Places to Visit
Fascinating Dogon country, with its stone houses and granaries clinging to sheer cliff walls
Mopti, Mali's trade center and cultural 'melting pot'
Djenne, one of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites
Legendary Timbuktu, gateway to the Sahara Desert
Bamako, Mali's dynamic capital city
Mande country and its traditional gold mines
Segou, former French colonial capital
Gao, of the Songhay Empire
Hand of Fatima,
natural rock formation in the Hombori Mountains
Djenne Jeno archeological site
Lake Debo of the inland
Niger River Delta
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Things to do
hiking the Bandiagara escarpment
camel treks in the desert, with camping on the Sahara sand dunes
sailing the Niger River
4x4 vehicle excursions in the desert
witness a traditional divination ceremony in a Dogon village
visit the Hogon, traditional leader of the Dogon people, in his mountain sanctuary
track elephants in the Douentza Reserve
explore the sacred grotto of Missiri Koro
visit traditional pottery makers
attend a colorful local festival:
Festival in the Desert
or
Festival on the Niger
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Sights to see
traditional mask dances in Dogon villages
colorful local markets
Tuareg silversmiths at work
traditional weavers and dyers of mudcloth (bogolan)
Bozo fishermen, masters of the Niger
Djenne's Great Mosque, the world's largest mud-brick architecture
hippos in the Niger River
Takamba, traditional Tuareg dance
camel caravans from the salt mines in the desert
nomadic Fulani cattle herders
ancient Tellem cave dwellings
camel races in the desert
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