Knowing how to travel well is a skill: it entails exploring,
first-hand, the culture and spirit of the peoples that you visit, and
brings you into direct contact with their customs and traditions.
The philosophy that drives and characterizes these journeys is our will
and readiness to see the best of the country, at the most opportune moment,
in optimal conditions. These journeys are truly unique as they bring you
into contact with tribal festivals and cultural events, making the journeys
significantly more special.
The itineraries that feature in this series, are the fruit of years of
research: the exploration of new and different places, the meetings with
priests, kings and chiefs of the village, meetings with the spiritual
touchstones of village life (the ‘griots’ and the ‘marabuts’).
As a result we now have the opportunity to share with you the intricacies
of ancestral rites and voodoo ceremonies, the extraordinary clay-hewn
architecture of the region and the bright, vibrant, colorful markets.
As we follow these itineraries, we are always accompanied by guides who
can guarantee a sound knowledge and understanding of the terrain and of
the different ethnic peoples who live there – their history and
the thousand legends of their country.
Special trips can be organized with full hotel accommodation or with a
combination of hotel and tent accommodation – either way, the best
possible comfort is always provided for our clients, in the interior as
well as in the larger cities.
For special trips, we use vehicles adapted to African roads: in perfect
condition, equipped with air-conditioning and driven by experienced drivers.
Tran Africa provides camping equipment, with spacious tents, comfortable
mattresses, mobile shower units, tables, chairs and lamps.
Meals are particularly well prepared by professional chefs: predominantly
European dishes that integrate ethnic specialties and local produce, accompanied
by a choice of French, South African or Italian wines.
All the programs in calendar - the travels with a single departure and those with many departures during the year - do not include the international flight from the country of origin.
Special Trips are directed by Roberto Cerea.
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Departure |
Arrival |
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!
Special Trip
description
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Lome
from
30/7/2008
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Lome
till
13/8/2008
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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.
Special Trip
description
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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.
Special Trip
description
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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
 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.
Special Trip
description
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Lome
from
3/1/2009
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Lome
till
10/1/2009
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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.
Special Trip
description
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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
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.
Special Trip
description
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Bamako
from
25/1/2009
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Bamako
till
1/2/2009
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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.
Special Trip
description
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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
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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. Special Trip
description
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Lome
from
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.
Special Trip
description
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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
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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. Special Trip
description
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Bamako
from
1° and 3° Friday of each month
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Bamako
till
next Saturday
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| To go to the past catalogue of TransAfrica travels |
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