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Festival in the Desert Tour 2009
3 nights camping / 4 nights hotel
8-day express tour to Mali's Festival in the Desert
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TOUR ITINERARY
05 January 2009: Arrival in Bamako, Mali
International flight arrives in Bamako in the evening; airport to hotel transfer; overnight in Bamako (hotel)
06 January 2009: Bamako - Mopti (B)
Full day's drive to Mopti; enjoy a relaxing sunset sail on the Niger river; overnight in Mopti/Sevare (hotel)
07 January 2009: Mopti/Sevare - Timbuktu (B)
6-hour drive across the Sahel, to the legendary city of Timbuktu ! overnight in Timbuktu (hotel)
8, 9, 10 January 2009: Desert Festival days (BLD x3)
City tour of Timbuktu, and onward to Essakane for the festivities: music, dancing, sword-play, poetry, arts and crafts, camel races, and more ! overnight camping in Essakane
11 January 2009: Essakane - Timbuktu - Sevare/Mopti (B)
Return to Timbuktu, and continue to Mopti; overnight in Mopti/Sevare (hotel)
12 January 2009: Sevare/Mopti - Bamako - final departure (B)
Full-day return drive to Bamako; check-into your day-room; in the evening, transfer to the airport for your onward flight home
(BLD) = breakfast, lunch, dinner
Hotel check-in: 2:00 pm; check-out: 12:00 noon
Day-room check-out: 6:00 pm (later check-out is at the traveller's expense)
See Tour price, mailing list and more information on Desert Festival tours main page
8-day Desert Festival Tour includes:
- 4 nights hotel (double occ.), including breakfast (B)
- day-room in Bamako on the last day
- 3 nights camping at the desert festival site; bring your sleeping bags for the cold desert nights; tents are provided
- all ground transportation by 4x4 vehicle
- festival entry pass (priced separately, but included in tour package)
- all meals during the festival, prepared on-site: 3 breakfasts (B), 3 lunches (L), 3 dinners (D)
- bottled mineral water (3 liters/day/person) at the festival site
- sunset sail on the Niger River
- English-speaking guide for the entire tour
- airport transfers for Bamako arrival and departure (you will need to provide your Bamako arrival/departure flight details)
- all hotel taxes, local tourism taxes and site visit fees, as per itinerary
Please note: Saga Tours does not handle international air reservations and ticketing.
Promotional price — non-commissionable, non-discountable
For more general information, see our Desert Festival main page
Also see our Terms & Conditions for payment terms, etc.
Please note: Saga Tours is not an organizer of the Festival in the Desert, and is not responsible for any possible changes in dates or festival entry fee. We will inform our registered participants of changes, if any, as they occur. We reserve the right to modify the tour itinerary as and if it becomes necessary in our judgment to do so. If an itinerary change becomes necessary, we will offer and provide a comparable tour itinerary, within the constraints imposed by local conditions. Registered participants will be able to opt out at this time.
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