Itinerary

Day 1

Arrival at Niamey. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 2

NIAMEY-TAHOUA

Transfer by car to Tahoua on a good asphalt road.

Day 3

NIAMEY-TAHOUA

Transfer by car to Tahoua on a good asphalt road.

Day 4

NIAMEY-TAHOUA

Transfer by car to Tahoua on a good asphalt road.

Day 5

NIAMEY-TAHOUA

Transfer by car to Tahoua on a good asphalt road.

Day 6

NIAMEY-TAHOUA

Transfer by car to Tahoua on a good asphalt road.

Day 7

HAUSSA ARCHITECTURE

The tour continues southward crossing a land inhabited mostly by Haussa farmers.
In this region we can also admire the particular fanciful and very little known "banco architecture" (a mixture of straw, clay and animal excrements) of Haussa population; numerous villages fill up this monotonous landscape of savannah with its typical barns and the small houses gathered together: we will stop in Bouza, that is surely one of the most beautiful villages of Niger.





After the decline of Songhai rule (1541), Haussa territory became a big centre for trade and for islamic culture too; near the rural society started a kind of well organized urban civilization.
Like many other Haussa villages, Bouza was exposed to numerous cultural influences but also to a succession of invasions that explain its overhead defensive position at the top of a rocky hill.
The consequence was the creation of a society founded over the connection between the city and the country, where the city became the power centre and, at the same time, the seat of the regional trade.

Day 8

HAUSSA ARCHITECTURE

The tour continues southward crossing a land inhabited mostly by Haussa farmers.
In this region we can also admire the particular fanciful and very little known "banco architecture" (a mixture of straw, clay and animal excrements) of Haussa population; numerous villages fill up this monotonous landscape of savannah with its typical barns and the small houses gathered together: we will stop in Bouza, that is surely one of the most beautiful villages of Niger.





After the decline of Songhai rule (1541), Haussa territory became a big centre for trade and for islamic culture too; near the rural society started a kind of well organized urban civilization.
Like many other Haussa villages, Bouza was exposed to numerous cultural influences but also to a succession of invasions that explain its overhead defensive position at the top of a rocky hill.
The consequence was the creation of a society founded over the connection between the city and the country, where the city became the power centre and, at the same time, the seat of the regional trade.

Day 9

KONNI- KANAZI

On the way back to Niamey to stop a Kouré which is the area last giraffes in West Africa at large. 1 night hotel Kanazi à 15K Niamey at the edge of the RIVER NIGER

Day 10

RIVER SAFARI

aboard our boat (canoe) will sail on the Niger River meets the fishermen and hippopotamus. visiting villages Pottery Boubon - Island Kanazi songhai to meet the lord of the water. Short visit of the archaeologic and ethnologic museum of Niamey, and departure for Europe.