World Festivals, Sahara & Huge Discounts

The Sahara, An Adventure Worth Having

May 2007	Edition 015


	The Sahara beckons once again. Our season of Sahara trips starts in September and go through to March and we have three programmes that feature this amazing desert. For the ultimate in desert adventure, we highly recommend our 16 night, Discover the Moorish Sahara in Mauritania (cool video on this page). This excellent value trip is very affordable and gives a real insight into life in the Sahara Desert, including visits to remote Ksours (wall villages) surrounded by dunes and to stunning oases. Check out this story from last years Sahara adventure. We then have a longer 5 week trip from the UK to Dakar in Senegal, which crosses Morocco, The Western Sahara, Mauritania and Senegal. Click here for full details of the Morocco & Trans Saharan overland adventure. My personal favourite, however, is our epic 27 night overland adventure journey down the Nile from Cairo to Khartoum in Sudan. This combines the splendours and ease of travelling in Egypt with the raw adventure of crossing the Sudanese Nubian Sahara. If you want a trip with a difference look at our Nile & Deserts of Egypt & Sudan.

21 Day Trip to Malawi's Lake of Stars Music 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. 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 local music scene and to join in. Click here for full details of the Lake of Stars Music Festival Click here for full details of the Lake of Stars trip details, dates and prices

Festival On The Niger - February 2008

	If you want the ultimate in West African Music Festivals 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. 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 2008 music festival of confirmed African musicians includes: Habib Koité, Les Go de Koteba, Toumani Diabaté, Oumou Sangaré, Tinariwen, Doussou Bagayogo, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Bassékou Kouyaté, Mah Kouyaté no 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.

The Festival Of The Desert

	The music Festival Of The Desert has become a phenomenon; such a phenomenon that we have now filled the music Festival of the Desert departure for 2007. We recommend anyone that was thinking of taking this trip, to serious look at the Festival on the Niger, as described above or book early for 2008. Click here for full details of both departures of our Sounds of the Sahara trip.

Rio Carnival 2007

	Rio Carnival was a huge success for Dragoman in 2007 and from the reports most of the Dragoman travellers had a great time. Our carnival 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 journo wrote this great report of the Dragoman Overland Rio Carnival trip

Rio Carnival 2008 - 40% Early booking Discount

	Book before August 31st and we will give you a cool 40% discountoff our Rio Carnival package for 2008 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.

Salvador Carnival 2008 - 15% Early booking Discount

	Dragoman Overland Adventure Travel, now run a brand new 19 night trip from Salvador to Rio that coincides with Salvador Carnival Bahia. If you book a Salvador Carnival Journey before August 31st 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.

20% OR 40% OFF Selected South America Trips

	If anyone is thinking of adventure travel to Peru and Ecuador in June and wants to trek an Inca Trail, visit Machu Picchu, hike through the Amazon Jungle or perhaps visit the Galapagos, then why not take advantage of this fantastic offer. 40% off XQC97 departure starting in Cusco on June 5th, finishing in Quito on July 6th. Click here for 40% Peru and Ecuador Deal If you book a trip after 1st May and before 31st August we will offer you 20% off any South America Escape or Discover style journeys that depart in May, June, July or August. The sooner you book these great offers, the better off you should be, as leave it too late and the flights can get expensive. Check here for our 20% Special Offers



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