Tour Senegal, Enter Africa 8 Days - 7 Nights

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English/French/Spanish/German-speaking guides

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Day 1Diass airport – DakarLODGE DES ALMADIES 3* BB Day 2Dakar – Gorée – DakarLODGE DES ALMADIES 3* BB Day 3Dakar – Thies- Saint-Louis CAP STLOUIS /SINDONE 3* HB Day 4Djoudj/Barbarie – St LouisCAP STLOUIS /SINDONE 3*HB Day 5Saint-Louis - Touba- ToubacoutaKEUR SALOUM or similar 3*HB Day 6Fatalah park - Saloum river KEUR SALOUM or similar3*HB Day 7Saloum-Joal Fadiouth-La Petite Cote HOTEL DU PARC / TERRA LODGE 3*HB Day 8La Petite Cote-Bandia-Airport ARE INCLUDED Transfers IN/OUT Accommodation in hotels and encampments mentioned in the program: Air conditioned - vehicle with driver and gasoil for the entire itinerary Excursions as referred in the program (City tour of Dakar, Gorée, Barbarie, Djoudj, City tour St Louis, Touba, Saloum, Joal-Fadiouth, Somone) English speaking Guide for the entire program ARE INCLUDED Transfers IN/OUT Accommodation in hotels and encampments mentioned in the program: Air conditioned - vehicle with driver and gasoil for the entire itinerary Excursions as referred in the program (City tour of Dakar, Gorée, Barbarie, Djoudj, City tour St Louis, Touba, Saloum, Joal-Fadiouth, Somone) English speaking Guide for the entire program NOT INCLUDED Dinner’s days 1 & 2, Lunches. Drinks and extras during meals Personal expenses

Transport

sedan car

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Day 1 Ndiass Airport
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Ndiass Airport

Arrival at the International Airport of Diass. After formalities, we’ll transfer in a private air-conditioned car to our hotel. Overnight.
Day 2 Dakar - Goree - Dakar
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dakar - Goree - Dakar

Breakfast. Beginning of a city tour of Dakar, the Senegalese capital. We’ll make a visit that we’ll permit us to discover the colonial’s remains of what was the capital of French Africa: the Presidential palace, the Independence Place, the chamber of commerce….. Transfer to the harbour where we will board a ferry to visit the island of Gorée (20 minutes away from Dakar). Gorée is an island of 300m wide and 900m long which long ago was the stake in numerous confrontations between the Portuguese, English, Dutch and French. Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children were deported from Gorée. The « slaves’ house » with its door opened on the ocean is a terrible reminder of the cruelty of men towards men. Come back to our hotel in Dakar, overnight.
Day 3 Dakar - Thies - Saint-Louis
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Dakar - Thies - Saint-Louis

Breakfast and departure towards Saint Louis. On the way, we will pass by cities such as Ngaye Mékhé, where we can visit the crafts of local shoemakers; Thiès and its basketry market. Visit of the city and lunch not included in a restaurant of the place and head to Saint-Louis.

This city is presumed to be the first European town of all West Africa. This colonial city offers to us the remains of its glory past. Dinner and overnight in our hotel.
Day 4 Saint-Louis - Djoudj - Saint-Louis
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saint-Louis - Djoudj - Saint-Louis

• OPTION 1: Breakfast. Departure towards the north. 60 km later, arrival to the National Park of Djoudj where we’ll take motorized canoes to go through the river Senegal. This ornithological park is the third most important one in the world. It’s an ecological area of vital importance for the fauna of the region. 3 million of birds of all kind, transit between November and May by this natural sanctuary.

OPTION 2: Breakfast. Departure to Gandiole where a motorized canoe waits for us to realize a cruise in the ornithological reserve of Barbarie. This site welcomes a large variety of migratory birds and hosts different types of trees.

• - Return to St-Louis and Lunch (at your charge) in a restaurant in the island. After a little rest, in a horse-cart, we will visit the colonial district, the popular one also called fisher’ district. Riding along its narrow streets bordered by colonial houses is like living in another century. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5 Saint-Louis - Touba - Toubakouta
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saint-Louis - Touba - Toubakouta

After breakfast, our trip goes on to the sacred city of Touba. This "meca" Senegalese is the main sanctuary for the followers of the Muridism, the branch of the Islam that prevails in the country. The marabout, spiritual leader, lives in this original city built around the huge mosque with its splendid minaret. From there we continue to Kaolack for lunch (at your charge). Continuation to Toubacouta where is located our hotel, Dinner and overnight.
Day 6 Toubakouta - Fathala Park - Saloum River - Toubakouta
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Toubakouta - Fathala Park - Saloum River - Toubakouta

Breakfast. Today we enjoy a typical African bush experience in an open game viewing vehicle on a guided sunrise game drive through the reserve. See family herds of the rare West African Giant Derby Eland – only found in this part of the world and visit the breeding camp. Other antelope species such as roan, waterbuck and bushbuck can also be viewed, as well as giraffes, rhino, buffalo, warthog, red colobus, green vervet and red patas monkeys as well as exquisitely colored bird species amongst the giant African mahogany trees. Enjoy morning coffee sundowners and snacks next to the waterhole as you experience a magnificent African sunrise. Binoculars are advised as animals and bird sightings are not always close by. In the afternoon after a little rest, we’ll experience a sunset cruise in the birds’ islands located in the river Saloum. The delta, where Sine and Saloum come together, is a labyrinth of island. We can enjoy with a lovely cruise into the mangrove creek. Back to our hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 7 Toubakouta - Joal Fadiouth - Mbour
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Toubakouta - Joal Fadiouth - Mbour

Breakfast then departure to Joal for a short visit, a serer animist village where the first president of the Republic of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor was born. Then we will go to Fadiouth. Connected by a wooden bridge, the island of Fadiouth is built on a mountain of shells. Its millet granaries on stilts located in the river and its mixed Catholic and Muslim cemetery make the charm of the animist village of Catholic adoption, lunch not included in Joal and transfer to la petite cote. Arrival and installation in our hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 8 Mbour - Somone - Ndiass Airport
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Mbour - Somone - Ndiass Airport

Breakfast. Drive to the village of Somone situated in the heart of a magnificent coast at the end of which is the lagoon which name also is Somone. On board of canoes, we’ll visit this natural reserve frequented every time of the year by magnificent birds (herons, pelicans, pink flamingos, egrets, spatulas, etc.), which come to nest between the forest of mangrove swamps and sandbanks. This reserve extends over more than 7 000 ha, to visit in the dugout and on foot. At the appropriate time, transfer to the airport.

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Senegal, Enter Africa 8 Days - 7 Nights

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Itinerary of your trip Senegal, Enter Africa 8 Days - 7 Nights

Ndiass Airport

Dakar - Goree - Dakar

Dakar - Thies - Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis - Djoudj - Saint-Louis

Saint-Louis - Touba - Toubakouta

Toubakouta - Fathala Park - Saloum River - Toubakouta

Toubakouta - Joal Fadiouth - Mbour

Mbour - Somone - Ndiass Airport

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