Itinerary Mali Festival Ogobagna and Niger river 10 days

Welcome by our team at the airport and transfer to the hotel
Overnight at hotel Colombus or Similar

During the week of the festival, a Dogon village will be erected in the heart of Bamako to allow craftsmen from the Dogon country and from different backgrounds to exhibit their know-how, through artistic works inspired by our socio-cultural values. Also, concerts hosted by Malian musical artists have given Ogobagna a special cachet. The Ogobagna Festival is also an ideal place for selling Dogon masks, called “Emna”.
Overnight at Hotel Colombus or Similar

After breakfast, Between the Mandingo Mountain and the mango tree, you will have the opportunity to learn the history of the king who founded the empire of Mali. Arrival and meeting with the local officials of the shea house, the kamadjan ark, and the fanfa ba cave. After the meal, we rest then in the evening, we attend the dance of the dozo hunters or dagassa mask, and we will attend these events until sunset with the possibility of taking very beautiful panoramic photos. Comeback to Bamako in evening.
Overnight at Hotel Colombus or Similar

After breakfast, visit the Africa tower monument then the Kalaban local sand mining. Afer lunch, we drive to Beledougou area where we will organize the mask dance in the village of Fanssira. Arrival, visit the village and meeting with our local mask team nommed Tiebletié. Comeback to Bamako in evening.
Overnight at the Hotel Colombus or similar

Morning road to San. Halte in the ancient village of Sekoro on the way and get a look at the tomb of Biton Coulibaly’s mother where we will have the chance to meet the king ,visit the bogolan workshop where you will have the chance to discover how indigo dyeing is done on the fabric.
Overnight at Hotel Esplanade

After breakfast, we will attend the current event instead of the festival, you have the opportunity to make many beautiful pictures of African art Traditional dances are also on the agenda and giants of African music. You will stay all day free at Segou to fully participate in festival activities and contemporary art.
Overnight at hotel esplanade or similar

Breakfast and departure to Mopti, arrival and installation for lunch. After lunch road to the Venice of Mali remains a beautiful city that attracts many visitors with its river port which remains an inevitable crossroads for trade, the vegetable market, workshops canoe factory, the river port, the mosque komoguel etc.
Walking across the river port and the bustling fish market where many of Mali’s ethnic groups come to trade: Bambara, Bobo, Bozo, Dogon, Fulani, Tuareg and Songhay. In evening, ballad possible dugout on the Niger River at sunset with beautiful panoramic photos.
Overnight at the Hotel Flandre or similar

After breakfast departure to San, the Bobo country, who are pejoratively called “dog eaters”. Being animists, Bobo live in traditional dwelling built among beautiful granaries, hidden graveyards, mud brick common houses and mighty baobab trees.
Arrival, installation and lunch at hotel Terya. In evening visit of San city. Overnight at Hotel Terya or similar

After breakfast, visit of San the mosque, the local market and departure to Bamako, Arriav in Segou and halt to visit the bogolan center “N’Domo. Then continuation to Bamako, installation and lunch at hotel. And drive to Dogoduma to assist the Bambara performance mask dance, and then return back to Bamako to close our day by ride ‘ballad’ on the Niger River to enjoy the sunset. Overnight at Hotel Columbus

After breakfast, we start our day with walking tour around the hotel in direction of peace and independence monument and visit the national museum of Bamako, arrival and visit with local team of museum and zoological park. After, we continue to the craft market and the vegetable market of N’Golonina then we return to the hotel for lunch and transfer to the airport according to your flight.