Tourist Entertainment Guide For Mali

Bamako has luxury hotels complete with restaurants that serve international cuisine. Local food such as beef brochettes and fried plantains are available almost around every street corner in the city. In the rest of the country, you may not get cuisine from around the world, but they’ll dish you up tasty Malian cuisine at very affordable rates. To stay healthy, eat hot food and avoid fruit that has been cut or peeled.

There are many popular nightclubs in Bamako, Mopti and Djenne featuring recorded music and, rarely, live-bands. Some stay open late for drinks and dancing. Timbuktu has a couple of beer joints for the parched and thirsty folk.

Crafts and artefacts are the best souvenirs you can buy at Mali. The most famous market of ‘Grand Marche’ in Bamako sells everything from beads, indigo cloth, blankets and jewellery to African spices and masks. It is a great idea to buy African masks from the carver and hear the ancient tale behind the mask you’ve chosen.