CALENDAR of all TransAfrica programs: Great Expeditions and Special Trips
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Great traditional Festivals
Ghana - Togo - Benin • 15 days Two weeks of unique, fascinating adenture, during which people can have an idea of the most important West African traditional Festival, from vudu celebrations, to Zangbeto, Gelede and Egun in Benin, from the fire dance in Togo, to Akwasidae and Ashanti funerals in Ghana. A full immersion in colors, sounds, parfumes! An extraordinary experience of life and energy!
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Lome
from
30/7/2008
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Lome
till
13/8/2008
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Transahara - From Morocco to Mali
Morocco - Mauritania - Mali • 22 days
A new, great adventure! An expedition for true travellers! A journey of three weeks from Mediterranean to the very heart of West Africa, from the sea to the desert, from Morocco to Mali through Mauritania, to discover Aoudaghost, a ghost town of the V century b. C. An unforgettable experience!
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
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Fez from 21/9/2008 |
Bamako till 12/10/2008 |
Gerewol
Niger • 11 days
A trip dedicated to one of the most exciting festival in Africa, organized by Peul Bororo between September and October, at the end of the rain season, to celebrate beauty and love.
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Niamey from 23/9/2008 |
Niamey till 4/10/2008 |
Essakane Music Festival
Burkina Faso - Mali • 14 days From savanna to desert, two weeks which highlight is Essakane Festival,
this year from 10 to 12 January: an extraordinary experience full of life,
color, emotions.
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Ouagadougou
from
3/1/2009
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Ouagadougou
till
17/1/2009
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Journey into the magic - Special Ouidah
A week dedicated to the fascinating little countries on Guinea Gulf, to merge into teh magic atmosphere of voodoo and feticheurs, to admire ancient castles, colorful markets, pbig palaces, vvillages on the water, and to relax along a wonderful seaside. Speciale departure dedicated to voodoo festival in Ouidah.
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Lome
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3/1/2009
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Lome
till
10/1/2009
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Segou Festival, music on the Niger
Burkina Faso - Mali • 15 days
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Ouagadougou
from
23/1/2009
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Ouagadougou
till
6/2/2009
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Only Mali and Segou Festival
Mali • 8 days
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Bamako
from
25/1/2009
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Bamako
till
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| Several departures travels | Departure | Arrival |
| The country of Ashanti
Ghana • 8 days
A week in a country which is full of interesting evidences of the portoguese colonization and offers extraordinary occasions to plunge in the folklore of his populations.
Departure granted for minimum 2 participants, organized to participate at the Akwasidae Festival of Ashanti in Kumasi.
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Accra from
14/5/2008 23/6/2008 4/8/2008 15/9/2008 27/10/2008 8/12/2008 17/1/2009 28/2/2009 11/4/2009 23/5/2009
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Accra till
21/5/2008 30/6/2008 11/8/2008 22/9/2008 3/11/2008 15/12/2008 24/1/2009 7/3/2009 18/4/2009 30/5/2009 |
Journey through the magic
Togo - Benin • 8 days One week in two countries on the Guinea Gulf, both little but full of interest and very rich from a cultural point of view, particolarly for those who want to have a first contact with Western Africa. On this trip we will meet fetish priests, healers and oracles; we will attend fire dances, initiation rites, ancient ceremonies and witness participants in trances. Voodoo has its origins in these countries and in this part of the world the people’s practices are still authentic. Departure granted for minimum 2 participants.
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Lome
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2° and 4° Saturday of each month
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Lome
till
next Saturday
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In the middle of Sahel
Burkina Faso - Mali • 15 days
Two weeks in Burkina Faso and Mali: two countries of Sahel in the center of West Africa, visited with a particolar look to the cultures and local traditions, in order to have a rich experience, full of emotions, with people living in the region. Departure granted for minimum 2 participants.
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Ouagadougou
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1/8/2008 17/10/2008 7/11/2008 26/12/2008 |
Ouagadougou
till
15/8/2008 31/10/2008 21/11/2008 9/1/2009
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Only Mali
Mali • 9 days
A wonderful trip in a wonderful country, one of the most interesting of West Africa, very rich from an anthropological point of view, with colourful markets.
Mali, with his river Niger and his deserts, is also famous for Timbuctu, the legendary Saharian town, and for Dogon people, who have been living for centuries beside Bandiagara. Departure granted for minimum 2 participants.
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Bamako
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1° and 3° Friday of each month
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Bamako
till
next Saturday
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Between savanna and forest
Guinea Conakry - Guinea Bissau - Mali • 15 days
A real african experience in a country never touched by tourism, very rich in wild nature with his savannas and forests, and with interesting populations which still have their traditions dating from centuries. For African lovers, for those who know Africa pretty well and want to discover a new aspect, for those who wish to plunge in a magic athmosphere of warmth, colour, life.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
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Bissau from January 2009 dates to be defined |
Bamako till January 2009 date to be defined |
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From 1985, always with the same enthusiasm.
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