TREKKING

Thanks to its picturesque villages, unique architecture and beautiful cliffs of the escarpment, the Dogon is a “must-see” during your visit to Mali. Trekking and exploration in a FWD (4x4) are popular activities here. The principle is very simple – there are 2 regions:

Northern Dogon
Douentza - Bamba - Bedie - Kamelou - Damasongo - Kaole - Yendouma - 3Youga - Koundou - Ibi - Sangha - Mopti.
Southern Dogon
Mopti - Bandiagara - Dourou - Nombori - Guimini - Konsogou - Begnimato - Indelou - Yabatalou - Ende - Teli - Mopti.

You can choose:
a trekking on foot,
a trekking on foot and the assistance of a cart,
a trekking on foot and by car (for the longer distances),
by car (with short visits of the villages and no long walks, but some climbs)

A tour consists of a mixture of visits to villages along the foot of the cliff and the plateau. You climb up and descend again.
Normally you walk the entire route, but if you find the walk a little too hard, we can always rent a cart on which you are transported to the next village.

Of course, you can choose to walk only along the foot of the cliff, it means that there is a car available on this path. This means also, however, that not all villages can be visited, because some villages can not be reached by car.

Our guide takes you along roads and slopes, from the village to village, along many sacred places and its taboos and he will introduce you to fascinating traditions and customs of the Dogon.

We have composed various routes; transport between Mopti and the first or last point of the trekking is by 4x4.
In the route only the names of villages are mentioned; for a more detailed description you can view the text: DOGON - Villages.

A detailed map of Dogon villages and the distances between villages can be found on the page Dogon- Map and distances.

The treks can be preceded or followed by a trip by pinasse to Timbuktu, Djenne, Lake Debo and soon.

Hiking 2 DAYS:
Day 1: Mopti - Bandiagara - Djiguibombo,
Day 2: Teli - KaniKombolé - Mopti

Hiking 3 DAYS:
Day 1: Mopti - Bandiagara - Djiguimbombo,
Day 2: KaniKombolé - Teli Day 3: Ende - Mopti

Hiking 4 DAYS:
Option A:
Day 1: Mopti - Bandiagara - Djiguibombo,
Day 2: KaniKombolé - Teli, Day 3: Ende - Yabatalou - Begnimato, Day 4: Dourou - Mopti Option B: BY 4x4
Day 1: Mopti - Nandoli – Pah - Niongono
Day 2: Niongono - KaniBonzon - KaniKombolé - Teli - Ende Day 3: Ende - Yabatalou - Begnimato Day 4: Begnimato - Dourou - Pélou - SibiSibi - Bandiagara - Mopti

Hiking 5 DAYS:
Option A:
Day 1 - Mopti - Songho - Bandiagara - Dourou
Day 2 - Dourou - Nombori - IdyeliNa - KomoKani-Tireli
Day 3 - Tireli - Ireli
Day 4 - Ireli - Pegu - Banani - Sangha
Day 5 - Sangha - Bandiagara - Mopti

Option B:
Excursion by means of a donkey cart; you need not to walk. But to visit the villages - a little bit of climbing is involved

Day 1: Mopti to Sangha; then Banani-Tireli (donkey cart)
Day 2: Tireli-Nombori (donkey cart)
Day 3: Nombori-Begnimato ( donkey cart)
on our way we visit Dourou to reach Begnimato
Day 4: Begnimato-Ende (donkey cart)
Day 5: Ende - for 4x4 and Mopti to Bandiagara

Hiking 6 DAYS:
Day 1: Mopti - Bandiagara - Djuiguibombo - Kani Kombole
Day 2: Teli - Ende
Day 3: Yabatalou - Begnimato
Day 4: Dourou
Day 5: Nombori - Tireli
Day 6: Daga - Mopti

Hiking 7 DAYS:
Option A:
Day 1: Mopti - Bandiagara - Djiguibombo - KaniKombolé Day 2: Teli - Ende Day 3: Yabatalou - Indelou - Begnimato Day 4: Dourou Day 5: Nombori - Amani Day 6: Tireli - Ireli - Banani Day 7: Gogol - Sangha - Mopti Option B:
Day 1: Mopti - Songho - Sangha
Day 2: Sangha - Tiogou - Yendouma
Day 3: YougaPiri - YougaDougourou - YougaNa.
Day 4: Koundou - Ibi - Neni - Banani
Day 5: Banani - Ireli - Yaye - Amani
Day 6: Tireli - Komokani - Tireli
Day 7: Daga - by 4x4 in Bandiagara.

Hiking 8 DAYS:
Day 1: Mopti - Teli - Yabatalu - Guimini
Day 2: Guimini - Nombori - Tireli
Day 3: Tireli - Ireli - Neni
Day 4: Neni - Koundou - Youga-Na
Day 5: YougaNa - YougaPiri - Were
Day 6: Were - Bamba
Day 7: Bamba - Berdossou
Day 8: for 4x4 Berdossou via Douentza to Timbuktu

Hiking 9 DAYS:
Option A
Day 1 - Mopti - Kani Kombole;
Day 2 - Teli - Ende - Yabatalu
Day 3 - Dioundourou - Konsogou - Guimini
Day 4 - Yaya - Nombori
Day 5 - Idyeli Na - KomoKani - Tireli
Day 6 - Amani - Ireli - Banani
Day 7 - Neni - Ibi - Koundou
Day 8 - Youga - Yendouma - Arou - Sangha
Day 9 - Sangha - Songo - Mopti

Option B:
along the foot of the cliff, no climbs
Day 1 - Mopti - Sangha
Day 2 - Sangha-Banani - Yendouma
Day 3 - Yendouma - 3 villages Youga - Ibi
Day 4 - Ibi-Ireli
Day 5 - Ireli - Nombori
Day 6 - Nombori - Konsogou
Day 7 - Konsogo - Yabatalou
Day 8 - Yabatalou - Teli
Day 9 - Teli - Mopti

Hiking 10 DAYS:
10 days included a cruise by pinasse to Tomboctou
Day 1: Mopti - Bongo - Tiogou - Yendouma
Day 2: Yendouma - Koundou
Day 3: Koundou - Banani
Day 4: Bananas - Tireli
Day 5: Tireli- a climb to reach Daga - Mopti
Day 6: Mopti – start of the cruise
Dinner and night in camp on the banks after Lake Debo
Day 7: Day Cruise
Dinner and night in camp on the banks to Diré Day 8: Cruise to Timbuktu
arrival in late afternoon in Koriomé; Transfer to Timbuktu
Day 9: Day visit to Timbuktu
Day 10: Timbuktu - Douentza - Mopti

Hiking 13 DAYS:
Day 1: Mopti - Songho - Niogono - Bandiagara
Day 2: Bandiagara - Djiguibombo - Kani Kombole - Teli
Day 3: Teli - Ende - Yabatalou
Day 4: Yabatalou - Dondjourou - Begnimato
Day 5: Begnimato - Dourou - Nombori
Day 6: Nombori - Idel Na - Komokani - Tireli
Day 7: Tireli - Amani - Yaye - Ireli - Banani
Day 8: Banani - Neni - Ibi - Koundou.
Day 9: Koundou - YougaNa
Day 10: The 3 Youga: YougaNah, YougaDougourou and YougaPiri
Day 11: YougaPiri - Yendouma
Day 12: Yendouma - by 4x4 Bamba - Douentza - Borko.
Day 13: Borko - Dogani - Kendi - Mopti

Mopti via Dogon to HOMBORI 7 DAYS
Day 1 - 4 Dogon Country
departure of Mopti and visit villages Bankass, Tireli, Ireli, Koundou, YougouNa, Yougoudougourou, YougouPiri, Yenduma and Bamba.
The car will be available during these 4 days. You can decide if you want to use the car or wanting to walk.
Day 5 - Bamba - Fombori
The journey by car. At Fombori you visit the museum and the cemetery Dogon Tellem.
Day 6 - Fombori - Hombori
In a landscape of rocks formed bizarre, you will be traveling to Hombori. In the evening you can enjoy the landscape of a sand dune.
Day 7 - Hombori
You can choose whether you want to walk or explore the area by car. You can visit some villages.