Kabara is a small town in Mali on the Niger River, the port for Timbuktu. It is 8 km (5 mi) to the south of Timbuktu and is connected to an arm of the Niger River by a 3 km (2 mi) canal. The town has at times in the past been linked to Timbuktu by an extension of the canal.

Kabara Kabara is a small town in Mali on the Niger River, the port for Timbuktu. It is 8 km to the south of Timbuktu and is connected to an arm of the Niger River by a 3 km canal.

The boat makes stops in Mopti and Koriome (or Kabara), the port town for Timbuktu. This boat only operates when the water is highest, though the Mopti - Timbuktu leg continues to run after the other parts are no longer navigable.

The sail from Koulikoro (Bamako's port) to Timbuktu takes three and a half days, and the Niger River is navigable generally from September 1st through January 1st. You may return to Bamako either by boat, plane, or vehicle; each of our three packages below offers one of these options.

Timbuktu is on the southern edge of the Sahara, 15 km (9+1⁄2 mi) north of the main channel of the Niger River. Dunes surround the town, and the streets are covered in sand. The port of Kabara is connected to an arm of the river by a 3 km (2 mi) canal.

Kabara is a small town in Mali on the Niger River, the port for Timbuktu. It is 8km (05miles) to the south of Timbuktu and is connected to an arm of the Niger River by a 3km (02miles) canal.

Kabara is a small town in Mali on the Niger River, the port for Timbuktu. It is 8 km (5 mi) to the south of Timbuktu and is connected to an arm of the Niger River by a 3 km (2 mi) canal.

Kabara may refer to: Kabara (title), for certain Hausa matriarchal rulers; Kabara, Haifa, former Palestinian Arab village; Kabara (Fiji), island of Fiji in the Lau archipelago; Kabara, Mali, town in Mali on the Niger River, the port for Timbuktu

Timbuktu was captured from the Tuareg in 1468. This gave the empire strong trans-saharan connections. He also took control of the river port at Kabara, an important link between land and water routes.

Kabara, the port of Timbuktu, is situated on one of the secondary branches ; but the main channel, at no great distance, is about a mile across. At times the river rises so that boats can approach the walls of she city proper; and in 1640 an exceptional inundation turned the central and lowest quarter into a lake.