Senegal (Dakar, Goree Island, Pink Lake, St. Louis) Mali (Bamako, Timbuktu, Mopti, Djenne, Dogon Country, Segou)
See the best Senegal and Mali have to offer! From Dakar you will have the opportunity to visit Goree Island, an infamous slave trading post. Visit St. Louis and Pink Lake before departing for Bamako, Mali. Visit Timbuktu, Mopti, Djenne, and Segou.
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Day 1 Dakar, Senegal
Arrive Dakar, Senegal; meet assist and transfer to Hotel.
Meal(s) Included: No
Overnight at Sofitel Teranga Dakar or SimilarDay 2 Dakar
After breakfast, the morning is at lesure until your early afternoon city tour of Metropolitan Dakar. Visit the colorful markets including Tilen Market, famous for a variety of medicinal herbs and traditional healers and the picturesque residential district of Medina.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Sofitel Teranga Dakar or SimilarDay 3 Dakar – Goree Island – Dakar
After breakfast, go on a tour of Goree Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Highlights will include a visit to the ethnographic museum, and a lecture by the curator on the history of the Island.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Sofitel Teranga Dakar or SimilarDay 4 Dakar – Pink Lake – St. Louis
After breakfast, depart to Saint Louis located in the north of Senegal. En route, tour of Pink Lake, a rare natural phenomenon caused by a unique combination of microorganism and high concentration of salts which gives the lake its pink color. Interact with the women harvesting salt, then visit the Fulani village where you will be welcomed by the chief and his wives. Continue to Saint Louis. In the afternoon, city tour of Saint Louis including a visit to the fishing village of Guet Ndar.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at La Residence or SimilarDay 5 St. Louis – Dakar – Bamako
Tour of St. Louis. Explore the narrow streets flanked by houses with carved wooden balconies and verandas. Visit the National Bird Sanctuary which has a vast array of birds including pelicans, ducks, flamingos, among others. Continue to Dakar where you will board your two hour flight to Bamako, Mali. Arrive in Bamako where you will be met, assisted, and transferred to your hotel.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Overnight at Laico Hotel El Farouk or SimilarDay 6 Bamako
Bamako is situated on the Niger, one of Africa’s great rivers which flows through Mali. The city was founded in 1640, but didn’t really start to grow until the French colonial period began in 1898.
Mali is a country of many tribal peoples, each with your own exuberant styles of clothing and jewelry. There is no where better to see this colorful diversity than in the streets and markets of Bamako.
Bamako has a large art and crafts centre where sculptors, weavers, leather workers, jewelers and metal workers exhibit their wares and skills. Another highlight of the tour is the Grand Marche, or ‘Great Market’, where you can spend hours exploring the hundreds of stalls. From carvings and cassettes, to fabrics, beads, brass and gold, the variety of goods is staggering.
One area of the market is devoted entirely to traditional African medicines. Here you’ll find the freshly shrunken heads of birds, monkeys and crocodiles along with lizard skins and other gruesome treatments.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Laico Hotel El Farouk or SimilarDay 7 Bamako – Timbuktu
Early morning, transfer to the airport for your flight to Timbuktu. Then, take a Timbuktu city tour. Visit the ancient mosques, the city market, the explorer’s houses, the artisans center. In the afternoon, enjoy a camel ride on the dunes around Timbuktu.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Hendrina Khan Hotel or SimilarDay 8 Timbuktu – Mopti
In the morning take a flight to Mopti, the Venice of Mali, nestled between the Niger and the Bani rivers. The Mopti city tour includes the beautiful mosque, the fishing port and the bustling market. Enjoy a sunset sail on the Niger River in a traditional pirogue.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Hotel Kanaga or SimilarDay 9 Mopti – Djenne – Mopti
After breakfast, drive to Djenne, Timbuktu’s ancient sister city. Visit Djenne on its weekly market day, when Djenne is at its colorful best. Stroll around the market stalls, spread out before the magnificent Grand Mosque, which is the world’s largest mud brick architecture and one of UNESCO’s World Heritage sites.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Hotel Kanaga or SimilarDay 10 Mopti – Dogon Country
Travel to Sangha, comprised of 10 distinct Dogon villages – some are traditional animists and others have converted to Islam. Descend the Bandiagara escarpment and visit the village Banani. You will see ancient Tellem cave dwellings on cliffs’ edges. Continue to the villages Ireli, Tireli, and Amani, site of a sanctuary for crocodiles which are sacred to the Dogon people.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Overnight at Kanaga Cheval Blanc or SimilarDay 11 Dogon Country – Segou
Travel to Segou, Mali’s second largest city and former colonial capital. Also visit the nearby village of Sekoro, the “old Segou” and capital of the Bambara Kingdom. See the tomb of King Biton Coulibaly.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast, Dinner
Overnight at Hotel Independence or SimilarDay 12 Segou – Bamako – Depart
After breakfast, continue the city tour of Segou and vicinity. In the afternoon return to Bamako where you will have a day room to refresh and relax before your onward flight this evening.
Meal(s) Included: Breakfast
Sofitel Teranga Dakar
Built in 1971, the Sofitel Teranga Hotel towers above the sea. This Hotel is located in the heart of Dakar, in the Business District, 20 Minutes from the Convention Centre and the Airport. La Citronnelle Restaurant Serves Both Local and International Cuisine, While the Assiette Au Grill Serves Char grilled Specialties by the Sea.
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Residence Hotel
Résidence Saint-Louis, Senegal offers the richness of its architectural heritage. Our hotel colonial charm is easily accessible from the airport of Dakar and offers quality accommodation on the island of...
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Laico El Farouk
Located directly on the Niger River in the heart of the business district of Bamako (5 minutes walking from the Congress Hall and 15 minutes by car from the airport), the Kempinski Hotel El Farouk, open in October 2003, offers, in its 80 rooms and 10 suites with direct view on the River, all the comfort and amenities required by a business clientele.All its spacious and luminous rooms, decorated in a modern design style, are equipped with internet access, direct telephone, voice mail, air conditioning, mini bar, safety box and television with the major international channels.
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Hendrina Khan Hotel
The Hendrina Khan Hotel in Timbuktu is a new and modern hotel located approximately 20 to 30 minutes walk from the old town. Rooms are basic but clean and all have private facilities with hot water available 24 hours a day. The hotel has an open air restaurant as well as an indoor air-conditioned restaurant.
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Hotel Kanaga
With another fine location on the banks of the River Niger, the Hotel Kanaga in Mopti is one of the best hotels in Mali. Most of the 80 rooms are pleasantly decorated with local Malian handicrafts, offer good size bathrooms, air-conditioning and satellite TV. The hotel also has a swimming pool and restaurant, with the opportunity to dine outside if the weather is good. The Kanaga hotel is ideal both for travelers seeking maximum comfort and for the organization of incentive trips, seminars and professional meetings.
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Kanaga Cheval Blanc
Exclusive small hotel boutique with traditional architecture and sophisticated African design as well as International standing services. The white domes poking out of the desert like huge beehives are quite...
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Hotel Independence
Located in Segou, it's a hotel, with a restaurant, bar, pool, conference hall and a tropical garden.
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Trip Includes:
- Meeting and assistance upon arrival and departure
- Roundtrip airport/hotel transfers and luggage handling
- Hotel accommodation in the listed properties
- Transportation in private vehicle
- Experienced tour guides
- Meals indicated
- Admission to sites listed
- Domestic airfare within Africa