Places to Visit –
1) The fascinating Dogon country, with it's stone houses and granaries clinging to sheer cliff walls.
2) Mopti, Mali's trade center and cultural 'melting pot'.
3) Djenne, one of UNESCO's World Heritage sites.
4) Legendary Timbuktu, gateway to the Sahara Desert.
5) Bamako, Mali's dynamic capital city.
6) Mande country and it's traditional gold mines.
7) Segou, the former French colonial capital.
8) Hand of Fatima, a natural rock formation in the Hombori Mountains.
9) Djenne Jeno archeological site.
10) Lake Debo of the inland.
11) Niger River Delta.
Things to do –
1) Hiking the Bandiagara escarpment.
2) Sailing the Niger River.
3) Witness a traditional divination ceremony in a Dogon village.
4) Visit the Hogon, the traditional leader of the Dogon people at his mountain sanctuary.
5) Track elephants in the Douentza Reserve.
6) Explore the sacred grotto of Misiri Koro.
7) Visit traditional pottery makers.
8) Attend a colorful local festival: Festival in the Desert or Festival on the Niger.
Sights to see –
1) A traditional mask dances at Dogon village.
2) Colorful local markets.
3) Tuareg silversmiths at work.
4) Traditional weavers and dyers of mud cloth (bogolan).
5) Bozo fishermen, masters of the Niger.
6) Djenne's Great Mosque, the world's largest mud-brick architecture.
7) Hippos in the Niger River.
8) Takamba, a traditional Tuareg dance.
9) Nomadic Fulani cattle herders.
10) Ancient Tellem cave dwellings.