Day 1 AIRPORT-DAKAR
Arrival at Blaise Diagne international airport in Diass, assistance by our staff at the airport and transfer to our hotel in the city. Accommodation.
Day 2: DAKAR- GORÉE – DAKAR
Breakfast. Today, we go directly to the Gorée pier to take a ferry to the island of Gorée. Arrival in Gorée, then a walking tour of its colonial streets and a visit to the impressive slave house-museum where the slaves were gathered, selected and locked up while waiting to be shipped to the other side of the Atlantic: a testimony to a past of suffering. This surprising site has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lunch in a restaurant on the island. Return to Dakar for a city tour. A short but interesting visit of Dakar will allow us to discover the colonial vestiges of the city that was once the capital of French West Africa, the African Renaissance Monument, the corniche, Independence Square, the presidential palace, the Kermel market, the museum of black civilisations and the great mosque. Afterwards, continuation to the hotel. Dinner in a restaurant of the city. Back to our hotel and overnight.
Day 3: DAKAR – PINK LAKE – TOUBACOUTA
Breakfast and continuation to Lake Retba, better known as the Pink lake, the last stage of the world famous Paris-Dakar rally. Today, Lake Retba is still used for the hard work of salt extraction, which we will have the opportunity to see. A curious effect is produced in its waters by the reflection of the sun’s rays on the salt accumulated at the bottom, which gives the lake a pinkish appearance. Before leaving the lake, we will be able to see for ourselves the high concentration of salt that allows us to float almost effortlessly. Lunch. We then head south through baobab forests and palm groves. Continuation to the Saloum, we enter the land of the Serer, an ethnic group of fishermen and inhabitants of this region located south of Dakar. Arrival in the Saloum region in Toubacouta and transfer to the hotel. Dinner and accommodation.
Day 4 : TOUBACOUTA –FATHALA–SALOUM – TOUBACOUTA
Breakfast. Departure to Fathala Game Reserve for a safari, a typical African savannah where you will be in communion with animals such as monkeys, warthogs, buffaloes, etc. Several birds also fly over this beautiful savannah: red-billed hornbill, metallic blackbird, grey heron, African eagle etc, lions (we will make with them what is called “marche avec les lions” walk with the lions in English). Return to the hotel and lunch. In the afternoon motorized canoe ride on the Saloum river bolongs. You can watch the wonderful sunset before returning to the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 5: TOUBACOUTA-JOAL FADIOUTH – SALY
Breakfast and departure to the famous village of Joal Fadiouth, birthplace of the first president of Senegal, Leopold Sedar Senghor. We will visit the shell island of Fadiouth with its incomparable artificial cemetery made of seashells. Back on the mainland, lunch in a restaurant in Joal. Transfer to Saly and installation in the hotel. Dinner and overnight.
Day 6: SALY – QUAD SOMONE-SALY
Breakfast and departure from the hotel for a quad excursion (max. 2 persons/qad). We will drive along the tracks through villages lost in the heart of the savannah and a baobab forest until we reach the beach. The itinerary will allow us to discover the daily life of the villagers and to visit the Serer and Fulani villages, passing through the village of GUERREO to the Somone lagoon. The Somone lagoon is an arm of the sea that sinks into the ground, you will be able to observe a multitude of birds during the migration season. Arrival at the Somone lagoon. Refreshments. Lunch in a restaurant. Return to Saly, rest of the day free, dinner and overnight.
Day 7: SALY FREE DAY
Breakfast and free day at half board to stroll through the seaside resort of Saly or enjoy the hotel facilities. Dinner and overnight stay.
Day 8: SALY- DIASS AIRPORT
Breakfast. Lunch at the hotel restaurant. Transfer to Diass airport at the indicated time for return flight.
END OF OUR SERVICES
On double room basis:
04 – 09 PAX: 1.675 EUROS/PAX
FROM 10 PAX: 1.500 EUROS
Services included:
Vehicle with conductor and fuel for the entire tour
Accommodation as described in the program. (07 Breakfasts, 06 Lunches, 06 Dinners)
Excursion to the island of Gorée – round trip ferry ticket + visit of the slave house
Visit of the pink lake and tour of the dunes
Motorised canoe trip on the Saloum river
Safari and walk with the lions in the Fathala Reserve
Visit of the island of shells in Joal Fadiouth
Excursion by Quad in Somone
English-speaking guide
Services not included:
Drinks during meals
Tips
Personal expenses
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