15 Day itinerary in Senegal, Africa
On this fifteen day itinerary you will discover the secrets and magic of Senegal and Gambia.
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Learn about the history of the country in Goree Island
Discover the magnificent wildlife at Djoudj
Visit Touba holy city with its impressive mosque
Discover Wassu stone circle and River Gambia National
Learn about the history of the country in Goree Island
Discover the magnificent wildlife at Djoudj
Visit Touba holy city with its impressive mosque
Discover Wassu stone circle and River Gambia National
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Dakar Arrival
We meet you and transfer you to your hotel in Dakar.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Dinner
Accommodation:
Dakar - Goree Island - Pink Lake
Dakar city tour. Time to discover the capital of that country. Visiting some famous places and monuments (cathedrale, independance place, parlement…. By boat, we join Goree Island a trade slaves center. Time to learn or remind our past. After lunch, back to Dakar for the monument de la Renaissance. The end is Pink Lake.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Pink Lake - Saint-Louis
We get on 4x4 pick up for a tour around the lake following the last tour of the rally Paris-Dakar. We stop for visiting the salty lake and the salt collectors too. Continuation to Saint-Louis.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Saint-Louis - Djoudj - Saint-Louis - Lompoul
Visit of Djoudj birds Park. You will enjoy a boating ride in the park watching various birds. (From June to October, djoudj is closed. So we visit Langue de Barbarie). Back to Saint Louis. After lunch, city tour of Saint louis on horse cab. Transfer to Lompoul Desert.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Lompoul - Touba - Kaolack
Visit Touba holy city with its impressive mosque and drive towards Kaolack capital city of the Sine Saloum region.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Kaolack - Keur Ayip - Wassu - Tendaba Camp
Arrive at the borders. Formalities and we continue our way to Wassu stone circle and River Gambia National. Visiting the biggest and most famous stones circle center in all West Africa. Crossing the Senegambia Bridge for going to Tendaba camp. Overnight in Tendaba Camp.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Tendaba Camp - Soma - Ziguinchor
Good bye to Gambia with other formalities again. We enter in Ziguinchor region, in southern Sénègal. Zig is a completly different zone being the country’s greenest. After lunch city tour of Ziguinchor. Overnight in Nema Hotel or Kadiandoumagne Hotel.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Ziguinchor - Affiniam - Ziguinchor
By boat, we cross Casamance river for joining the bird island. By bolong, we arrive in Affiniam. Typical Diola village in the middle of kapok trees and surrounded with rice fields. Lunch in that village. After, we take our car for coming back to our hotel.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Ziguinchor - Oussouye - Mlomp - Carabane Island - Cap Skiring
From Ziguinchor to Oussouye, you only see rice fields and greenest forest. It is low casamance’s heart.We see lot of fetishes. Mlomp has hut, storey buidings and a old kapok tree. In Elinking, we take boat for Carabane with a rich history. After lunch, directly to Katakalousse where our car is waiting for us to drope us to Cap Skiring.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Cap Skiring - Diembering - Kabrousse - Cap Skiring
Visit of Diembering an animist village. Diembering’s museum and some famous places. After we go to Cabrousse for other new discoveries. Free afternoon, opportunity to see beautiful beach.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Cap Skiring - Ziguinchor - Gambia
Good bye Casamance and good morning again to the Gambia. After crossing borders, after crossing the border we have a lunch Break at the Eco village and a Boat trip at Baobab island. After lunch break Drive toward the Kombo and Stop at the Brikama Wood Factory, which one of the oldest wood Factory. Drive toward Serrekunda to your Coastal Hotel.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Serrekunda - Banjul - Bakau - Serrekunda
Today you have a city tour. Time to discover Banjul the capital and the Albert Market, The Gambia National Museum, famous places, sacred crocodile pool and lunch Break at Beach Bar Kunta kinteh. Evening Drive to Tanji Fishing village, where we see local fishermen coming out with theire Dairly overnight catch. here you will experience real local industries.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Serrekunda - Banjul - Barra - Juffureh - Toubacouta
Transfer to Banjul Ferry dock and ride across the river for Barra dock. Directly to Juffureh village where the relatives of Kunta Kinteh family live. Reminding us Alex Haley in the famous book « Roots ». Meeting some people and visiting the museum and James Island. Back to Sénègal.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Toubacouta - Foundiougne - Joal - Saly
Drive to Joal the first President of sénègal homeland. By the way, we cross foundiougne a part of old Sine Saloum Kingdom, see the biggest and oldest Baobab tree in Sénègal. Visiting Fadiouth « The shell Island » with its story and discoveries. After lunch direct to Saly.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Accommodation:
Saly - Airport
Transfer to Blaise Diagne International Airport.
Guide: Included for the day
Meals: Breakfast
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