Timbuktu day trip
A rare, carefully-escorted one-day excursion to Timbuktu - flown in from Bamako, back the same evening.
Upcoming departures.
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11 Oct 2026 1 daysPlaces available€2,100 per person
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Access to Timbuktu is currently only possible through tightly coordinated day-charters. We fly in from Bamako in the morning, spend the day on a guided walking tour of the manuscript libraries, the Djingareyber Mosque, and the Sankoré quarter, and fly back the same evening.
Day by day.
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Day 1
11 Oct 2026Bamako - Timbuktu - Mopti - Bamako
Bamako · Timbuktu · Mopti
- Morning private charter to Timbuktu
- Three adobe mosques; explorer houses; high manuscript library
- Ethnological museum; Well of Buktu; traditional Touareg dance; camel ride
- Lunch
- Flight to Mopti (Venice of Mali): fish market, adobe mosque, river boat
- Flight back to Bamako; hotel for shower and dinner
- Evening airport transfer
Overnight
Bamako hotel - Day-use only
What's included
- Return charter flight Bamako ↔ Timbuktu
- Ground transport and escort in Timbuktu
- Guided walking tour
- Lunch in Timbuktu
What's not included
- Accommodation in Bamako (arranged separately)
- Mali visa
- Personal expenses
Ready to join this journey?
Tell us your party size and any preferences - we'll come back with availability, a formal quote and next steps.