7 Days Dogon Country
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- Type:
- Cultural
- Price from:
- 1190 USD /person
- Phone:
- +44 20 3239 1577
- Fax:
- 0022320286936
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Last updated: 08/27/2009
During this 7 days of exploration, you can discover more of the Dogon others wonderful sites such as Mopti 'the Venice of Mali' considered as the melting pot of Mali because of the number of ethnics
Itinerary
Day 1
Bamako
P.M.: Upon arrival at Bamako Senou airport, you will be met, assisted and transferred to your hotel, overnight at hotel
Day 2
Bamako-Djenne
After breakfast drive to Djenne the city classified as World Heritages because of its architecture. The city considered as the twin of Timbuktu because of its attachment on islam. Founded around the 10 th century by Soninkés, a religious city considered as one of the oldest city in Africa. The visit of children learning in Coranic School is worthy. Djenne is very famous by its colourful market and the biggest mud monument in the world. Lunch and visit of San on the way; the capital of Bobo land, an ethnic very attached to its culture as they are animists, the mosque a little similar to the one of Djenne. After lunch, visit in the afternoon of Djenné, Overnight in Djenne (Campement).
Day 3
Djenne-Mopti-Dogon Country
Breakfast and drive to the Dogon Country via Mopti, lunch and Mopti city tour (you will see the fascinating mix of Malian cultures: Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fulani, Tuareg, Songhai and Hausa): visit the beautiful mosque, the fishing port and the bustling market, where you can shop for gold or silver jewelry, Tuareg leatherwork, or Fulani blankets of cotton or wool. The Dogon Country is considered as one of the most extraordinary places on earth. Built up high on the narrow ledges of the cliffs are the villages of the Dogon people. This is such a unique place that the United Nations has declared it a World Heritage site. Visit the village of Songo, renowned for its rock paintings and circumcision grotto, continuation to Bandiagara for your Overnight at Hotel (B, L, and D): Hotel Falaise.
Day 4
Bandiagara - Djiguibombo - Kani Kombole -Teli : Ende
A.M.: Depart Bandiagara for trekking to visit some villages in south in the descent of cliff like Djiguibombo, the village of «KANI KOMBOLE», (Thursday, market day) if possible. Continuation and lunch, then visit of " TELI (old houses troglodytes of the TELLEMS), trekking to visit ENDE, where you will discover the table of divination very much used by dogons to undertake an unspecified adventure or to make a marriage and overnight at Ende .
Day 5
Ende : Yabatalou : Djoundjourou : Begnemato : Dourou
Breakfast and trekking for the others villages in South like Yabatalou, Djoundjourou, lunch at Begnemato, you will discover the Hogon the spiritual Dogon leader and overnight in Dourou.
Day 6
Dourou : Nombori : Tireli - Daga (in north)
Breakfast and departure for cliff, (in NORTH), Classified world heritage of humanity to the double title of nature and the culture by UNESCO the visit of the country Dogon resembles as a true pilgrimage, certain villages on the foot of cliff such as Nombori, Tireli where you will have lunch, continuation to Daga for your overnight. We will discover Toguna made up with 8 feet and 8 layers of roof. The figure 8 which indicates the number of ancestors come from Mande to escape from islamisation in, thus you will discover the culture of the Dogon people. People very attach to their culture and their tradition, you will be fill with wonder and surprised by the philosophy of this astonishing people, overnight in Daga where you will meet your car.
Day 7
Daga : Bamako
Breakfast and drive to Bamako the Malian capital city, lunch in Segou, at your arrival, you will explore this capital city of Bamako situated on the Niger, one of Africa's great rivers. There is nowhere better to see Mali's colorful diversity than in the streets and markets of Bamako. Bamako has a large art and craft centre where sculptors, weavers, leather workers, jewelers and metal workers exhibit their wares and skills. You will visit the Grand Marché, or 'Great Market', where you can spend hours exploring the hundreds of stalls. 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 and transfer in night to the airport.
Extra Information
- Inclusions -
- Transfer upon arrival and departure in the airport
- Exclusions -
- International flight tickets fees
- Extras -
- This tour is avalaible for two or more pepeole.
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