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Mali
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Getting There
Mali
Getting There by Air
Mali’s national airline is Air Mali (L9).
Approximate Flight Times
From Paris to Bamako is 5 hours 40 minutes.
Main Airports
Bamako (BKO) is 15km (9 miles) from the city (journey time – 20 minutes). Taxis and a bus service into the city is available.
Departure Tax
CFAF10,000; for destinations in Africa CFAF8,000. Children under two years and transit passengers continuing their journey by same flight are exempt.
Getting There by Rail
There is a service from Bamako to Dakar (Senegal) which has air conditioning, sleeper facilities and restaurant cars (journey time – 35 hours).
Getting There by Road
The best road connections are from Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. There are also road links with Senegal, Guinea, Niger and Mauritania. The all-weather road follows the Niger as far as Niamey (Niger). Travel via the Algerian border is currently considered dangerous and not recommended.
Bus: Services operate from Kankan (Guinea) to Bamako, as well as from Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to Ségou and Mopti, and Niamey (Niger) to Gao. From Côte d’Ivoire there are also buses (journey time – at least 36 hours). From Niger, the national bus line SNTN operates buses to Mali.
Getting There by Air
Mali’s national airline is Air Mali (L9).
Approximate Flight Times
From Paris to Bamako is 5 hours 40 minutes.
Main Airports
Bamako (BKO) is 15km (9 miles) from the city (journey time – 20 minutes). Taxis and a bus service into the city is available.
Departure Tax
CFAF10,000; for destinations in Africa CFAF8,000. Children under two years and transit passengers continuing their journey by same flight are exempt.
Getting There by Rail
There is a service from Bamako to Dakar (Senegal) which has air conditioning, sleeper facilities and restaurant cars (journey time – 35 hours).
Getting There by Road
The best road connections are from Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso. There are also road links with Senegal, Guinea, Niger and Mauritania. The all-weather road follows the Niger as far as Niamey (Niger). Travel via the Algerian border is currently considered dangerous and not recommended.
Bus: Services operate from Kankan (Guinea) to Bamako, as well as from Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to Ségou and Mopti, and Niamey (Niger) to Gao. From Côte d’Ivoire there are also buses (journey time – at least 36 hours). From Niger, the national bus line SNTN operates buses to Mali.
Bus: Services operate from Kankan (Guinea) to Bamako, as well as from Bobo Dioulasso (Burkina Faso) to Ségou and Mopti, and Niamey (Niger) to Gao. From Côte d’Ivoire there are also buses (journey time – at least 36 hours). From Niger, the national bus line SNTN operates buses to Mali.
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