A fantastic celebration of the best of west African music, dance and culture.
Plus:
- Journey across Mali by pinasse river boat.
- World heritage city of Djenné and its famous Grand Mosque.
- Dogon country trekking.
- Timbuktu
Prices from €2450.
2013 Trip Dates
Mid Jan to mid Feb 2013.
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Description of The Festival on the Niger Trip
The festival takes place in Segou, the former capital of the empires that have come and gone in the region.
Your trip can include:
Options of 3-7 days travelling Mali along the river Niger.
- 3 days trekking along the great Dogon escarpment between the villages of the Dogon people, sleeping out on the roofs of gîte-type village guest houses under the incredible stars that are so important to the animist Dogon system of belief.
- Timbuktu and camel riding out into the desert to stay in a Tuareg camp with special "meshwi" meal, music and dance.
- Option to go in search of the desert elephant around Hombori, Mali’s "monument valley".
Where the Festival in the Desert represents the northern desert tradition in Mali, the Festival on the Niger celebrates the rich diversity of the heterogenous southern half of Mali.
Bambara, Dogon, Peul, Malinke, Mandé, Tuareg, Wollof, Burkina, Niger, Senegal, Côte D’Ivoire - all the great west African music traditions assemble here.
