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Dogon Country - CIRCUIT in 4 days

Mopti - Bandiagara - Sangha - Banani - Ireli - Mopti
  I can welcome you at the airport of your choice and then make all reservations (lodging, meals, breakfast and transfer toward the place of departure). The circuit can be rearranged according to your wishes. In all cases, a descriptive estimate will be sent to you before booking. Vol Paris-Bamako

J1 - MOPTI - SANGHA*

Mopti : Registration to the office of tourisme.
Visit of the city. Departure for Sangha via Bandiagara, with picnic or lunch according to the time.

  • Built on three islands connected by dikes, Mopti is the country’s major route intersection. Peoples from many groups call Mopti home, including the Bambara, Songhai, Fula, Tuaregs (and their former slave – the Bellasha), Moors, Bozos, and Dogon. Once a Bozo fishing village, it has the largest river port in what was the French Sudan and now has about 100,000 people. Pirogues and their larger counterparts, pinasses, carry goods up and down the Bani/Niger River. Transport is even possible to Timbuktu during and after the rainy season.


Sangha : Visit of the city. Dînner restaurant. Night to hotel.
Piroguier à Ségou

J2 - SANGHA - BANANIBelle vue sur les alentours.

Sangha : Breakfast.
Departure on foot (possibility to take the car) for Banani.

Banani : Lunch and nap. Visit the village hanging from the cliff, with narrow streets winding between the houses.
Dinner and night under the stars.

J3 - BANANI - IRELI - SANGHA

Banani : Breakfast. Built on the cliff, Banani is one of the most spectacular sites in the Dogon country. Departure (on foot) for Ireli.

Ireli : Probably one of the most beautiful villages in the region with its semi-troglodytes and its many neighborhoods around the tight toguna.
Visit of the village.

Sangha : Lunch. Visits.
Dînner restaurant. Night to hotel.

J4 - SANGHA - BANDIAGARA - MOPTI

Sangha : Breakfast and return toward Mopti.

  • Sanga is the biggest village on the escarpment. The people are very used to the sight of tourists. It is best to visit on market days, check in advance since they have a five day schedule. From Sanga you can easily visit a few villages in the neighbourhood: Bongo, Banani, Ireli (for this choose another circuit or contact us).

Bandiagara : Lunch. Visits.

  • This dusty village is the gateway to the Bandiagara Escarpment a rocky cliff 125 mi/200 km long that provides shelter to the fascinating Dogon people. The Dogon built a string of villages along the ridge and up high into the face of the cliff that can be seen on one-to eight-day hikes. Dogon's culture is an unique religious ceremonies with fabulous masks and hypnotic dances who has changed little over the centuries.

Mopti : Visits (Mopti is the venice Malian with its large river port on the Niger Delta of Niger).

*NB : The circuit Sangha in Sangha is on walking  ! 
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  Remarks : All circuit made the object of a meticulous preparation, according to means of locomotions kept, the nature of lodgings (hotel, camps, bivouacs), visits, etc... An estimate is always communicated before the booking. At the time of circuits, I am attended of drivers expérimented, of local guides. We value the maximum to make function the local economy. It is our way to be interdependent.

Generally, the circuit understands therefore:

  • The organization of your journey, of his/her/its point of departure to his/her/its point of return. We stay with you from your arrival until your return.
  • The adapted terrestrial and fluvial transports (car, 4X4, bus, ...)
  • Meals (small lunch, to eat lunch and to dine), in hotel, camp or bivouac.
  • Nights in hotel, camp or bivouac.
  • All rights of entrance, possible visit expense in villages.
  • All local tourist taxes and expenses of portage.
  • According to the demand, the transfers airport (arrival and departure) of Bamako or in another place.

  Benefits don't include tickets of plane in Mali (we can do your bookings if you wish it), visas of entrance, the insurance, the personal expenses, meals no specified, drinks, gratuities.


Circuits on measureCircuits on measure : Because each has some different desires, we knew very early to adapt us to the demand of our customers and propose personalized services. Most of the circuits can be adapted in journeys on measure according to your desires, your rhythm and your budget. Stages and excursions take place in deprived vehicle with driver expérimented and a local guide speaking french (other language possible). You benefit a personalized welcome everywhere and privileged. We come with you of your arrival to the airport until your return. Don't hesitate to consult us !

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