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Timbuktu Extension Tour

Once home to the great Mali Empire, this country still bears the mark of its deep history. Mali is the best place in the world to see traditional mud architecture. The capital Bamako is home to gorgeous colonial-era architecture and museums that display this country’s decorated past. And, of course, the far-away city of Timbuktu is found within Mali’s borders.

Itinerary

  1. Timbuktu Extension Tour
    Day One

    Arrive into Bamako

    • Meet your driver and transfer to your hotel. We will meet for a group dinner in the evening.

  2. Timbuktu Extension Tour
    Day Two

    Timbuktu and Mopti

    • Early in the morning, we travel by private jet to Timbuktu. Here we will visit the grand mosque in the old medina, the centre of manuscripts, a 16th-century university mosque, and the house of Alexander Gordon Laing, the first European to visit Timbuktu.

    • Afterwards, we visit the Ethnological Museum to see the Well of Buktu. We will also visit Koranic schools and the workshop of the last master calligrapher.

    • Later in the afternoon we fly to Mopti, known as ‘the melting pot of Mali’. Here we will visit the Komoguel Mosque before returning to Bamako.

  3. Timbuktu Extension Tour
    Day Three

    Tour Ends/Mali Tour

    • For those finishing the tour today, you will be transferred to the airport for your return flight.

    • If you’re continuing with our Mali tour, please see the itinerary for the South and Central Mali Discovery Tour.

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