Papillon Reizen specializes in tailor-made and group tours in West Africa.
Discover the magic of Mali this December with our special Budget Tour!
Dive into Mali's rich traditions, marvel at its breathtaking landscapes, and immerse yourself in the vibrant spirit of West Africa. With limited seats and the date drawing near, now's the perfect time to secure your spot for an unforgettable journey. Learn more and book now on our website:
https://papillonreizen.com/mali-december-budget-tour/
Here's to lucky number 13! 🎉 Today, Papillon Reizen turns 13 and we're thrilled to celebrate this milestone amidst the vibrant colors and pulsating rhythms of the Afrika Festival in Hertme. As we look back on the countless adventures and unforgettable memories, we are grateful for your trust, support, and shared passion for exploring Africa's stunning landscapes and rich cultures. Come join us at our stand today, let's toast to the past and plan for future adventures together. Here's to many more years of discovering the magic of Africa. Happy Birthday to us! 🥂🌍
Our Togo & Bénin Voodoo Festival tour is next month: join us for this unique journey as we will dive deep into the vodun culture and history.
We still have a few spots available!
https://papillonreizen.com/togo-benin-voodoo-tour/
Nothing better than enjoying the natural beauty of Fouta Djallon, Guinea, in the morning ☀️
Our group tour to Guinea and Sierra Leone will be published soon, more details to come!
Timbuktu, Dogon mask dances and Festival Sur Le Niger in Ségou. Join us for this journey to discover the highlights and the high life of Mali!
We have a very special journey for you. Our festivals tour of Mali will take you to the famous Festival Sur Le Niger in Ségou, where the best musicians from all over the country will perform, as well as the Dogon festival in Bamako. We’ll get the chance to attend many of the events happening arou...
Our new website is now live!
Want to join a group tour, explore the wilderness of West Africa or simply prepare your next dream adventure? We got you covered.
We have many more surprises to come, stay tuned 🦋
Looking forward to greeting you soon, for a journey to remember
Papillon Reizen specializes in tailor-made and group tours in the West African countries of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mauritania, Togo, Benin, Guinea and Sierra Leone. We love to share our love for West Africa, its people and cultures with you in small-scale theme-based group trips and tailor-made....
Thanks for traveling with us!
The magic of Mali will leave its mark on every visitor 🇲🇱
Mali is absolutely one for the adventurous couple. We faced many challenges along the way and things can be really disappointing we had to remind ourselves several times that to truly learn and und…
What a beautiful day for a tour of Djenné and its legendary mosque, a place full of history!
We are currently offering private journeys to Djenné, stay tuned for our upcoming joined tours in December 🇲🇱
It's always a good day for a sunset cruise on the Niger River, here with our guide Djibril!
Sambé sambé Mali ka yerema horonya sambi woro nifla 🇲🇱
Happy Independance day to Mali! From all of us at Papillon Reizen we wish peace and unity to Africa and the world 🌍
All of us at Papillon Reizen wish you an amazing year to remember!
To start things off, our first joined group tour of 2022 brings us to the mystic town of Dédougou, in Burkina Faso, where we will partake in the yearly Mask Festival. An unique opportunity to experience the local culture and beliefs with a like-minded group of fellow travelers!
The journey starts on February 27th, all infos here:
http://www.papillonreizen.com/66-our-trips/88-round-trip-burkina-faso.html
May the warmth and colors of the African continent bring a smile to your face and lighten up your heart this holiday season.
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We are feeling quite excited launching the Papillon Fairtrade website, which offers us new ways to share the beauty of Mali with you. Looking forward to serving you in new ways.
The Papillon Fairtrade webshop offers virtual tours about Mali, books written by the company’s founder and carefully for you selected handmade and hand-picked fairtrade products from West Africa.
The village of Dougouba has a beautiful mosque. A village visit is not recommended for everybody, though. In an upcoming virtual tour Ibrahim takes us to Dougouba. Stay tuned.
Dougouba est une ville située sur la route entre Ségou et Markala. Il a été crée l'année qui a suivi l'ascension des Sacko au pouvoir à Wagadou (vers 1108). Il a été créé par des gens parlant la ngue Sénoufo et portant le patronyme Bouaré. Trente ans après, la ville fut détruite par les Fofana venus du nord. Les Bouaré finirent à s'émigrer vers le Bélédougou puis le Sosso où ils devinrent t**divement des rois.
Aux 12ème et 13ème siècles, les Bozo et Malinkés s’implantèrent dans la région de Ségou en fondant leurs propres agglomérations ou s’implantèrent dans celles existantes. C'est ainsi qu'arrivèrent dans ce pays les Traoré, les Sinayogo, les Tangara. Dougouba sera conquis par les Koné qui l'englobèrent au royaume de Sybola ; il fut aussi conquis par les royaume de Amouhya qui la détruisit. La ville fut reconstruite par les Fofana à l'ouest de l'ancien site après la création de l'empire du Mali (1230) avant d'être détruit cinq ans plus t**d par les Keita. La ville fut encore reconstruite par les Fofana sur l'emplacement actuel qui se trouve au sud du site détruit.
Entre les 12ème et 17ème siècles les Bambara y vinrent de Toron (actuelle république de Côte d’Ivoire). Des chefferies « massaya » furent crées à Sibla, Farakou, Kanigo, Kokri, Sama, Soké, Dô, etc. La plupart des chefs étaient du clan manding des Traoré. Les « massaya » reconnurent l’hégémonie de l’empire du Mali au milieu du 12ème siècle. Le pays de Ségou devint une province de l’empire du Mali, province dirigée par un prince dont la capitale était Dougouba ou Marakaduguba. Le dernier gouverneur malinké serait Massa Magan. Très cruel il fut victime d’un complot vers 1600. C’est ainsi que le pouvoir central connut un certain effritement. Les différents « massaya » retrouvèrent leur indépendance ou du moins une large autonomie.
Sources:
- Extrait d'un récit des Bagaga du Karta, in Recueil des traditions orales, Observatoires Indépendant de la culture, N°15, 2015
- Rapport d'inventaire du patrimoine culturel de la région de Ségou, Office malien de tourisme et de l’hôtellerie, rédigé par CEDREF, 2014
- Actes du Colloque de Mpèba, Festival sur le Niger, 2008
- Youba Bathily, Avant l'Empire du Ghana, Editions Mieruba, 2019, 80 pages, ISBN: (vente en ligne et en copie dure)
- Rois et Peuples de l'Empire du Ghana. Editions Kindle, 2018, ISBN : 978-1977034687. 76 pages (vente en ligne et en copie dure)
- Youba Bathily, Après l'Empire du Ghana. Entre les Empires du Ghana et du Mali. Editions Mieruba, 2019, 174 pages, ISBN: 9781796800616 (vente en ligne et en copie dure)
- Localisation Des Anciennes Occupations Humaines au Sahel: Selon La Tradition Orale. Editions Mieruba, Bamako, 2018, 190 pages, ISBN 978-1728957081 (vente en ligne et en copie dure)
- West Africa before the Empire of Ghana, Smashwords Editions, 2018, 82 p, ISBN: 9780463655139 (on sale online and broché)
Serge Sauvageot, Contribution à l'histoire du royaume bambara de Segou, XVIII et XIXe s: Textes oraux transcrits, traduits, suivis de notes historiques et linguistiques, University of Paris. - 433 pages
Bandiougou Danté, Cahier d’Histoire : Au pays de Ségou, paru dans Saniya Infos, 27 février 2012
Kassoum Coulibaly, Le grenier à mots, Observatoire de la diversité et des droits culturels, Rapport 2005, OIF
Where to travel to see wildlife? Lifney created a list including less-known jewels. We highly recommend Pendjari National Park in Benin; one of the rare places where you can spot the beautiful West African lion.
THERE AREN’T MANY TRAVEL EXPERIENCES more rewarding than having a close encounter with a wild animal in its natural habitat. Be it a tiger, a whale, or a platypus, it is about watching the animal
Kalabougou is a village located across the Niger river from Ségou (Mali). The village is known for its craftsmanship, particularly pottery of which the women of the village are traditionally employed in. The potters of Kalabougou are major suppliers of pottery for sale in Bamako, as well as to nearby Segou.
Kalabougou's women have traditionally been employed as pottery makers. About 2,000 pots are created a week and shipped off to be sold at markets across Mali. The villagers' prowess has attracted international attention.
Firings take place in Kalabougou every Saturday and Sunday in the late afternoon. By mid-afternoon, many women and their daughters have brought unfired pots from the compounds where they were made to the firing place, a process that takes many hours... When the women and girls have brought all the pots to the firing place, they begin to construct the mound by placing a layer of branches on the ground. The pots are positioned on and amid the branches and then grass is piled high to complete the mound... When a mound is completed and the ground around has been swept clean of residual combustible material, a senior potter lights the fire...
It's not uncommon in a rainy season storm for boats to set out on a journey without a captain, or to go under.
Yesterday our team faced their biggest test ever. One of our beauties had sunk during the night. About twenty people (and a 4WD) joined forces, several of them ignoring their weakened bodies, spending hours in the cold river.
Feeling super proud of all of them, for showing the spirit and teamwork to bring this beauty back to the surface and make her float again.
Today the 'damage report' is made, and repair works are started.
🙏 Grateful for our amazing team members and friends! 🙏
Ségou's mask museum is getting shape.
Beautiful Yendouma Ato in Dogon country.
Beautiful Djenné, a UNESCO world heritage site for its adobe buildings and traditional architecture.
💚💛♥️ Happy Independence Day to all Malians. History was written 60 years ago, and continues to be written today. 💚💛♥️
Thank you, Andrew, for your support in this time. It means the world to us and our team. We hope you enjoyed your Malian meal.
Photos by Wombat reisboeken from their (long time ago!) trip to Timbuktu. Enjoy.
Dogon country memories by Wombat reisboeken. Thanks for sharing, Ada.
Desert memories of
Beautiful faces of Mali by Ada Rosman-Kleinjan and Wombat reisboeken.
Looking forward to taking Ada and Jan on their next West African adventure.
Mali making the headlines, feels drawn to going through the photos of her Mali trip.
Thank you, Saskia Van Alphen and De Wereldwijven for thinking about us in these times of change in Mali.
Thank you to all who have reached out to us and have thought about us. We are happy to let you know that - in the midst of the political turmoil in Mali - all of our team members and their families are well and safe. 🙏
Nomad Mania's August 2020 podcast with host Ric Gazarian and guest Monique Teggelove. Papillon Reizen's founder answers questions about travel in Mali.
https://nomadmania.com/podcast.html
Recorded in June 2020
Always a pleasure to receive such a message:
How are you? How is everything going with Papillon Reizen? Hope there has been much interest in the virtual tours. I very much enjoyed these tours. They presented a good overview of Mali and have me very much looking forward to travel around Mali.
Thank you, Carolyn, we look forward to welcoming you to Mali when the time is right for travel.
Happy 60th Independence Day to Burkina Faso!
A few more colorful Mali travel memories from the Dutch travel writer Ada Rosman-Kleinjan.
Ada Rosman-Kleinjan's Mali travel memories.
Happy 60th Independence Day to Benin!
This article - featuring Burkinabe Ouedraogo Ben Aziz - about how the valuable African history has been banned from education is well-worth a read. (Google translate might be a good option if you don't understand Dutch.)
Human rights and everyone being of equal value was the foundation of Sundiata Keita's 13th century Manding empire.
Kouroukanfouga, and related sites are featured in our Manding virtual tour. Today is the final day to take advantage of our July offer to order it for €10.
http://www.papillonreizen.com/75-news/248-manding-country-virtual-tour.html
‘Waar stond Europa toen het Malinese rijk in de 13de eeuw al rond gelijke rechten was opgebouwd?’ Volgens Ouedraogo Ben Aziz verdient de Malinese koning Sundiata Keita een standbeeld. En belangrijker: we moeten zijn verhaal in de geschiedenisboeken integreren.
Happy Ied al-Adha to all Muslims.
Bonne fête de Tabaski à tous et toutes.
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