The Cure Salée is held each year in September.

Talak Adventure Travel was chosen as outfitter and guide for National Geographic when it filmed the "Super Croc" special in Niger.

CELEBRATIONS

There are a number of colorful and intriguing festivals which are held each year by the nomadic people of Niger. The Cure Salée and the Guerouel festival take place in September, the time for celebrating the recently-ended rainy season. The Cure Salée is a large gathering of Tuareg and Fulani herders from the plains of the In Gall region, lasting several days. The Guerouel brings together the Wodabe and Fulani cowherds. Made up and decorated in their most beautiful finery, they sing and dance to seduce the women who come to choose husbands.

The end of the rainy season is the time of many spontaneous and joyous celebrations among the Niger nomads, which your guides from Talak Adventure Travel will know how to find. These smaller celebrations retain an authenticity and spontaneity which sets them apart from the larger festivals

THE FESTIVAL OF THE AÏR

On December 27 each year the Tuareg come together in Iferouane for several memorable days of song, dance, crafts displays and camel races. A beautiful oasis ringed by mountains, Iferouane is only a day’s drive to the great dunes of the Tenere Desert. Spend Christmas or New Year’s there for a spectacular holiday experience.

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