Things to do in Mali

Once one of the wealthiest centers of Islamic scholarship and trans-Saharan trade in the medieval world, its manuscripts represent one of the largest collections of West African written history on Earth.

A UNESCO World Heritage site and the largest mudbrick building in the world, rebuilt annually by the entire community in a centuries-old collective tradition.

A UNESCO World Heritage escarpment region holding villages built into dramatic cliff faces, reflecting one of West Africa's most distinctive traditional architectural and cultural landscapes.

Centuries-old handwritten manuscripts on astronomy, law, and Islamic scholarship, painstakingly preserved and, in recent years, partly evacuated for safekeeping amid the conflict.