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Timbuktu Festival 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 Festival 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 Festival Tour
    Day Two

    Timbuktu Tour and Festival

    • 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 will attend the Vivre Ensemble festival, a Tuareg culture and music event, created to promote peace in the region.

    • Overnight in Timbuktu.

  3. Timbuktu Festival Tour
    Day Three

    Tuareg Music and Camel Racing

    • Today we will see more of the city and attend more festival events including live music and camel racing!

    • Transfer to the airport for our flight back to Bamako. Arrival is estimated at around 18:00.

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