Sahara Desert Salt Road Tour in Mali: Timbuktu - Taoudenni

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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

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

D1 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)

D2 Saturday: Bamako - Timbuktu - 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
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

D3 Sunday: Araouane
Resume driving across the dunes, and arrive in Araouane for lunch; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

D4 Monday: Oued el Hajar
Desert excursion continues, to Oued el Hajar; overnight camping
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

D5 Tuesday: Taoudenni
To Foum el Alous, and arrive in Taoudenni; visit the salt mines of Taoudenni; overnight camping
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

D6 Wednesday: Ounanes
Drive to Ounanes; overnight camping
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

D7 Thursday: Araouane
Drive to Bou'Djebeha; lunch at Araouane; dinner and overnight camping in Araouane
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dininer

D8 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)
with Breakfast, Lunch

D9 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)
with Breakfast

D10 Sunday: Timbuktu - Bamako
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)
with Breakfast

D11 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 for your final departure
with 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 (B)
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 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; tips, sleeping bags, and personal expenses.

NB: Posted itineraries are subject to change, and quoted prices are accordingly subject to change; itineraries and prices are locked-in when a tour is booked; domestic airfare is subject to change until tickets are purchased.

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