Bandiagara, Mali Travel Blogs

Among the Dogons
Nov 11, 2005 (4 photos)

... most famous of these tribes, due to their isolation and tenacious hold on traditional beliefs. They live at the base of the Bandiagara Escarpment, which is a 200 km section of sheer cliffs. We were dropped off at the top, and then worked our way down ...

Day 41 42 - Mali, Bandiagara - Drunken Locals
Dec 19, 2008

... in awe when the chainsaw came to life.  Fully loaded it was off to the campsite which was situated about 4km from Bandiagara.   Nice place with trees, bar, restaurant and the option to upgrade for a reasonable 10,000 CFA (US$20) ...

The dance of the Dogon
Apr 28, 2009 (7 photos)

... the passing tourists titled give me your water bottle please. From Songo we headed to the main supply village in the area, Bandiagara for a short overnight stop before the hike commenced in the early hours of the following morning. As we leave the town of ...

Day 45 48 - Mali, Bandiagara - Christmas
Dec 23, 2008

... in you are in a two horse town with slow internet connection and ridiculously expensive Pringles. So yes back in good ole Bandiagara after the Dogon Trek.  Think we arrived around 3.30pm.  Was good to be back and see those who didn't ...

Christmas in Mali
Dec 24, 2008 (78 photos)

Christmas eve and Christmas day in the camp site we shared with the Oasis truck and their 24 passengers. 

Voyage en Pays Dogon suite
Feb 25, 2008 (6 photos)

... , grimpe lentement sur 60 km vers le plateau Dogon qui culmine à 600 m sur 200 km et s'effondre d'un seul coup. On passe Bandiagara, et on descend par la route de KORO. On longe les falaises sur plusieurs dizaines de km par un piste dans les dunes très ...

Maxence, ils sont bizarres ces Dogons !
Feb 23, 2008 (4 photos)

Cà y est Mamy est arrivée, mais nous n'avons toujours pas vu Babacar. Il est parti dans le pays Dogon et nous partons à sa recherche. Les Dogons sont des gens bizarres avec plein de pouvoir magiques. Nous avons rencontré encore un très gros baobab qui parle ( ...

Pays dogon
Dec 18, 2008

Le pays dogon est un endroit magique. J ai fait 4 jours de marche avec un guide, en suivant la falaise de bandiagara et en s arretant dans ces villages posés au creux de la falaise avec notamment les structures des tellems.

Bandiagara
Dec 21, 2008 (54 photos)

The starting point for our Dogon trek.  We will also spend Christmas here.

voyage en pays dogon
Feb 22, 2008 (9 photos)

deux jours sans nouvelle mais nous etions en pays dogon, ils nous avaient promis un train soutenu nous avons eu un train d'enfer!!!!Nous vous raconterons toutes nos aventures dans quelques jours, après  les deux prochains jours ou nous naviguerons sur ...

Day 48 - Mali, Bandiagara - Pork Plauge
Dec 26, 2008

We have a truck diary that gets written in every day by a different person.  Boxing day was done by Barsby... a most hilarious entry so I thought I'd include it for your enjoyment. The black death hits the overlanders today.  The plague ...

MINI-BUS FRUSTRATION
Jan 27, 2007

... hours for min-bus to fill up(eg 23 people) and eventually 4 foreigners including me buy 4 extra tickets so as to end the wait.  Reach Bandiagara and book 2 day, 1 night trip into Dogon country(in the shadow of a long sinuous 800 meter high escarpment.

Day 5: Kids and Presents
Jan 15, 2007 (5 photos)

Woken this morning by a gunshot: not at me, fortunately. Had a great night's sleep in the tent after I stopped staring at the stars - unbelievable panorama and I can finally understand what the Greeks thought they could see up there. A quick breakfast ...

Day 6: Cliff Descent
Jan 16, 2007 (5 photos)

Morning on the cliff-top village of Begnimato, where we spent the previous night with a bunch of Dutch trekkers, begins well: two strong coffees, then my first visit in a number of years to a long drop 'facility'. Textbook. Clean as a whistle, and I admit ...

Comment rester séduisante et sexy
Feb 25, 2008 (8 photos)

SAUREZ VOUS RESTER PIMPANTE ET SEXY EN TOUTES CIRCONSTANCES   A toutes les lectrices assidues de ELLE, Marie-Claire ou du FIG MAG, MCG, MB et DP dédient ce quizz : En toutes circonstances :   Question n°1 : A/ Vos cheveux restent ...

Douentza
Feb 13, 2007

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Dogon Trek
Apr 28, 2009 (7 photos)

... top we had to climb into 2 sweatboxs (vans) for the journey back.  Went through Sanga before arriving back in Bandiagara for a night of festivities organised by Gary, whilst we were walking.  Best experience of the trip, re-affirming that this ...

Dogon Country
Feb 3, 2007 (19 photos)

... , churches and holy shrines to fetishes. Not really knowing what to expect he had only been told it's a "must do" in Mali so it was a happy surprise to find out that all the other tourists were at an overpriced concert 600 kilometres away. Ousmane the ...

Atmosphere, mysteries and uncomforable ailments
Dec 28, 2004 (7 photos)

... in endurance. Luckily it wasn't actually that far, so by lunchtime two days later we were in Songho, where we got a lift to Bandiagara where I could rest up for a few days. All in all though, it was a great trip - the tenacity the Dogon show in being ...

Day 7: Tirelli
Jan 17, 2007 (5 photos)

Having broken the ice with four American students the evening before in Nombori, I sit round a morning fire with Bouba, his fellow guide, Potassium - you just can't make this stuff up - and one of the Yanks. He is keen for the group to join the TMBK2 ...

Ok, vacation's over.
Dec 26, 2008

... that the people support this take over. Peace Corps has put all Guinea volunteers on standfast which means I am stuck in Mali. I have requested permission to go back to Guinea because I have no money and can no longer afford the expenses of Bamako. We ...

Pays Dogon
Jan 6, 2009 (10 photos)

... day 2 and informed us he therefore wasnt able to walk too far everyday....just after we had requested more walking!! The guides of Mali are......well, not always to be trusted! More of this later. We managed anyway to do some extra walking without him, ...

A Passenger Dies and is Taken by Body Snatchers
Nov 18, 2007 (13 photos)

... .  In the early afternoon we climbed up the escarpment and met Daphne and Dave for the extremely rough ride back to Bandiagara.  Dave had arranged a nourishing end-of-trek meal of beef brochettes.  I think the party went on late into the ...

Warren and Ed Skateboard Through the Souk
Nov 14, 2007 (17 photos)

Dream Rating:          ; ;  B-   Background We left Timbuktu in the morning, then waited quite a while a short distance from town for the ferry across the Niger River.  The road on the other ...

Dogon Trek Tireli To Sanga, Nov 17, 2007
Nov 17, 2007 (67 photos)

... lunch stop in Banani village at the bottom to Sanga at the top where we were me by Dave and Daphne.  The road back to Bandiagara was only 45 km in distance but was appallingly bumpy and took over three hours, the kind of "Real Africa" type of a road ...

Dogon Country
Nov 4, 2007 (1 photos)

The highlight of the Mali leg of my trip has been a week spent in the Dogon Country. It's a gorgeous area. The landscape alone is breathtaking--all canyons and rocky cliffs and caves. Add to that the fascinating remains of the Telem civilization-- ...

Au pays Dogon
Feb 11, 2007 (8 photos)

Salut,  Oui, le renard est passé mais je ne vous dirai rien!!! La seule chose que je peux dire c'est qu'ils ont vu un mariage de qqun que je connais. Guy??? T'as caché qqchose?? Je vais monter un business de divination à Paris :"Richard-latan, the ...