook; all meals outside Timbuktu
- all hotel taxes, local tourism taxes and site visit fees, as per itinerary
Optional excursion on the river to see the hippos: 150 Euros
Tour does not include international travel to/from Mali, entry visas, non-specified meals, drinks/bottled water, tips, optional excursion, and personal expenses.
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