Gaoui

Gaoui is located about 10km to the northeast. of N’Djamena Known for being the capital of the civilization of Sao,

The village of Gaoui  is the only one to host the vestiges of civilization of the Sao people. In its museum, you can see artifacts recovered during archaeological excavations, of the Sao civilization and more recent artifacts used by the Kotoko ethnic group, currently present in the village and in a part of Chad

 

 

What’s included
Private transport
museum entrance
local guide
What is excluded
drinks
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner

 

Good to Know

The Kotoko people live south of Lake Chad along the lower Logone and Chari Rivers in Chad and Cameroon and are also found in Nigeria Historically, the Kotoko trace their origins to the Sao people, early inhabitants of the Lake Chad area who converted to Islam beginning in the 16th century The Kotoko are not a unified group but exist in a series of small fortified city The Kotoko are primarily fishermen and to a much lesser degree agriculturalists They also generate income by exacting tribute from neighbouring peoples for agricultural, fishing and water transport

 

 

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