West Africa welcomes you.
Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Bénin, Niger, Guinea, Sierra Leone - and farther, when the itinerary calls for it. Tailored privately, or in small groups of a dozen travellers.
Two ways to travel with us.
Same philosophy - small footprint, deep contact, local hands on the wheel - whether you travel alone, as a couple, or with a group of curious strangers.
Next departures.
The next group tours on the calendar - small, lead-guided, and open to book.
Group tour
Mali & Timbuktu Tour
Five days in Mali timed around the 600-year celebration of Timbuktu's University Mosque - including the rare, community-led plastering of t…
Group tour
Timbuktu day trip
A rare, carefully-escorted one-day excursion to Timbuktu - flown in from Bamako, back the same evening.
Group tour
7-Day Journey Through Oases, Deserts and Ancient Cities in Mauritania
A slower Mauritania route centred on the oases and UNESCO libraries - Atar, Chinguetti, Ouadane, and the Adrar plateau.
Seven countries, closely known.
Each destination is led by a team that lives there - real guides, real logistics, real accountability.
Mali - kingdoms of the Sahel
Once a prosperous kingdom of scholars and traders, Mali today is one of the poorest countries on Earth - and…
Burkina Faso - land of the sincere people
Named by Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso means literally "the country of honest men." Some sixty ethnic groups,…
Togo - a thin green country
One of Africa's smallest nations - a 700 km strip from the Burkinabe border to the Atlantic, just 50–150 km w…
Bénin - where voodoo lives
Historically complex - royal kingdoms, the slave coast, French colonization, independence - and today one of…
Niger - desert, river, oasis
A Saharan country named after its mighty river. Giraffes at Kouré, the Guérewol ritual of the Wodaabe Fula pe…
Guinea - the adventurous one
Our most adventurous destination. Minimal tourism infrastructure, extraordinary landscapes - the Fouta Djalon…
Sierra Leone - beaches, forests, open water
"Salone" - as people call it - is our most tropical destination. Good roads, a laid-back capital, beaches on…
Papillon turned a two-week holiday into the trip we still talk about years later - they know these countries the way only people who live there can.
Ready to start designing your journey?
Tell us about your dates, pace and the flavours you're after. We'll come back with a shortlist of itineraries and an honest quote - usually within a working day.