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Southern Africa Music Festivals - Malawi's Lake of Stars Festival

It's 3000 kms to Lake Malawi, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses....

A first ever.... 21 days Jo'burg to Lilongwe, via South Africa, Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia. Think music, beaches, nightclubs, bars, wildlife, local villages, rhythm and culture. This is the Africa that the tourists miss, on a roadtrip of over 3000 kms up the Indian Ocean to Malawi, the Warm Heart of Africa.

West Africa music tours are now well known but who has heard of a southern Africa music tour? 22 different languages, a thousand different rhythms (give or take one or two), a shedload of nightclubs and bars and of course, the bands. In addition we will take you to one of the best wildlife parks in Africa. Time to check out the Africa music scene and to join in. On this Africa music tour, you will live Africa, see Africa, smell Africa and discover the rhythms and sounds of this incredibly audible continent

Click here for full details of the Lake of Stars Music Festival
Click here for full details of the Lake of Stars trip details and dates and prices

Please note: We will be travelling across remote areas of Africa and cannot guarantee where we will be staying each night. This tour is a musical raod trip.

 

 

West Africa Music Festivals - Festival On The Niger 2008

If you want the ultimate in West African Music tours you should try to get to the Festival on the Niger at Segou in Mali. Although not as famous as Mali's other big gig, the Festival of the Desert, our tour leaders and past passengers agree that it is far better.

Don't take our word for it, check out this article written by Mary Walker, one of this years passengers, Festival on the Niger

For those interested in the Festival on the Niger 2008, our February departure of the 21 day Sounds of the Sahara trip will not only take you to this amazing event but also show you the rest of Mali, with drumming workshops, boat trip up the Niger River to Timbuktu, trekking in the Dogon Area and Dogon mask dancing to name but a few.

The line up for Festival on the Niger 2008 includes: Habib Koité, Les Go de Koteba, Toumani Diabaté, Oumou Sangaré, Tinariwen, Doussou Bagayogo, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Bassékou Kouyaté, Mah Kouyaté n° 2, Papa Gaoussou Diarra, Lobi Traoré and Joep Pelt, Néba Solo, Vieux Farka Touré and his band

Then there's the puppetry, the poetry, the artwork and pottery and the sheer vibrance of this unique event on the banks of the Niger River. This is what makes the Festival on the Niger so much more of an all round experience that the Festival of the Desert.

The Festival Of The Desert 2008

The music Festival Of The Desert has become a phenomenon; such a phenomenon that we have now filled the music Festival of the Desert 2008 departure. We recommend therfore that anyone wanting to go of the 2008 Festival of the Desert trip, that you postpone your trip either to january 2009 or take the Festival on the Niger 2008 departure in February. Check out the Festival on the Niger as described.. Click here for full details of both departures of our Sounds of the Sahara trip

Please note: Both the festival of the Desert and the Festival of the Niger are very local events and there are few western amenities. They have not been designed for tourists and this is the real beuaty of them

 

South America Carnivals - Brazil Rio Carnival 2007

Rio Carniva 2007 was a huge success for Dragoman and the groups had a fantastic time. Our Rio carnival tour manager Hannah Constable worked tirelessly to ensure that all of the one hundred and fifty people that we had attending carnival, got to do and see as much as possible.

Again don't take our word for it, check out what one of our passengers thought of it. Diana Macadam, a freelance jouno was on our Rio Carnival tour and wrote this great report of the Dragoman Overland Rio Carnival 2007 trip

Rio Carnival 2008 - 40% Early booking Discount

Book before August 31st and we will give you a cool 40% discount off our Rio Carnival 2008 package, if you book it in conjunction with one of our Gaucho Adventure (TGA) overland trips. The Gaucho Adventure shows the best of Argentina and Brazil and gives you an amazing experience on a real life working Gaucho estancia (ranch) where you will ride out with gauchos across rolling Argentinean hills. Check out the pictures of our this great Argentinean adventure. Our Rio Carnival tour links directly into the Gaucho Adventure taking you from the land of the Gauchos to the parties of Rio in one big adventure

Call Dragoman on 01728 861133 or email sales@dragoman.co.uk to claim your 40% Early booking discount for Rio Carnival 2008.

Salvador Carnival Bahia 2008 - 15% Early booking Discount

Dragoman Overland Adventure Travel, now run a brand new 19 night trip from Rio to Salvador that coincides with Salvador Carnival Bahia.

If you book a Salvador Carnival Journey before August 1st 2007, we will give you a 15% discount.

What is the best kept secret in Brazil? Salvador Carnival Bahia. While other's bust a gut in the hordes in Rio, you could slide into a Samba in the unreal party atmosphere of Salvador Carnival Bahia. Ask a Brazilian which is the best Brazil carnival and the answer is usually Salvador.

 

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