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!
Lome
from
30/7/2008
Lome
till
13/8/2008
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
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.
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.
It is the more untypical, inaccessible and uncomfortable
Festival in the world, two-hour drive from Timbuktu, in the very middle
of Sahara.
Ouagadougou
from
3/1/2009
Ouagadougou
till
17/1/2009
Journey into the magic - Special Ouidah
Togo
- Benin • 8 days
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.
Lome
from
3/1/2009
Lome
till
10/1/2009
Segou Festival, music on the Niger
Burkina Faso - Mali • 15 days
Two weeks of journey in the occasion of Music Festival in Segou, along
the banks of the Niger. Music, rithm and dances in one of the most colourful
regions of Western Africa, rich in arts and traditions.
Ouagadougou
from
23/1/2009
Ouagadougou
till
6/2/2009
Only Mali and Segou Festival
Mali • 8 days
Only one week in Mali with the possibility of partecipating to the Music
Festival of Segou, along the banks of the Niger. Music, rithm and dances
give another occasion of interest to one of the most colourful regions
of Western Africa.
Bamako
from
25/1/2009
Bamako
till
1/2/2009
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.
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
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.
Lome
from
2° and 4°
Saturday
of each month
Lome
till
next Saturday
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.
Ouagadougou
from
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
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.
Bamako
from
1° and 3° Friday of each month
Bamako
till
next Saturday
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
Bissau
from
January 2009
dates to be defined
Bamako
till
January 2009
date to be defined
From 1985, always with the same enthusiasm.