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Senegal Tours Circuits of 7 Nts / 8 Days

From the edge of the Sahara . this comfortable adventure offers a rich taste of the culture and nature of West African jewels

Our Senegal holidays and tours take you to an incredibly diverse land, with amazing wildlife, fascinating ethnic groups and enchanting old colonial towns that seem a world away from the lively capital of Dakar. Straddling the boundaries between the desert and the tropics, between Islam and animism, this is a truly enthralling destination that simply doesn’t receive the attention that it deserves, and meet Fulani nomads deep in the bush, living as they have done for centuries. Explore the dusty streets of gorgeous St Louis aboard a traditional caleche, and venture into the Casamance region for a taste of tropical Africa, replete with ancient tribal customs, sacred forests and animistic rituals. On our Senegal holidays, learn about the history of the slave trade on Goree Island, explore fishing villages and enjoy some of Africa’s best birdlife. Senegal awaits

Djoudj – One of the most important bird sanctuaries in the world.
Gambia River – A two day cruise on the mighty Gambia River through tropical forest, bamboo groves, rice paddies and mangroves.
Saloum Delta – Explore the river delta by traditional pirogue through mangroves and aquatic birds.
Goree Island – A tranquil island rich in history and UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fadiout Shells Village – A charming fishing village entirely constructed with shells.
Saint Louis – Visit a 19th century French colonial town by caleche and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Wassu Stone Circles – Ancient burial sites and megalithic circles.

1 Day Tour : Arrival to the PINK LAKE RETBA Tour

Hotel Campement Lac Rose 3*

PARIS – DAKAR – PINK LAKE ROSE (35 KM). :

Visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site
FLIGHT TO DAKAR. RECEPTION AT THE AIRPORT AND CONTINUE TO LAKE ROSE
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE LAC ROSE CAMP 3*

Dakar Located on the Cap Vert peninsula and Africa’s westernmost city, Dakar is a thriving, colourful, lively city that provides the first real experience of urban West Africa on this trip. Brash and often uncompromising, it was once of the major cities of the French Empire and today is home to over a million people. With busy traffic and street vendors everywhere, Dakar is a world away from the rest of Senegal. Nearby is Goree Island, in contrast a peaceful sanctuary with well preserved colonial buildings giving it an almost Mediterranean feel. Goree is best known for its associations with the slave trade, although there is some controversy about how much of a role it actually played.

2 Day Tour : Discovery of the Lac Rose Tour

Hotel Lodge Du Lompoul 3*

LAC ROSE – DÉSERT DE LOMPOUL (150 KM). DISCOVERY OF PINK LAKE RETBA
Aminibus will take us to the Lampoul desert where our 4×4 vehicles will be waiting at the edge of the dunes to transport us to our camp. Overnight in a fixed camp at Lampoul, with spacious tents which include beds, and have their own bathroom. (BLD).

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
TOUR OF THE LAKE ROSE
BETTER KNOWN BY THE NAME OF ROSE LAKE, WHICH OWES ITS FAME TO ITS SHADE THAT TURNS FROM PINK TO MAUVE EN CONDICTION OF THE INTENSITY OF THE SUN’S RAYS. EVERY DAY HUNDREDS OF MEN, THE SHEA-COATED BODY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM SALT CORROSION, EXTRACT THE PRECIOUS SALT OF WATERS AS SALTY AS THE DEAD SEA..
WALK IN THE DUNES IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF PARIS – DAKAR. VISIT OF A TYPICAL PEULH VILLAGE.
LUNCH AT THE LAKE IN A PICTURESQUE SETTING BOAT,
THEN DEPARTURE FOR LOMPOUL, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DESERTS IN SENEGAL WITH ITS 40M HIGH DUNES, CROSSING SMALL TRADITIONAL VILLAGES SURROUNDED BY BAOBABS.
UPON ARRIVAL IN LOMPOUL, TRANSFER BY 4×4 TO THE LODGE.
DINNER AND WACTHING A FOLKLORE PARTY AROUND A CAMPFIRE ON A DJEMBE BACKSOUND MUSIC.
SLEEP AT LOMPOUL LODGE 3*.

3 Day Tour : DÉSERT DE LOMPOUL – SAINT-LOUIS (130 KM).

HÔTEL CAP SAINT-LOUIS 3*

Visit a 19th century French colonial town by caleche and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.we drive to Saint Louis, the one- time home of the aviator and author Antoine Saint Exupery, where we explore its narrow lanes by calash in keeping with the locals! Overnight Hotel

LITTLE BREAKFAST AT CAMP.
DEPARTURE TO THÉ HISTORICAL CITY OF SAINT-LOUIS ★ UNISCO HERITAGE, ANCIENT CAPITAL OF WEST AFRICA. ON THE ROAD, DISCOVERING LOCAL ETHNICS AS WOLOFS AND SERIES VILLAGES, WITH THE PEUHLS, THE WOLOFS AND SERERES CONSTITUTE THE MAIN ETHNIES OF SENEGAL.
ARRIVAL AT SAINT-LOUIS WITH ITS WAYS FROM ANOTHER TIME, OVERLOOKED BY FORGED IRON BALCONIES AND COLONY STYLE HOUSES.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS EMPLOYED WITH THE HISTORY OF RICH FRENCH TRADERS, ALSO WITH SLAVERY.
DINING AT THE HOTEL.
NIGHT AT THE HOTEL CAP SAINT-LOUIS 3 *

4 Day Tour : ST. LOUIS – DJOUDJ PARK – ST. LOUIS (110 KM).

HOTEL CAP SAINT-LOUIS 3*.

One of the most important bird sanctuaries in the world; Djoudj National Park, regarded as one of the most important bird reserves in the world. This national park provides the first major water source for migratory birds after their long and gruelling flight over the Sahara desert. We travel by motorised boat along the complex network of channels which lead off the Senegal River. The bird count reaches millions, some species are prevalent such as pelicans – there are as many as 15,000 in the park. We may see them performing an amazing display of synchronised diving for fish and will see a breeding colony. Around three million birds pass through the park annually which includes 400 different species – including herons, white-breasted cormorants, spoonbills, jacanas, Egyptian geese, West African fish eagles and flamingos to name but a few. You may also see crocodile, wild hog, monitor lizard and water python. We return back to St. Louis early afternoon in time for a break

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.
DEPARTURE FOR THE VISIT OF THE DJOUDJ NATIONAL PARK, LOCATED IN THE DELTA OF THE SENEGAL RIVER. WITH AN AREA OF 16,000 HECTARES, IT IS THE THIRD BIRD SANCTUARY IN AFRICA.
CANOE DISCOVERY OF LAKES, MANGROVES AND SANDBANKS WHERE THOUSANDS OF BIRDS COME TO WINTER: HERONS, CORMORANTS, PELICANS, FLAMINGOS, EGYPTIAN DUCKS … FROM MAY TO OCTOBER, THE NATIONAL PARK OF DJOUDJ IS CLOSED. THE VISIT WILL BE AT THE NATIONAL PARK OF THE LANGUE DE BARBARIE. ANOTHER FAMOUS BIRD SANCTUARY IN THE COUNTRY WHERE MANY PINK FLAMINGOS, CORMORANTS, WHITE-CRESTED EGRETS.
BACK TO ST. LOUIS ★, FOUNDED IN 1659, WHOSE NAME IS A TRIBUTE TO THE REIGNING KING OF FRANCE LOUIS XIV.
LUNCH ON THE RIVERSIDE.
CITY TOUR BY HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE: PLACE FAIDHERBE, AVENUE JEAN-MERMOZ, ROUME QUAY
VISIT OF THE AÉROPOSTALE MUSEUM THEN THE FISHING DISTRICT OF GUET NDAR.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE HOTEL CAP SAINT-LOUIS 3*.

5 Day Tour : BANDIA RESERVE – SALOUM DELTA (320 KM)

SALOUM PELICAN HOTEL 3*

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.
DRIVING TO THE BANDIA RESERVE.
DISCOVERY OF THE SAVANNAH AND RURAL LANDSCAPES, PASSAGE TO THIÈS MARKET AND LUNCH.
THEN DRIVE TO THE BANDIA NATURAL RESERVE. WITH MORE THAN 22 ANIMAL SPECIES AND A HUNDRED BIRD SPECIES, THIS RESERVE IS A REAL ECOLOGICAL ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH THE SURPRISING REGENERATION OF ITS FLORA AND THE REINTRODUCTION OF LARGE EXTINCT MAMMALS, SOMETIMES FOR CENTURIES.
A MINI SAFARI OF 3 HOURS WILL LEAD YOU TO DISCOVER PATAS MONKEYS, GAZELLES, ANTELOPES, GIRAFFES, OSTRICHES, CAPE ELK, BUFFALOES.
DRIVING BACK TO LE SALOUM.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE SALOUM PELICAN HOTEL 3*.

6 Day Tour : DAY FOR DISCOVERY OF THE SALOUM DELTA

SALOUM PELICAN HOTEL 3*

This morning we cross the Sine-Saloum Delta by traditional pirogues (motorised canoe) for approximately 4-5 hours. We weave our way through the maze of wide channels, past mangroves, open forests, sand islands and villages built on islands constructed with oyster shells. We may also chance upon pelicans and flamingos.

Explore the river delta by traditional pirogue through mangroves and aquatic birds.
BREAKFAST AT HOTEL.
FORMED BY THE ARMS OF THREE RIVERS AND DOTTED WITH NEARLY 200 ISLETS, ITS SALTWATER LAGOONS AND MANGROVE ARE BEAUTIFUL. CANOE TRIP ON THE RIVER.
DISCOVERY OF MANY ORNITHOLOGICAL SITES AND ISLETS INHABITED BY SERER NIOMINKA FISHERMEN
LUNCH BARBECUE FISH ON THE ISLAND OF FANDIMADIOR.
IN THE EARLY EVENING, DEPARTURE BY HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE TO DJILOR, VILLAGE OF LÉOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR, FIRST PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL.
DINNER AND OVERNIGHT AT THE SALOUM PELICAN HOTEL 3*.

7 Day Tour : JOAL FADIOUTH – LAGOON OF SOMON – DAKAR (160 KM).

HÔTEL AL ALIFA 3*

Leaving Saloum Delta National Park this morning, we finally make our way back to Dakar. En-route we visit Fadiout, a fishing village. Built on a small island, many buildings are composed of oyster and clam shells, whilst the inhabitants are both Muslim and Christian and live together peacefully. The Christian and Muslim cemeteries are built on a huge ancient shell mound, and are worth a visit.

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
DEPARTURE FOR DAKAR, CROSSING THE PALM GROVE OF SAMBA DIA AND SOME TYPICAL VILLAGES.
STOP AT JOAL-FADIOUTH, FORMER PORTUGUESE COUNTER AND HOMETOWN OF THE POET LÉOPOLD SÉDAR SENGHOR, FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SENEGAL. THE SMALL TOWN IS ACTUALLY TWO VILLAGES, JOAL – THE LARGEST – ESTABLISHED ON THE COAST, AND FADIOUTH, AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND CONSISTING OF PILES OF SHELLS AND CONNECTED TO THE COAST BY A WOODEN BRIDGE.
VISIT OF THE SHELL CEMETERY AND WALK ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO THE CHURCH OF FADIOUTH.
THEN, VISIT THE LOCAL MARKET OF M’BOUR WITH ITS PEANUT STALLS AND PALM OIL THEN, VISIT THE SOMON LAGOON.
ARRIVAL AT THE END OF THE AFTERNOON IN DAKAR, THE RENAISSANCE STATUE IS NEVER AS BEAUTIFUL AS AT SUNSET!
DINNER AT POINTE DES ALMADIES,
SLEEP AL HÔTEL AL ALIFA 3★.

8 Day Tour : DAKAR – GORÉE ISLAND .

FLIGHT BACK DAKAR – MILAN

Visit this UNESCO World Heritage Site We begin our tour by taking a ferry to Isle de Goree, a small and peaceful island without any traffic. We will take a walking tour of Isle de Goree, a busy trading centre during the 18th and 19th centuries, which is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town’s architecture may make you feel you have been transported in time to an old-world Mediterranean district, due to the island’s charming colonial-style houses, wrought-iron balconies, narrow streets and brightly coloured bougainvillea. Le Castel is situated on a rocky plateau with its fortifications dating back to different periods, and offers good views across to Dakar. Also worth visiting is the Slave House originally built in 1786.

BREAKFAST AT HOTEL
DISCOVERY OF SENEGALESE CAPITAL, HECTIC AND NOISY CITY. VISIT THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE WITH ITS RED GUARDS.
THE CITY CENTER, THE MARKET, THE CORNICE AND THE CATHEDRAL.
THEN BOAT TRIP TO GOREE ISLAND, WHICH WAS THE 15TH TO 19TH CENTURY THE LARGEST SLAVE TRADE CENTER ON THE AFRICAN COAST.
LUNCH THEN VISIT THE HOUSE OF SLAVES, THE ESTRÉES FORT HOUSING THE HISTORICAL MUSEUM, THE SAINT-CHARLES CHURCH OF BOROMÉE,
RETURN TO DAKAR.
DINNER FREE.
TRANSFER TO THE AIRPORT AND FLIGHT BACK TO MILAN.

What’s included:

Airport transfers – We include arrival and departure transfers regardless of whether you book flights yourself, or we book them for you. If you’re booking them yourself, then please let us know the details so that we can arrange the transfers.

Please note though that if you arrive earlier than Day 1 of the tour, and leave after the final day, we may need to make an additional charge for an airport transfer.

Accommodation – Accommodation as listed in the dossier. The nature of the destinations that we operate may sometimes mean that we need to change hotels, but we’ll always endeavour to keep the same standards. Please be aware that as we operate in many countries where tourism is in its infancy, hotel standards may not be the same as you’re used to elsewhere.

Guides – In most cases you will be accompanied by one guide from start to finish. However there may be occasions when this is not practical, for example if your trip covers a number of different countries. In these cases it often makes more sense to include different guides for each place, to take advantage of their specific knowledge of the destination. The local guide speaking French / English / Italian.

Meals – As listed within the itinerary / dossier (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner).

Entrance fees – Entrance fees are listed for those sites that we mention within the itinerary. If there are any other sites that you’d like to see, these would be at your own expense.

What’s not included:

Visas – We don’t arrange visas for our travellers, but if an invitation letter is necessary then we will arrange this for you. If you need any advice with visas then just give us a call, or alternatively a visa agency such as (www.celinexcursionedaystours.wordpress.com) can assist.

Airport taxes – If there are any departure taxes to pay that are not included within the cost of your ticket, you’ll need to pay these yourself.

* Minimum group of 8 persons
Price * in euros 800.00 from ** per person in double room (1) for a trip of 8 days / 7
nights from Paris on Air Portugal flights 01/06/2018 et 01/06/2019
* The colors of Senegal: Code resa good price – 20181
*single bedroom:
1A 165 euro
Variable taxes: see the price table (Visit our website)

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