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Saharan Adventure Destination - Gao, Mali

Environment - The Niger River & the Sahara Desert meet in this one enchanting and ancient trading post

Best Times To Visit - High Tourist Season from mid-December through March or Secondary Tourist Season from September through mid-December

Best Sites to See in Gao - The Pink Dune, Tomb of the Askias, Maison des Artisans, Gao Markets, Museum of the Sahel, Djebok & Wabaria Animal Markets, Hippos of Tasharan, Tuareg Festival of Anderamboukane, San�ye

Best Circuits to Gao - Niger River cruises to Timbuktu or further, Sahara Desert camel treks to Gao

Best Spots Near Gao - Hombori, Douenza, Kidal, Dogon Country, Migratory elephants of Gossi

Other Great Spots to Visit in Mali - Timbuktu, Dogon Country, Djenn� Mud Mosque, S�gou, Bamako, the waterfalls at Woroni

Tour Guides - Not required but helpful, prices negotiable, use registered, official guides only

Visas / Who Cards - Required prior to arrival in Mali, contact your closest Malian Embassy

Getting to Gao by Air - Point-Afrique (Weekly charter flight from France, December - March)

Getting to Gao by Bus - Daily Bamako-Gao bus service with Bani Transport, Bink� Transport, and SONEF Transport

Getting to Mali by Air - Air France, Royal Air Maroc, Air Senegal International, Point-Afrique, Air Ivoire, Ethiopian Airways

People in Gao - Majority - Songha�, Tuareg, Arab; Minority - Berber, Bambara, Dogon, Peuhl, Yoruba, Daoussahaq

Languages in Gao - French, Songha�, Tamashek, Arab, Daoussahaq

Mali Telephone Country Code - 223

Malian Currency & Exchange Rate - CFA, floats against the US $ but approximately 440 CFA to $1 (July 2008), fixed against the Euro at 656 CFA to �1.  The CFA is also the currency in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Togo, Guinea-Conakry, Niger, and Benin.

Planning Your Trip

Getting to Gao

Travel Agencies

Tour Guides

Best Times to Visit

Visas / Who Cards

Gao Trip Planner

Gao Tourist Map