12 days Private Tour Package in Senegal and the Gambia
Duration
12 days
Group Size
1 to 9 people
Ages
0
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90
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Languages
English
Tour Overview
Consider this dynamic 12 days trip plan if you're looking to hit Senegal and Gambia's highlights and enjoy unique experiences that will usher you into some of the most sublime natural expanses.In Dakar, you'll cover the highlights from the monument of african renaissance, museum of black civilisation, market "village des arts",Goree island.we will explore the small coast including the twin village of Joal-Fadiouth,the Saloum Delta National Park.Head to the Gambia at the Stone Circles of Wassu and the Baboon Island the Kunta Kinteh Island,the Kachikally Crocodile Pool, Monkey Park.Head to Casamance a perfect area mix of culture and adventure we will visit the island of Eloubaline,take cooking class,and connect with farming people in Mlomp,visit the open-air Kadioute museum in Boucotte dedicated to the culture of the Diolas then we will return to Dakar by flight.The last day we will visit Bandia safari.The afternoon free to take advantage of the beach,pool or shopping.
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Pickup
When the client comes to the reception,they will see a sign with his initial and surname. - Time zone: Africa/Dakar
What's included
Private transportation
Lunch: 6
Dinner: 6
Breakfast: 12
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Itinerary
Dakar train station is one of the most beautiful masterpieces of colonial architecture, its facade is of admirable beauty. The Dakar station was built in 1885 and linked the city of Dakar to St Louis, also served Dakar-Niger, which made it possible to reach Bamako (Mali), in 36 hours twice a week.
Tens of thousands of sharpshooters from Sudan, Dahomey or haute Volta (current Burkina Faso )passed through this station to be embarked on the European fronts.(the sharpshooters were a military troops main elements of the the black army belonging to the French colonial empire in 1857 and dissolved in the early 1960s ) the station quickly became the most important railway center in all of West Africa; hub of city activity; transit point for peanuts, arabic gum,coton, cola, postal mail and thousands of travelers.
Located Place Dakar-Niger, renamed Place des Tirailleurs on August 23, 2004, it was rehabilitated by Eiffage Senegal.
Overnight at Ndiambour hotel 4 star or similar
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The monument of african renaissance inaugurated in 2010,this gigantic 52 m High copper statue accessible through a 198 steps stairway is the tallest statut in the world that one can climb inside. On the first floor, a slide show describing the history of the construction of the monument and a fresco retracing the history of Africa and its great figures.On the sencond floor, a small temporary exhibition room. On the third floor, the main lounge .On the 15th floor, you are in the head of the man and enjoy a breathtaking view of Dakar and the peninsula.
Overnight at Ndiambour hotel 3 star hotel or similar
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The island of Goree is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a world symbol of the slave trade, a visit to the island of Goree is essential, it is 20 minutes by boat from Dakar. For 3 centuries, Africans were shipped from the island of Gorée to America. The famous House of Slaves is one of the most visited museums in Senegal, housing all the harrowing reality of this aspect of world history. Its picturesque architecture invites you to go back in time through the ocher plastered facades of the houses. This island holds a special charm and an extraordinary fascination for visitors who feel a special emotion. Lunch on the island near the ocean is possible.
Overnight at Royal Saly 3 star hotel or similar
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Departure for the twin village of Joal and Fadiouth, on the way Visit one of the largest baobab trees in West Africa.
Joal is the one located on the mainland, birthplace of the first president Léopold Senghor. Fadiouth is on a small island reached by a long wooden bridge entirely of shells: these shell middens are actually the remains of the molluscs eaten here by humans since ancient times and a quiet shell graveyard, which has been deposited over the centuries, hosting both Muslim and Christian tombs. It is possible to take the bridge but also to take a canoe to connect Joal to Fadiouth.
Overnight Hôtel le Pélican.Cordon bleu hotel or nouvelle vague camp beside the lake
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in the morning exploring Mar lodj village, located in the Saloum delta, a site included in the UNESCO World Heritage List,where there are local architecture,an area located beatween land and water,savannah and mangrove, pristine landscapes,bolongs,the smiles and the richness of serere culture. In Mar Lodj, three different trees stand out from the ordinary. An imposing kapok tree, a palm tree and a caïlcedrat intertwine their trunks from a distant past. This seemingly natural phenomenon finds an explanation rooted in the tradition and beliefs of the Serer inhabitants of this city. It symbolizes the harmony between the three religions practiced on the island: Islam, Christianity and animism.
Overnight at hotel le relais de kaolack or keur Saloum hotel
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In the West African countries of Gambia and Senegal (sometimes combined as Senegambia) many stone circles can be found in places along the Gambia River. The stone circles in Senegambia lie in an area covering more than 30,000 square kilometres. The area is divided into two sections, the first in Wassu in Gambia and the second in the Sine-Saloum region of Senegal.The most important and largest concentration in the world site is in Wassu where there are 11 stone circles.The largest stone is 2.59 metres high,and since 2006 the area has been on the UNESCO World.
Overnight at kairoh Garden kuntaur lodge
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Kunta Kinteh Island is a small island in the Gambia River which joins the Atlantic Ocean. Its location in the middle of the river made it a strategic place to control the waterway. Visited by explorers and merchants in their search for a sea route to India it became one of the first cultural exchange zones between Africa and Europe. By 1456 the Island had been acquired by Portugal from local rulers and the construction of a fort began.
The specific, important role of the site in the slave trade, both in its propagation and its conclusion, makes Kunta Kinteh Island and it Related Sites an outstanding memory of this important, although painful, period of human history.
This island is visited by painted local canoes.
Overnight at sunset beach hotel,3 star hotel or similar
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Discover the Gambian wildlife in Bijilo Forest Park . The reserve is often known as the country's monkey park as it is home to a vast array of monkey species;very beautiful forest where you can see green vervet monkeys and red colobus monkeys
Explore the 126 acres of protected land to see the monkeys swing from the trees in the canopy forest. Follow one of the several nature trails along the grassy footpaths through the lush nature to the golden sand dunes.Bijilo Forest is rich in birdlife and offers excellent opportunities for birdwatching over 133 bird species have been recorded here with various hornbills, pheasants, cuckoos, sunbirds, starlings, weavers, waxbills, eagles and hawks.
Bijilo Forest Park is a great day out that the whole family can enjoy.
Overnight sunset beach 3 star hotel
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Isolated on an islet to explore the lush nature and peaceful waters of Casamance.
More than 600 inhabitants live on this small piece of island. They arrived there in the late 1800s, following a tribal war that prompted them to flee their land to settle on the island of Eloubaline. This exodus finally turned into a real opportunity since they discovered that the land there was very fertile.
It is also the village where there would be the most impluvium huts. In one of them, live 7 families, more than 60 people. Note that polygamy is very common in the Diola culture, and that in these 7 families, two husbands have 7 wives.
In the heart of the village, you can discover the different traditions, the different ways of weaving, pounding rice, learning more about the education and functioning of the village, local fishing, oyster harvesting, rice fields .
Overnight at hotel Maya 3 star hotel
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Oussouye, is a small village surrounded by majestic kapok and mango trees, the cradle of culture in basse Casamance, and its traditional ceremonies. Built in the heart of the densest forest in Senegal, Oussouye is mysterious, surrounded by animist "sacred woods", heir to a rich history closely linked to that of the Diola kingdom. Because Oussouye is the capital of Kassa, led by the king of the Floups, Sibiloumbaye Diédhiou who has a great influence on seventeen villages in the region. The initiation ceremonies are particularly famous there.It is possible to request an audience with the king, if you wish to speak to him about a subject which concerns to him or the village, near by the royal house the king will meet you in front of the sacred wood depending on its availability. Visit the local fruit processing workshop in Oussouye then continue to the traditional village of Mlomp.
Overnight at hotel Maya 3 star hotel
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The Kadioute is an open-air museum located in a forest of multi-centenarian kapok trees designed and produced by the youth of Boucotte Diola, this place in the heart of nature tells the story of the traditions of the Diola people. The guided and humorous visit allows you to discover, at the foot of each tree, all the traditional objects of the Diola culture: musical instruments, kitchen utensils, fishing tools, African fetishes, outfits of the wrestlers with the different colored loincloths according to the age group, equipment used to collect palm wine, fetishes and many other things that perpetuate ancestral traditions.
After the visit departure to the airport DSS by plane
Overnight at Royal Saly 3 star hotel
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This visit to the Bandia reserve will give you the opportunity to observe wildlife close up in an friendly environmentally nature.
Up on arrived we will take a 4×4 WD used specialy for safari, this park of 3,500 ha is home to many animals, some of which were reintroduced to Senegal after having disappeared there for a long time, such as: rhinoceros, giraffes, large antelopes, dama gazelles, Derby elks, buffalos, patas monkeys, vervets, warthogs, hippotragues, jackals....
Back to Saly ,the afternoon, free to take advantage of the beach or shopping .
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