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Mali road info
Hi guys we will be Mali next week , any info on the road following the river from kayes to Kita ... Bamako I took it a while back and it was a rough piste.
Thanks Hendi |
Two years ago the chinese had finished Bafoulabé to Manantali. Remained 100 kilometers piste to Kita. Talks of a building a bridge at the river intersection at Bafoulabé, where the Black (Bafing) and the White (Bakoy) river meet to form the fleuve Senegal.
https://www.google.se/maps/place/Baf...!4d-10.8345647 The road from Kayes was closed at the time, after a bridge collapsed. |
Thanks for the info.
We were looking for a more scenic road than the major highways. |
Try asking in https://www.facebook.com/groups/OverlandingAfrica/ quite a few travelling west africa
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So good combination - nice road and little traffic. Many scenic villages. Lots of nice pistes going all directions also. And don't miss the Cool Camp at Manantali, where you swim and fish in the Bafing river. Manantali is the hydropower project that supplies Bko with electricity. |
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Thanks look like a plan, we are in Cap Skirring now but will be back on the road next week.
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Cap Skirring sounds nice. Hope to be there in January
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1. If you're in Cap Skirring, do go & say hello to The Little Baobab in Abene ... you'll find other posts on Simon Fenton who unfortunately left us in May this year but his widow is still running the auberge!
2. The road from the Senegal/Mali crossing at Moussala to Kenieba - Kati - Kita and onto Bamako was in excellent condition last December, I roared along it in my van averaging 110kph apart from the speed bumps on edges of villages (check my blog for photos!) It was certainly scenic, adored it!! |
Kenieba - Kita is rather booring compared to Bafoulabé - Kita
not on the map for some reason but a modern highway probably the best goudron in Mali I drove it once looking for interesting detours but didn't find any |
Does this mean there is now a proper highway from Kayes to Manantali? Followed the river route a few years ago and it was really rough going with several dry, rocky river beds to cross. Took us three days to get to Kita! But amazing country. If they’ve built a sealed road, that’s an achievement in itself!
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Kenieba - Manantali is pretty interesting still, though...possibly too interesting for some, but definitely nice and scenic ;) Route as tracked on map at: https://www.veganwithoutfrontiers.com/story/ |
May I piggyback on this thread please? I am in Senegal at present and in January will head towards Ghana/Nigeria. My question is about the best route from Banjul to Burkina Faso/Ghana.
I rode recently from Kayes (Mali) to Tambacounda (Senegal) and the road was very poor from the border to Tambacounda. I am told the road SE from Tambacounda to Kedougou and on to Mali border is very good but don’t know how the road is from there to Kenieba and on to Bamako. Chloe/Creer, I saw your earlier post in this thread but wasn’t sure if it described this route. and FWIW I returned to Abene to le petit baobab again and had a pleasant time so would recommend it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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"not on the map for some reason but a modern highway probably the best goudron in Mali" |
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Thanks Priffe. For some reason the people I spoke to yesterday on the road to Kedougou were very doubtful about the road from the border to Kenieba and beyond, so it’s good to get your actual experience Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Are you heading down through CI or not?? Glad you enjoyed your time at Little Baobab!!! They're hosting bike tours of the region now with Scoot West Africa! Thrilled the travelling community is supporting the family! |
Chloe: present plan is to ride from Banjul in January to Ghana and beyond. So suspect that rules out CI (sorry!) at least on the way out.
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