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Gerewol Festival and nomadic cultures (Sept 2021)

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10-day trip to Chad in September 2021, where we will attend the Gerewol Festival of the Wodaabe and meet the country’s fascinating nomadic cultures.
10-day trip to Chad in September 2021, where we will attend the Gerewol Festival of the Wodaabe and meet the country’s fascinating nomadic cultures.
TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
  • Travel style Ethnic-Cultural
  • Departure N’Djamena, September 2021
  • Arrival N’Djamena, September 2021 
  • Duration: 10 days / 9 nights
  • Group size 8 passengers minimum – 12 passenger max
  • Transport: 4 × 4 
  • Accommodation 20% Hotel – 80% Camping
  • Price: 2.400€
  • More information at info@kumakonda.com

GEREWOL FESTIVAL 2020 POSTPONED

Departure for 2020 postponed to 2021 due to the international pandemic situation

Gerewol Festival and nomadic cultures (Sept 2021)

In this trip to Chad of ethnic character, we will visit some of the most fascinating nomadic groups of the country, such as the Wodaabe, the Danedji - Kanoumoudji, the Alidjam and the Arabs.

  • Gerewol Chad
    Gerewol 2019
  • Gerewol
    Gerewol 2019
  • Gerewol
    Gerewol 2019
  • Gerewol
    Gerewol 2019
  • Gerewol
    Gerewol 2019

In addition, we will attend the Gerewol festival for three days, one of the most important cultural shows in this part of the African continent.

The Wodaabe and the Gerewol Festival in Chad

September, end of rainy season. Every year in the surroundings of Dourbali, about 120 kilometers from the capital of Chad, two large Wodaabe family clans (the Sudosukai and the Japto) come together for an impressive beauty contest known as Gerewol.

The Gerewol Festival is a ceremony where the men dance and compete to be the most beautiful and the women are judges and can choose their future husband.

  • Gerewol
  • Gerewol Chad
  • Gerewol
  • Gerewol

A unique opportunity to relate and find a partner, before these families of nomadic shepherds, separate their paths in search of better pastures.

For the Wodaabe or Bororo there are three essential reasons in life. The first relates to their personal appearance, the second to their cattle and the third to their family and relations with their clan.

The Wodaabe consider themselves the most beautiful people in the world.

We'll see how the Wodaabe are an unmistakable ethnicity. Men wear robes and turbans and women wear black robes. Both wear numerous geometric facial tattoos.

  • Gerewol
  • Gerewol Niger
  • Gerewol
  • Gerewol
  • Gerewol Chad
  • Gerewol Chad

Cultures and nomadic peoples of Chad

In September water and pastures are abundant in the Chari region - Baguirmi and different clans and nomadic Fulani ethnicities concentrate with their cattle around Dourbali.

Gerewol

With the help of our local contacts, we will reach two different transhumant camps, where we will have the opportunity to meet two Fulani subgroups: the Alidjan and the Danedji - Kanoumoudji.

The nomads Danedji - Kanoumoudji differ among other things, of other nomadic groups peuls of the region, in that they only possess white cebues. They are also recognisable by the incredible beauty of the women, their colourful clothes and the huge rings they wear on their ears and nose.

Trips to Chad

  • Kanoumoudji Chad
  • Kanoumoudji Chad
  • Kanoumoudji Chad
  • Kanoumoudji Chad
  • Viajes a Chad
  • Viajes a Chad

We will continue our journey through Chad travelling 250 km north in search of the large nomadic Arab camps (Aoulad Rachid). We will spend two nights with the nomads Aoulad Rachid.

  • Gerewol
  • Arabs Chad

If you want to know more about the Wodaabe and the Gerewol Festival of Chad, visit this post of our blog

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DETAILED ITINERARY

Day 1 

  • Arrival in N’Djamena, capital of Chad.
  • Transfer to the hotel in local taxis, free day to visit N’Djamena
  • The passport will be given to the tour organizer to register with the police. Registration fee included.
  • Night in the Mercure Chari Hotel of N’Djamena.

Day 2, Alidjam nomad camps

  • Early in the morning we will travel in 4 × 4 Toyota vehicles to Dourbali.
  • We will pick up our local contact, who will tell us where are the different nomadic camps that we will visit.
    Camps of the nomads Alidjan
  • Camping

Day 3, Kanoumoudji nomad camp

  • We will travel to the transhumant settlements of the Kanoumoudji. The women are distinguished by their incredible beauty and their colourful clothes.
  • Camping

Day 4, 5, 6 Gerewol

  • Festival Gerewol
  • Camping

Day 7, 8 Festival in Arabs nomads camp

  • We will travel north in search of the Arab nomad camps.
  • Camping

Day 9 Back to N’Djamena

  • Hotel Mercure Chari

Day 10 End of the trip

  • Transfer to the airport

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THIS TRIP INCLUDES

  • Transport in 4x4 during the trip. Three or 4 passengers plus driver per vehicle 
  • All necessary government permits to travel to Chad. 
  • Police registration in N'Djamena
  • Letter of invitation to Chad, required for obtaining the visa.
  • Guide / organizer of the Spanish trip. Responsible for Kumakonda
  • Chadian guide 
  • Different local guides when necessary
  • Cooks - 3 meals a day during the route
  • Tents for two people
  • Sleeping mattresses
  • Complete camping equipment
  • Two nights in hotel in N'Djamena in double room. Hotel with all facilities Bed and breakfast regime
  • Transfers from and to the airport
  • FESTIVAL GEREWOL  WOODABE
  • Attendance for three days at the Gerewol festival
  • Three or four litres of water per person per day for personal hygienic. 
  • NOMADS ARABS
  • During two days we will visit the nomad camps of the Arabs

THIS TRIP DOES NOT INCLUDE

  •  Flights
  • Travel insurance
  • Taxis in N'Djamena
  • Visa
  • Drinks (mineral water, soft drinks / alcoholic beverages )
  • Tips for local staff, not mandatory

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