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Travel to Mali

Flying to Mali

Mali's national airline is Air Mali (L9).

Flight times:

From Paris to Bamako is 5 hours 40 minutes.

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.

Travel by rail

There is a service from Bamako to Dakar (Senegal) which has air conditioning, sleeper facilities and restaurant cars (journey time - 35 hours).

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