Understand
[edit]The city is told to be the hottest town in Africa. Until 1908 it was the colonial capital of French Sudan. The town is a stop of the Dakar-Bamako railway. The area is rich in iron and gold.
Get in
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Map of Kayes (city)
Kayes is on the railway between Dakar and Bamako, however due to the deteriorating of tracks international trains are suspended, leaving only a slow thrice-weekly service from Bamako.
- 1 Kayes railway station (Gare de Kayes) (Southwest of city centre).
Get around
[edit]See
[edit]- 1 Medina Fort (12 km east of Kayes, along the road to Bamako). Site of a major battle between the Toucouleur Empire and French colonizers. The fort still stands and is open to the public.
Do
[edit]Buy
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[edit]Sleep
[edit]- 1 Hôtel du Rail (In front of the railway station), ☏ +223 21 52 12 33.
Go next
[edit]Take a truck to Keniéba, in southwest Mali. One hell of a journey!