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Caravans Across the Desert

For centuries African peoples have traveled across the Sahara. Many truck and camel caravans still come to market in Kano, Nigeria, where caravaneers sell their goods and stock up on supplies for the long trip home.

  • Join a Tuareg salt caravan on one of the world's oldest trade routes.
  • Discover how people and camels depend on each other in the desert.
  • Visit with a Tuareg family in a goatskin tent near a desert pasture.
  • Barter for a camel saddle, a robe or an amulet at the Kurmi Market.

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