Senegal Highlights 7 Days/6 Nights (Comfort)
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Senegal, located in West Africa, is a country known for its rich cultural heritage and stunning natural beauty. With a history dating back to the medieval kingdom of Tekrur, Senegal has been shaped by various civilizations, including the French colonial empire. This melting pot of cultures has resulted in a diverse and vibrant society, with a strong tradition of music, dance, and arts. Senegal is also home to some of the most breathtaking natural landscapes in the world, from the rolling savannas of the Casamance region to the pristine beaches of Dakar. Whether you’re interested in exploring the country’s rich history or simply soaking up its natural beauty, Senegal offers a unique and unforgettable experience.
Operating days: On Request
Departure time: 0830 hours
Departure point: Dakar Airport/ Accommodation- Pick-Up
Arrival point: Dakar Airport /Accommodation- Drop- off
Special instructions: please contact Across Africa Tours & Travel to confirm your departure details at least one week before your first day of the visit.
Senegal Highlights 7 Days/6 Nights (Comfort)
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What to Expect
Senegal, located in West Africa, is a country known for its rich cultural heritage and stunning natural beauty. With a history dating back to the medieval kingdom of Tekrur, Senegal has been shaped by various civilizations, including the French colonial empire. This melting pot of cultures has resulted in a diverse and vibrant society, with a strong tradition of music, dance, and arts. Senegal is also home to some of the most breathtaking natural landscapes in the world, from the rolling savannas of the Casamance region to the pristine beaches of Dakar. Whether you’re interested in exploring the country’s rich history or simply soaking up its natural beauty, Senegal offers a unique and unforgettable experience
Itinerary
Day 1 Arrival in Dakar
Upon arrival at blaise diagne international airport after completing your entry formalities, you will be met by one of our representative who will brief you on what to expect during your stay in Senegal. If you arrive early we’ll do a Safari at Bandia then transfer to your Hotel.
Accommodation: Hotel Sokhamone, Axil hotel or similar
Day 2Dakar and Goree Island
After breakfast today you will visit Dakar. Shop around the Tilen market, famous for a variety of medicinal herbs and traditional healers. Continue at the National Art Gallery and picturesque residential district of Medina. Noontime visits the UNESCO- world heritage site of Goree Island which houses “The Door of No Return”. Take a trip to the ethnographic museum and have a lecture by the curator on the history of Goree Island.
Accommodation in Salim Dakar
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 3Dakar and Goree Island
Depart Dakar to St Louis. The city of St Louis is a Senegal former French colonial capital. Walk down the narrow street flanked by houses with carved balconies and verandas which is a good reminder of the occupation of the French colonists.
Accommodation: Cap Saint Louis.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 4Lompoul desert.
After breakfast, transfer to Lompoul desert. Acquaintance with the hot Lompul desert. Accommodation in a lodge among the dunes, Folkloric animation before dinner in the beautiful desert..
Day 5Toubacouta
In the moprning after breakfast, we depart to Toubacouta. Visit to Touba Mosque, the tallest one in West Africa. Arriving at Toubacouta in the afternoon,, we’ll do an excursion in the saloum island by canoe to discover the landscape with bird watching adventure. Return to the hotel.
Accommodation: Keur Saloum.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 6Saly via joal fadiouth
In the morning after breakfast transfer to saly enroute.Joal and Fadiouth. Visit of the biggest baobab tree of the country on the way before reaching joal fadiouth, where you will visit the traditional serere village and observe the cathedral, the marketplace, the sacred baobab tree and the famous multi-religious cemetery. Joal -fadiouth is a sleepy twin village with joal on the mainland and fadiouth, linked by a narrow 400-meter wooden bridge lies on an island built entirely of seashells. We will visit the shell islands of fadiouth, symbol of tolerance: where muslims christians and animists are living together and buried side by side in unusual mix cemetery. Continue to saly resort.
Accommodation: Royal Saly or similar.
Meals included: Breakfast
Day 7Sally-Airport
After breakfast, if we did not do the Bandia Safari on Day 1, we’ll do it in the morning before transfer to the airport. Depart for a safari in the nature reserve of bandia located in a 3500-hectare wide conservation area by 6×6 vehicle with a professional guide, see numerous species native numerous birds : small hornbills, grey heron, eagles, blackbirds, kingfisher kingfishers. See South Africa such as white rhinoceros, kudu, elands, cape moose, giraffes, ostriches, zebras to Senegal: buffaloes, antelopes, impala gazelles, monkeys, tortoises, crocodiles… stop at the crocodile pool where animals come to drink and buffalos wallow in the mud. See numerous birds: small hornbills, grey heron, eagles, blackbirds, kingfishers.. Be dropped off at the airport for your onward flight.
