Bamako
If you’re looking for a tranquil stay, you should probably look elsewhere.
If you’re looking for a tranquil stay, you should probably look elsewhere.
Timbuktu, that most rhythmical of African names, has for centuries been synonymous with Africa’s mysterious inaccessibility, with an end-of-the-earth allure that some travellers just have to reach.
Gao, the former capital of the Songhaï Empire, is one of the most important towns of Mali’s illustrious past.
In Mopti, tourism is a contact sport, with more guides, pinasse owners and touts per square metre than anywhere else in Mali.
One of the premier sites in West Africa, World Heritage–listed Djenné, which sits on an island in the Bani River, is worth as much time as you can give it.
There’s something about Ségou; while Mopti is an example of clamorous river-based comings and goings, Ségou, strung out lazily along the riverbank 230km east of Bamako, has a languid slow-paced charm, and there’s an unmistakeable sense that it...
Southern Mali sees relatively few tourists, other than those making their way between the attractions along the Niger River and Burkina Faso away to the south.
Agreeable, if unexciting, Sikasso stands at the heart of a relatively lush region that is known as the ‘market garden of Mali’.
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