Destination Mali
Book your air tickets to Mali right away. The River Niger runs through this West African country and it is a land of contrasts, with sand dunes, savannah woodlands, lively towns and traditional pink sandstone villages cut out of the cliffs.
Start your trip to Mali by exploring Bamako, with its colourful markets and museums. Other sites you simply mustn’t miss include the Mosque of Komoguel in Mopti, the cliffs of Bandiagara, the Mosque of Djenné and the legendary Timbuktu, a famous stop on the route across the Sahara.
The temperatures are very high and regularly rise above 40 °C. The volume of rainfall is variable - although it is low in the north, it rains for three to four months in the south. The rainy season – which mainly affects the south – takes place between July and September. The Harmattan, a desert wind, blows through the towns between December and February.
Rice is everywhere you look in Malian cuisine and is used in various ways, especially with a tomato, onion and pepper based sauce (riz au gras), groundnuts (tika dégué) or a mixture of wild herbs, shea butter and beef (fakouhoye). You’ll be able to try all different kinds of couscous and won’t be able to avoid Tô, ground millet served with gombo sauce.
Your flight to Mali with Aigle Azur
If you’re planning a trip to Mali there are two direct regular flights to the country leaving from Paris-Orly Sud every week . Fly off to Bamako with Aigle Azur !
