The fact of being country of tourist destinations is generally due to the political stability, people hospitability, and indeed, the different offering sites. Many countries of West Africa and especially Mali welcome the chance of being among these countries where tourism is not a foreign word. This basic conception has given way to the emergence of many tourist companies among which are Balanzan Tours offering travel and discovery tours not only in Mali but also in West Africa. The tourism agency Balanzan Tours is proposing Timbuktu, Dogon Country ( trekking tours with local guides), Djenné, Gao, Bamako, Sikasso, Mopti, Mandé country…discovery tours and is succesfully attending the different music festivals. The website portrays important information on Mali, useful addresses, ordinary and festival itineraries with their prices’ list section. In fact, to meet your requirements Balanzan Tours’ itineraries are flexible as far as possible, this implies that we are open to your suggestions and comments. The more you consult this website the more you will be informed. Being always at your disposal, receive greetings from all the office personal of Balanzan Tours. Awbissillah Mali la (welcome in Mali) Surrounded by seven countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Guinea, the Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal; the republic of Mali is located in West Africa. With a population more than 12,000,000 inhabitants and a surface of 1, 240, 000 Km², Mali is considered to be one of the largest countries in Africa. The official language is French and Bamanakan one of the local languages, is the most spoken language. Islam is the main religion about ninety percent of the people are muslims, about two percent are christians and animism, the traditional religion is still practised. The land is mainly flat where desert and savannah are met. The country climate belongs to the category of subtropical and arid arrosed by two important and great rivers: the Niger and the Senegal rivers. In fact, there are two main seasons the rainy season from late May to September and dry season from October to April. From October to March the weather is finer than April and May. The north is hotter than the south part in Mali. From November to February is the ideal period for tourism it is cold . The climate day is between 22°C and 32°C; night is between 15°C and 25°C. Great natural reserves cover about a surface of 4 458 280 ha favourizing Saharan tourism, river tourism and especially ecotourism. The desert creatures include desert foxes, gazelles, gerbils, giraffes and other animals which can be seen as antelopes, leopards, lions, baboons, elephants in the Gourma and hippopotamuses along the Niger river. Mali is historically known for its great empires (Ghana Empire, Mali Empire and Songhoï Empire) which have really contributed to human and universal civilization. To do so, the country has 4 world heritage sites declared by UNESCO: Timbuktu, for its mosques, Djenné, a thousand architectural city built at its largest mud mosque image, Dogon country, the fascinating and magic place and Gao with the Askias’ Tomb. Nowaday, other cities as Bamako, Mopti, Ségou, Sikasso, Kayes…should welcome the chance to be visited because of their famous touristic sites. To do so, you will find below a brief comment on places claiming to be more touristic. |