MOPTI - BAMAKO / KOULIKORO     6 DAYS / 5 NIGHTS 

After an early breakfast  you embark the pinasse and the next few days you can enjoy a very beautiful part of the river Niger  or “le fleuve” as we call it.

A lot is happening on the water: pirogues come and go, often fully loaded with merchandise, motors etc.; fishermen are casting their nets   and along the riverbanks, women are doing the dishes and the laundry, while children are splashing to their hearts content.

In the trees and the shrubs you’ll see numerous birds like

king fishers,   herons, weaver birds, finches etc.

We will stop regularly in small villages like Ouro Modi, Koa, Diafarabe, Ké-Macina and Kouakouro  ; you can meet the people, who live there and get to know about the culture. You see the mud brick houses, the beautiful little mosques of banco.    
Just a few miles before Segou we will see and visit the dam of Markala and after that we have arrived at Segou.

After a visit of Segou we leave again early the next morning; you can see that in bushes on the banks are birds such as waders, storks and aquatic birds. The river can be 500 meters wide, but on the shores you still can see the baobabs, the mango trees and the vegetable gardens.  
We will visit villages like Farako, Tamani and Kenenkou. You will see women, who sell grilled meat, fried bananas or tea.  
And in the afternoon of the 6th day we arrive at Koulikoro, about 60 kms. from Bamako. By 4x4 we will transport you to a hotel of your choice.  
A long journey, but with a load of impressions 

The 2 nights will be spend in tents on the riverbanks and during this trip all meals are included and they will be prepared by the cook. We have picnic-luncheons and dinners on the shores by lamplight.

Stay at the hotel is not included.