| Day |
Date |
From - To |
Notes |
| 1 |
26th Dec |
Home - Portsmouth via
Heathrow |
9.15pm ferry - Heading
South |
| 2 |
27th Dec |
Portsmouth - Bilbao,
Spain |
|
| 3 |
28th Dec |
Bilbao - Tarifa |
|
| 4 |
29th Dec |
Tarifa - Tangier - Fez,
Morocco |
|
| 5 |
30th Dec |
Fez |
|
| 6 |
31st Dec |
Fez - Midelt |
|
| 7 |
1st Jan |
Midelt -
Er-Rachida
(or beyond) |
|
| 8 |
2nd Jan |
Er-Rachida -
Ait-Benhaddou |
Explore Dedes & Todra
Gorges |
| 9 |
3rd Jan |
Ait-Benhaddou -
Tafraoute |
|
| 10 |
4th Jan |
Tafraoute - Laayoune
|
Into Western Sahara |
| 11 |
5th Jan |
Laayoune - Dakhla
|
|
| 12 |
6th Jan |
Dakhla - Nouakchott
|
Into Mauritania &
Sahara |
| 13 |
7th Jan |
Nouakchott - Kiffa
|
Heading East |
| 14 |
8th Jan |
Kiffa - Nema |
|
| 15 |
9th Jan |
Nema - Medd-Allah
|
Mostly off- road |
| 16 |
10th Jan |
Medd-Allah - Timbuktu
|
Mostly off- road |
| 17 |
11th Jan |
Timbuktu/Essakane
|
Festival of Desert
(music) |
| 18 |
12th Jan |
Timbuktu/Essakane
|
Festival of Desert
(music) |
| 19 |
13th Jan |
Timbuktu - Douentza &
Dogon Country |
Heading South |
| 20 |
14th Jan |
Dogon Country
|
|
| 21 |
15th
Jan |
Dogon Country |
|
| 22 |
16th Jan |
Dogon Country - Mopti
|
Heading West |
| 23 |
17th Jan |
Mopti - Segou via
Mosque at Djenne |
World's biggest mud
building |
| 24 |
18th Jan |
Segou - Bamako
|
|
| 25 |
19th Jan |
Bamako |
|
| 26 |
20th Jan |
Bamako |
|
| 27 |
21st Jan |
Bamako - Home via
Casablanca, London, Manchester |
3.25 am flight
departure |