3-DAY TOUR OF SALOUM

 

OPTION 1

 

DAY 1 : DAKAR / FOUNDIOUGNE

Leave Dakar in the morning, visit the Pink Lake and its Fulani villages and proceed to Joal and Fadiouth via the small coast and the city of Mbour.
Lunch in Joal and afternoon visit of the typical village with its shells cemetery, its granaries on piles and meet with the elders and notables of the village.
Continuation to Foundiougne.
Visit serer villages.
Dinner with folklore dances at your hotel in Foundiougne.

 

DAY 2 : FOUNDIOUGNE / TOUBACOUTA / FOUNDIOUGNE

This morning you will visit the Mandingo villages in the Saloum quite at the border with the Gambia .

You will meet chiefs of villages, rural women organizations and interact with people.

Lunch and enjoy the hospitality of the populations.
Dinner and overnight at your hotel in Foundiougne.

 

DAY 3 : FOUNDIOUGNE / SALY / DAKAR

Breakfast in your hotel and departure for Dakar.

Today you will visit the Senegalese bush villages and meet various ethnic groups.

Lunch will be taken at Saly resort.

Free time to relax on the beach before the return to Dakar at the end of the afternoon.

 

OPTION 2

 

DAY 1 : DAKAR / KAOLACK / TOUBACOUTA

Breakfast in hotel and at 8 am departure for Kaolack via the old colonial town of Rufisque and Diam Niadio.

Visit of the Baobab forest of Sindia.

Arrival in Mbour. Visit the market and its fish drying sheds.

Continuation to Kaolack.

Lunch break at hotel ‘’Le Paris’’ in Kaolack.

At 2 pm departure for Toubacouta, and visit of Mandingo villages on your way.

Arrival in Toubacouta late in the afternoon.

Dinner and overnight at your hotel – lodge.

 

DAY 2 : TOUBACOUTA / BOSSINKA / TOUBACOUTA

After breakfast, departure for the visit by motor canoe of the beautiful landscape of mangroves giving you the impression to be in the middle of the Amazonian forest.

Visit of the Bossinka island.

Picnic lunch on the beautiful sand beach where you can swim and relax.

You will still visit the fishing port and the big sacred kapock tree of the village.

Return to the Lodge, dinner and overnight.

 

DAY 3 : TOUBACOUTA / JOAL FADIOUTH / DAKAR

At 7 am breakfast in hotel and leave for Saly via Foundiougne.

Arrival in Joal Fadiouth and visit of the typical village of Fadiouth, the shell cemetery, the granaries on piles.

Meet the elders and notables of the village.

Proceed in the afternoon to Mbour for the visit of Saly and its nice resort area.

Lunch in Saly and relax on the beach.

Return to Dakar end of afternoon.

 

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