Things to see and do Gao & Kidal Region

This magnificent dune plunges into the waters of the river. The site is accessible by canoe. There are also beautiful beaches in the surrounding area. The best time to go is the sunset. Take an hour to get there. Plan between CFAF 20 000 and CFAF 25 000.

A small museum featuring the habitat, costumes and tradionnels objects of the Tuareg and the Songhai peoples. See if you have some time.

The site was classified as UNESCO World Heritage on 30 June 2004. It was built in 1495 by Emperor Askia, Mohamed Askia, after his pilgrimage to Mecca. Very well preserved, it also houses the bodies of ten imams. The pyramid structure of the building, erect with piles, contrasts with the cubic architecture of the terrace houses. Déchaussez you before you enter. From the top of the tomb, we have a magnificent view of the city and the desert. The price of the visit is CFAF 1 500.

Legend tells that two brothers of the same mother, but not the same father (one songhai, the other tamashek) had decided to fight. The mother tried to interfere, but they didn't hear it. God would then have turned into a rock.

It is a small cylindrical stone. This is where the people came to make sacrifices when the village had problems.

It is said that a prophet came to pray near the cave. When he began his prayers, a dog began to bark and the prophet had no time to finish. By entering the cave, the visitor can discover some paintings that represent the traces of the hands and feet of the prophet. According to legend, the place could have been Mecca if the prophet had finished his prayer.

This crystalline massif, located in the heart of the desert, is located in one of the most beautiful regions of the Sahara. The landscape, lunar, consists of large black rocks and craters. Tuareg huts and wells are one of the few animations in this sorry spectacle. The Tuareg of the Adrar are legendary hospitality.

The Adrar can only be a reason for travel to Mali. The Adrar has many rock engravings of great aesthetic quality that represent the fauna that lived there 6 000 years ago: elephants, rhino, giraffes… Today only few rare headlines still haunt the rocky walls of the massif. They also include gazelles, antelopes, hyenas, and several species of snakes.

Located 6 km from Gao, it contains numerous funeral stelas of the th century. One of them, in marble, was reportedly burned in Almira, Spain.

Excavations revealed traces of a mosque dating from Kankou Moussa in the th century. Counting 500 FCFA for visiting the site, there is unfortunately - for the moment - a lot of things to see.