Beyond the Azalai
Mali
- Mauritania • 19 days
The ultimated Sahara experience: almost three weeks in one of the still unexplored regions of the Sahara between Mali and Mauritania, from Timbuktu till Taudenni, Chinguetti and Nouakchott.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Bamako
from
5/11/2004
Nouakchott
till
23/11/2004
Tenere South
Niger • 19 days
An wonderful Sahara experience: nearly three weeks in one of the most beautil area of Sahara, in the quite unknown region of Tenere, through Termit-Dibella-Bilma,m to encounter the Azalai salt caravan.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Bamako
from
3/12/2004
Nouakchott
till
21/12/2004
Beyond the azalai 2
Mali - Mauritania • 27 days
An extraordinary Saharian experience to taste the flavour of staying
for a while in the middle of the desert, following the azalai from Timbuctu
to Taoudenni, and then from Taoudenni to Ouadane, and back to Mali till
Bamako.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Bamako
from
28/10/2005
Bamako
till
23/11/2005
Transaharian Expedition South-North
Togo-Benin-Niger-Algeria-Tunisia • 18 days
Nearly three weeks from the Gulf of Guinea to the Mediterranean Sea. A journey through different ecosystems, an exciting experience which will allow to discover the lifestyles and customs of the many different peoples along the way.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Lome
from
22/12/2005
Tunis
till
8/1/2006
Transaharian Expedition North-South
Tunisia-Lybia-Niger-Benin-Togo • 29 days
A 28 day expedition from the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean: a passage among different ecosystems, a full experience that brings to discover the different habits of their inhabitants.
Starting from Tunisia and Libya passing though a lot of Roman remains, Sabrata, the Dwanda region and the capital of the Garamantes. Djado, a world apart, the fortified abandoned citadels, the Tenere, “the desert of the deserts”. After Agadez begins the anonymous Sahel, and after the Niger River, the soil becomes quite fertile. The Somba and their fortified dwellings, The Taneka hidden on their hill. The forest and then the coastline: in the land of voodoo, the religion of the ancestors.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Tunis
from
22/1/2006
Lome
till
19/2/2006
Tenere & Air
Niger • 15 days
A great adventure in the silent virginal land of sands, to discover intact fossilized dinosaur bones left from huge predators that roamed the Earth 100 million years ago…
After the Tenere tree, the Erg Tenere, ocean of sand, then theFachi salt mines where people manufacture huge pillars of salt that are sold to the camel caravans, and Djado, a region of stone mountains of an esoteric dream...
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Agadez
from
13/1/2006
Agadez
till
28/1/2006
Total solar eclipse
Benin
- Burkina Faso • 8 days
Unique event taking place among traditional cultures: the 29th of March there will be the solar eclipse. Among some of the western African countries it will be possible to experience it for some three minutes.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Cotonou
from
26/3/2006
Ouagadougou
till
2/4/2006
From Timbuctu to the ocean
Mali - Mauritania • 18 days
A great expedition from Sahara to the Atlantic, along the ancient traks of the traditional caravanes transporting salt. For an unforgettable experience in thel desert.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Bamako
from
16/2/2007
Nouakchott
till
5/3/2007
Guinea, wild nature
Senegal - Guinea • 15 days
An absolute "première" 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.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Dakar
from
11/3/2007
Bamako
till
26/3/2008
From Mediterranean to Niger
Algeria - Niger • 20 days
A new, wonderful adventure! Drive yourself a 4X4 in the desert!
An extraordinary experience of 20 days in the heart of North Africa, from Algeria to Niger, among the most beautiful and interesting places and landscapes, to feel the very atmosphere of Sahara
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Tunis
from
2/8/2007
Niamey
till
21/8/2007
September Festivals
Ghana - Togo - Benin • 12 days
For the populations living in the south of Togo, Benin and Ghana, September is time to celebrate the first and main harvest of the year. Three festivals in one trip:
- Fetu Afahye at Cape Coast (Ghana) on September 1st,
- Epe Ekpe at Glidji (Togo) on September 6th,
- Akwasidae at Kumasi (Ghana) on September 9th.
This trip is an occasion to attend these great cultural events, with plenty of time available to truly soak up the atmosphere and watch the festivities.
Accra
from
30/8/2007
Accra
till
10/9/2007
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
23/9/2007
Niamey
till
4/10/2007
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
3/1/2008
Ouagadougou
till
16/1/2008
Entre savane et foret
Guinée Bissau, Guinée Conakryet Mali • 15 jours
A real adventure, to discover a country in which tourism doesn't exist, known as one of the most fascinating of West Africa, that is today beginning to open the doors to travellers.
The treasures of this country are both natural and cultural: wide virgin forests, mountains from which are born the big river Niger' springs, savannas inhabited by populations which still maintain their traditions and animistic ceremonie.
Tour leader: Alberto Nicheli
Bissau
du
11/1/2008
11/2/2208
Bamako
au
25/1/2008
25/2/2008
Festival Gaani
Togo - Benin • 15 days
A trip in the two countries on the Guinea Gulf, very interesting from an anthropological point of view. Gaani is a religious festival in the honor of Prophet Mohamed, which is cebrated at Nikki, where the festival has also an important social dimension. It is an occasion by which princes and elders honor the two symbols of local power: the king and the sacred drums (barabakarou).
Lome
from
13/3/2008
Lome
till
26/3/2008
Masks Festival
Burkina faso • 15 days
Two weeks with the opportunity to explore one of the most interesting country of West Africa, and to focus on masks, as they are an occasion to celebrate and to communicate, in different regions, for all the traditional ethnic people who live there.
Ouagadougou
from
20/3/2008
Ouagadougou
till
3/4/2008
Only Ghana
Ghana • 9 days
One week dedicated to Ghana in all his aspects - the Ashanti of Kumasi, the populations in the north, Gurunsi and Lobi, the coast with the portogues castles, the town of Accra, the Krobo. With the possibility of going through Burkina Faso and Togo, where the trip begins and finishes.
Ouagadougou
from
1/4/2008
Lome
till
9/4/2008
Dipo Initiation
Ghana • 11 days
A wonderful occasion to participate to one of the most beautiful initiation ceremony in Africa, celebrated in the Krobo region, famous for its beads, some of which are often seen in the best African Art Galleries. Here beads are used for religious and esthetic purposes and have the magic power "to turn a child into a woman”!
Accra
from
19/4/2008
Accra
till
29/4/2008
Great traditional festivals
Ghana - Togo - Benin • 15 days
Two weeks of unique, fascinating adventure, 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
In Ghana Togo Benin with the photoreporter
Ghana - Togo - Benin • 11 days
The first travel with a photoreporter: Sergio Ramazzotti, journalist, writer, photorepoter of ParalleloZero, adrive the participants to discover not only three wonderful countries, ma how to take picturs during a trip!
Eleven days to participate to the great traditional festivals in Benin, Togo and Ghana, and to meet the most interesting people, from Krobo to Ashanti.
An extraordinary occasion, a very unique travel!
Accra
from
23/10/2008
Cotonou
till
2/11/2008
In Mali with the photoreporter
Mali • 13 days
The second travel with a photoreporter: Bruno Zanzottera, journalist, photorepoter of ParalleloZero, drive the participants to discover not only a wonderful country, ma how to take picturs during a trip!
Nearly two weeks to know one of the most beautiful country of West Africa: crossed by the river Niger, mostly desertic, Mali is famous for the mithycal town of Timbuctu and for the Dogon, ethnic group living since centuries on the Bandiagara falaise, preserving unique traditions.
Bamako
from
11/11/2008
Bamako
till
23/11/2008
Mali-Burkina Special
Mali - Burkina Faso • 11 days
A wonderful trip in the two central countries of West Africa, to discover fascinating towns, magic atmospheres, interesting populations: from Timbuctu to Mopti, from Djenne to Bobo Dioulasso, from Gaoua to Banfora, an unforgettable experience.
Bamako
from
19/12/2008
Bamako
till
29/12/2008
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 along 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
Masks Festival
Burkina faso • 14 days
Two weeks with the opportunity to explore one of the most interesting country of West Africa, and to focus on masks, as they are an occasion to celebrate and to communicate, in different regions, for all the traditional ethnic people who live there.
Ouagadougou
from
26/3/2009
Ouagadougou
till
8/4/2009
Great tribal festivals
Togo Ghana Benin • 12 days
An extraordinary program of twelve days which offers some of the most exciting experiences one can live in Togo, Ghana, Benin - the funerals of the Ashanti, the fire dance, voodoo ceremonis - with also the possibility of participating to the great Adae, the celebration of ten years of kingdom of Otumfour Osei Tutu II, king of the Ashanti sincel 1999.
A wonderful travel to be in touch with the best traditions of these three African countries.
Lome
from
21/4/2009
Lome
till
2/5/2009
Ghana Adae and Dipo
Ghana • 8 days
One week dedicated to Ghana, one of the most interesting countries in West Africa, to participate to the great Adae, the celebration of ten years of kingdom of Otumfour Osei Tutu II, king of the Ashanti sincel 1999 and to one of the most beautiful initiation ceremony in Africa, celebrated in the Krobo region, famous for its beads, some of which are often seen in the best African Art Galleries. An extraordinary occasion to go deep in African rhythms and colours.
Accra
from
24/4/2009
Accra
till
1/2/2009
Mali, Guinea, Guinea Bissau
Mali - Guinea Conakry - Guinea Bissau • 12 days
A real african experience in a country untouched by tourism, very rich in wild nature with his savannas and forests, and with interesting populations which still have their traditions dating from centuries.
The adventure starts in Mali, but it is mostly focused on Guinea: to discover Bassari animist traditions, to meet Peul of Fouta Djalon and Tomà near the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia. We will make the experience of liane bridge, then along the Samory trail and finally in Guinea Bissau three days of navigation among Bijagos archipel.
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
Bamako
in
21/11/2009
Dakar
out
2/12/2009
Essakane Music Festival
Mali • 14 days
From savanna to desert, two weeks which highlight is Essakane Festival: an extraordinary experience full of life, color, emotions.
It is the more untypical Festival in the world, two-hour drive from Timbuktu, in the very middle of Sahara.
Bamako
in
4/1/2010
Bamako
out
17/1/2010
Journey into the magic - Special Ouidah
Benin • 10 days
A program dedicated to the fascinating little country on Guinea Gulf, to merge into the magic atmosphere of voodoo and feticheurs, to admire ancient castles, colorful markets, big palaces, villages on the water, and to relax along a wonderful seaside.
Speciale departure dedicated to voodoo festival in Ouidah.
Cotonou
in
8/1/2010
Cotonou
out
17/1/2010
Tour to Mali - Special Segou Music Festival
Mali • 10 days
Founded in 1852, Segou, capital of the ancient Bambara kingdom, has an undeniable charm which is well worth discovering. Ancient kingdom of culture and tradition, Segou has inspired numerous writers and historians. Among the most famous is Maryse Condé.
Segou is also the site where Mungo Park , the first European in modern times, gazed upon the Niger River . When he arrived he ‘fell to his knees, thanked God, and drank from the muddy water.' (Mark Jenkins, To Timbuktu .
We reach Segou after a complete tour of Mali and we attend A GREAT MUSIC FESTIVAL. Stage on the river!
For more informations: transafrica@transafrica.biz
Bamako
in
29/1/2010
Bamako
out
07/02/2010
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
2/3/2009
13/4/2009
25/5/2009
6/7/2009
17/8/2009
28/9/2009
9/11/2009
21/12/2009
Accra
till
9/3/2009
20/4/2009
1/6/2009
13/7/2009
24/8/2009
5/10/2009
16/11/2009
28/12/2009
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
Ghana from North to South
Ghana • 13 days
Thirteen days to discover deeply this wonderful country, among the richest and most interesting of West Africa. From North, where live populations still not very well known, to South where it is possible to find evidences of colonial past, to the center, the realm of Ashanti, with the possibiliity of attending to the great traditional festival Akwasidae.
Accra
from
5/4/2009
11/11/2009
Accra
till
17/4/2009
23/11/2009
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.
Bamako
from
27/2/2009
27/3/2009
31/7/2009
30/10/2009
27/11/2009
25/12/2009
Bamako
till
13/3/2009
10/4/2009
14/8/2009
13/11/2009
11/12/2009
8/1/2010
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
Bijagos, Guinea and Mali
Guinea Bissau - Guinea Conakry - 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.
The adventure starts in Guinea Bissau, with three days of navigation among Bijagos archipel, then we enter in Guinea Conakry, to discover Bassari animist traditionsi, then we will meet Peul of Fouta Djalon and Tomà near the border with Sierra Leone and Liberia. We will make the experience of liane bridge, then alongla Samory trail and eventually along Niger, the griots' river.
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
23/2/2009
29/3/2009
27/12/2009
15/2/2010
20/3/2010
27/12/2010
Bamako
till
9/3/2009
12/4/2009
10/1/2009
7/3/2010
3/4/2010
10/1/2011
From 1985, always with the same enthusiasm.