Gao Region What to Expect

There are basically two options as far as getting to Gao, you will either go via the Niger or via the road.  Between Mopti/Sevare and Gao you really need to take a bus but between Timbuktu and Gao you can choose to either take a boat down the Niger River or take a 4WD through the Sahara.  The river option is great if you have a few days and can either coordinate it with the Comanav ferry or have enough spare cash to hire your own boat, otherwise you're looking at a very long, fairly uncomfortable, but kind of cool 4WD trip through the desert in the middle of the night.  Getting to and from Gao is nothing if not an adventure!

I was in Gao in either December 1997 or in January 1998. I was on my way to Mopti after spending a couple of days in the Dogon country. There is a nice mosque to visit

In Goa there is a nice mosque to visit, though, it is not as impressive as the one that you can see in Djenne

There are basically two options as far as getting to Gao, you will either go via the Niger or via the road.  Between Mopti/Sevare and Gao you really need to take a bus but between Timbuktu and Gao you can choose to either take a boat down the Niger River or take a 4WD through the Sahara.  The river option is great if you have a few days and can either coordinate it with the Comanav ferry or have enough spare cash to hire your own boat, otherwise you're looking at a very long, fairly uncomfortable, but kind of cool 4WD trip through the desert in the middle of the night.  Getting to and from Gao is nothing if not an adventure!

I was in Gao in either December 1997 or in January 1998. I was on my way to Mopti after spending a couple of days in the Dogon country. There is a nice mosque to visit

In Goa there is a nice mosque to visit, though, it is not as impressive as the one that you can see in Djenne