The Itinerary Mali itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Mali, each 7 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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- West Africa
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Planning a trip to Mali
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Nov–Feb — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 7 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 600 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Embassy or consulate in advance. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Bamako · Ségou · Djenné (conditional).
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Best for: The largest mud-brick building on earth, and an honest account of what is now out of reach
Mali in 7 days: Bamako, Ségou and the mosque at Djenné — and the three-quarters you cannot reach
Bamako → Ségou → the Niger → Djenné (conditional) → Bamako
A mosque of hand-moulded earth that its whole town replasters in a single morning, the river that made three empires rich, and the music this country exports to the world — alongside Timbuktu, Gao and the Dogon cliffs, which are UNESCO-listed, extraordinary, and currently unreachable.
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