Country Info
- Bamako
- Capital
- CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF)
- Currency
- 11,008,518
- Population
- ML
- Country Code
Mali Slideshow
Top Hotels in Mali
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LAICO l'Amitie Hotel Bamako
22 reviews -
Azalai Hotel Salam Bamako
31 reviews
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Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako
36 reviews -
Azalai Hotel Nord Sud Bamako
5 reviews
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Olympe International Hotel Bamako
6 reviews
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Laico El Farouk Hotel Bamako
12 reviews -
Azalai Grand Hotel Bamako
16 reviews
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Hotel Le Rabelais Bamako
19 reviews
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Le Relais Hotel Bamako
5 reviews
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Mission Catholique Bamako
2 reviews
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Hotel Des Roses Mopti
3 reviews
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Hotel Flandre Mopti
6 reviews
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Hotel L'Auberge Segou
14 reviews
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Le Djenne Bamako
6 reviews
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Hotel Independence Segou
10 reviews
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Le Faro Segou
20 reviews -
Hotel Djoliba Segou
13 reviews
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Hotel le Fleuve Bamako
1 review -
Hotel Les Colibris Bamako
2 reviews
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Hotel Djenne Djenno
53 reviews
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Hotel Hendrina Khan Timbuktu
7 reviews
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Hotel La Falaise Bandiagara
14 reviews
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Hotel Mande Bamako
18 reviews
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Hotel la Colombe Timbuktu
15 reviews
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Hotel Mirabeau Bamako
5 reviews
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Le Bouctou Timbuktu
4 reviews
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Hotel du desert Timbuktu
4 reviews
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Campement Hotel La Guina Mopti
7 reviews
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Kome Residence Bamako
4 reviews
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Hotel Doux Reves Mopti
8 reviews
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Lac Debo Bamako
1 review
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Hotel Kanaga Mopti
24 reviews
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Le Diplomate Bamako
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Le Kambary Mopti
11 reviews
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La Maison Rouge Mopti
68 reviews
Mali
Travel Blogs from Mali, Mali
Rose tints and road flints
This is a top pick! ... . But ride your luck and find an angel. A Scottish-isle-faced Mancunian, transplanted to France, whom I have dearly befriended over Mali's adventure, walks through the hostel gates, in from her own Dogon adventure. She whips out her phone, I charge it up, ...
The call of Timbuktu
This is a top pick! ... big town, so that they can offer better protection. Border niggles, rumours of Al-Qaeda on Algeria’s southern border, and Mali’s eastern frontier with Niger, a murder or two in Mauritania to the west, has spooked the money bags. Mali refuses ...
Well here we are in mopti - just! after an ...
This is a top pick! Well here we are in Mopti - just!, after an eventful few days. After meeting Marlies again in Timbuktu in an internet cafe we all decided to try and get a boat (pinasse) to Mopti. We left the others in Timbuktu to enjoy the biggest Muslim festival of the ...
Whilst in st louis we had been invited to ...
This is a top pick! ... Peace Corps workers, Andy and Deedee who were stationed nearby, were our guides for the night, and we were introduced to Mali customs including eating rice with peanut sauce with the locals, eating with our right hands only from a communal bowl. Later ...
Bamako was quite nice although sian didn't ...
This is a top pick! ... from the telephone wires, apparently because they eat the cats and the chldren throw the skins up there afterwards... Since arriving in Mali we have noticed just how poor the people here are. They are very friendly but many children are just dressed in ...
Money problems and marriage proposal !
... we were hot and tired we went to a little cafe near the Peace Monument for a cold drink.There was a civil war in Mali, sparked by a Tuareg Rebellion in the 1990's, and hundreds of people were killed. Things calmed down when a lasting peace agreement was ...
Among the Dogons
Miles travelled: 17240 We are in the most interesting part of West Africa, the tribal lands of central Mali. The Dogon are the most famous of these tribes, due to their isolation and tenacious hold on traditional beliefs. They live at the base of ...
Djenne
Miles travelled: 17340 We're now in Djenne, which is one of the most picturesque towns in the Sahel portion of West Africa. It's renowned for its mosque, which is the largest mud-brick building in the world. Unfortunately we aren't allowed to go ...
GG et JP chez les Bozo et les Bambara
LES « AUTRES » MOSQUEES Après avoir parfois dénigré les mosquées (celles financées par les saoudiens, toutes neuves et construites à la chaîne) nous allons vous montrer d'autres mosquées, traditionnelles, de pur style ...
Bamako at last
Bamako, 11/06 Miles Travelled: 16940 We have finally arrived in Bamako, the capital of Mali, after 4 nights of bush camping and lots of dusty driving. Once the center of extensive trade and wealth in the 13th-15th centuries, Mali is now one of ...
5ème épisode pour Maxence
Enfin, nous avons Internet après plusieurs jours dans la brousse avec les bêtes sauvages (même pas vrai, on a vu que des singes!!!! Suite de l'histoire: Poue être encore plus fort Babacar est allé voir un ancêtre qui se trouve à Bambaguidé dans ...
Cette Afrique Noire que nous attendions tant !
... presque inaperçu… Nous apprenons que demain, le 22 septembre, c’est le cinquantenaire de l’Indépendance du Mali, donc c’est un jour férié et les postes risquent d’être fermés. Nous terminons donc les formalités ...
I'm a freshman all over again
... I can do though. Well, that's all for now. I should probably change the name of my blog now since I'm no longer Kimberlyinchad. PCV, Kimberly Seibel Corps de la Paix B.P. 85 Bamako, Mali WEST AFRICA PCV, Kimberly Seibel B.P. 119 Gao, Mali WEST ...
The dance of the Dogon
... hard work involved in getting to Timbuktu the plan now is walk in the 40 degree heat for 3 days in an area of Mali known as Dogon Country. Its an area dominated by a large sandstone escarpment which is home to various communities who call themselves the ...
The Ugly Traveller
... French group was sporting a T-Shirt emblazoned with a phrase that would have been inappropriate at Daytona Beach on Spring Break (and Mali is a relatively strict Muslim country). A woman in the group started handing out pens to the kids but she ...
Coming Home
... nbsp; I spent time struggling to comprehend a contentment that stemmed from my origins of a western country because to live in Mali comes with a degree of physical discomfort (sweat, dirt, hunger, difficulties) that we westerners do not tolerate so well. ...
Terveiset Timbuktusta
Tai ei tässä ihan Timbuktussa saakka olla, mutta Malissa kuitenkin. Timbuktuun ei ole menemistä, ellei halua tekemisiin kapinallisten kanssa. Jospa sitä kuitenkin saisi kierreltyä pääkaupunki Bamakossa, kunhan aikataulut antavat myöten ...
In Cheick's village of Kita.
Hey Everyone, Sully has still yet to find access to the internet so here I am again! Yesterday, he called me from the car on his way out of Bamako. He was speaking Bambara and sounds so great. Everyone is in such high spirits because of ...
Sikasso ville
yes, trinh is alive and well in Mali. I know I have my travelpod site but I wanted to share the big news with everyone that i found out my site today. i will be in Sikasso city which is a regional capital in the south of Mali. It is the biggest city ...
Getting the left hand
... I started crying and couldnt stop for a while. I think it surprised people in my family because crying is not something very common in Mali. My host mother started crying and then it all let loose. I did not think that I was going to react that way, ...
Mopti and the melting bus
... town is crawling with hopeful guides wanting to take you into the Dogon country. This is meant to be many people's highlight of Mali but.. I don't think I'll go. I'm really funny about the whole idea of 'polluting the culture' and the whole ...
Boating up the river
Miles Travelled: 17550 We're on a pinasse, an oversized canoe with an outboard motor, chugging slowly down the Niger River toward Timbuktu. The journey is quite peaceful, though the pinasse is quite long and narrow and has an uncomfortable tendency to ...
From Snowy Bristol to Hot Hot Mali
... off to Hay on Wye to meet Chris, Steve and Sue with their daughter Freya -my traveling companions for this Mali adventure - destination TIMBUKTU! The snowflakes were ominously enormous as we hurtled towards Bristol Airport, and when we arrived the snow ...
So this is Mali
... too hard for him. After 2 hours we are finally away but after an hour of driving in nomads land between the border of Mauritania and Mali we are stuck in the sand yet again. Tents up is the call. Its early Monday morning when we arrive in the border town ...
Mopti And The Niger River To Timbuktu (Or Not)
We made our way from Djenne to Mopti to start our journey to Timbuktu. Mopti is the typical launch point for all those lost souls who think that you have to visit Timbuktu at least once in your life. The options for getting there are numerous. You could ...
Oh Mali
... of those weeks, when things started and ended just as they came. Each of us get a Peace Corps newsletter called the Mali Rag with updates about visits fro; our directors, administrative information, health updates and even articles written by current ...
4ème épisode pour Maxence
Après avoir perdu Mr Ukulélé après le passage du marigot, Papy repart quand même vers le Mali. Gaoussou qui a guéri de ses bestioles dans le ventre a téléphoné pour dire qu'il serait à Kayes avec nous. Je l'ai vu et il a eu des nouvelles de ...
Waiting for my parents
... 4 months, I finally have the chance to sit down and write. As I sit here, I'm nervous about their arrival: Will they like Mali? Will they blame inconveniences on me, the person who begged them to come? Will they get sick, hit by a moto, ...