Bamako Essentials — 3 days

Music, crafts and Malian life on the banks of the Niger. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & context; Culture & the Niger River; Market & departure.

Day-by-day itinerary

Day 1 — Arrival & context

• 14:00 — Arrival at Bamako-Sénou BKO
• 14:30 — Security context
• 15:00 — Hotel transfer with an approved driver — Aéroport → ACI 2000
• 16:00 — Secure hotel check-in — ACI 2000, Bamako
• Walk to dinner — ACI 2000, Bamako → Hôtel
• 20:00 — Riz au gras dinner — Hôtel

Day 2 — Culture & the Niger River

• 09:00 — National Museum of Mali — Bamako
• 11:30 — Craft centre — bogolan cloth and leather goods — Bamako
• Taxi to lunch — Bamako → ACI 2000
• 13:00 — Grilled Nile perch (capitaine) lunch — ACI 2000
• Walk to the river — ACI 2000 → Bamako
• 15:30 — Secure walk along the Niger riverbank — Bamako
• Taxi back to the hotel — Bamako → ACI 2000
• 19:30 — Dinner at the hotel — ACI 2000

Day 3 — Market & departure

• 09:00 — Médine Market — Bamako
• Taxi to lunch — Bamako → ACI 2000
• 12:30 — Farewell lunch — ACI 2000
• 14:30 — Airport transfer with an approved driver
• 17:30 — Return flight