Kayes (city)

Kayes is a city in the Kayes Region on the river Senegal in the West African country of Mali.

Understand
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
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.



Go next
Take a truck to Keniéba, in southwest Mali. One hell of a journey!