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4WD Sahara Desert tour :
Timbuktu - Araouane - Timbuktu
by 4-wheel drive vehicle
7 days / 3 nights hotel, 3 nights camping
Every tour is private, scheduled on dates of your choice, beginning on a Friday and ending on a Thursday 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
Morning flight to Timbuktu; meet your Tuareg guide and depart into the desert by 4-WD vehicle; dinner and overnight camping at the beautiful oasis Dweya
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
D3 Sunday: Sahara desert - Araouane
Continue to Lahseïni and N'Karibat, where you will meet the Tuareg residents of these desert oases; lunch and rest stop at Taganet; then continue to Araouane, arriving around sunset; experience desert hospitality with a welcome dinner hosted by the village chief; overnight camping
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
D4 Monday: Araouane - Sahara desert
Visit Araouane in the morning; after lunch depart to Bou'Ddjebeha; you will cross the most beautiful section of the Azaouad plateau, with undulating sand dunes stretching to the horizon; arrive in Bou'Djebeha in the late afternoon; welcome dinner with the village chief; overnight camping
with Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
D5 Tuesday: Sahara desert - Timbuktu
Departure after breakfast; around noon arrive at Tin Téhoun oasis for a rest stop and lunch; then continue and arrive in Timbuktu at day's end; overnight in Timbuktu (Hotel Hendrina Khan, or similar)
with Breakfast, Lunch
D6 Wednesday: Timbuktu - Bamako
Transfer to the airport for your flight to Bamako; check into your hotel and have the rest of the day at leisure; overnight in Bamako (Grand Hotel, or similar)
with Breakfast
D7 Thursday: 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 airfare Bamako-Timbuktu and Timbuktu-Bamako (priced separately)
- all airport transfers for domestic flights
- Timbuktu hotel, 1 night, double occupancy, with breakfast (B)
- 3 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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