Guide

Experienced English speaking guide

Transport

Transportation in private vehicle

Meals

Half board on a double room basis

Others

Meeting and assistance on arrival and departure Round-trip airport/hotel transfers Admission to all listed sites

Accommodation

Hotel accommodation in the indicated properties

Not included:

Optional

Accro- baobab adventure $11 $45

Others

Flights Cost of visa Travel insurance Gratuity for driver and guide Meals not listed Personal expenses

Insurance

Insurance is not included

Flights

International flights are not included

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Day 1 Arrival In Dakar, Senegal
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Arrival In Dakar, Senegal

On arrival, meet with our esteemed guide who will help you finish all the formalities and transfer you to the place of accommodation. Check-in to the hotel and have an orientation about the safari with your guide.

Place of accommodation: Hotel Farid or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 2 City Tour Dakar - Goree Island
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

City Tour Dakar - Goree Island

After breakfast, your trip begins with a city tour of Dakar. The first place of the visit will be independence place passing through the presidential palace and the main cathedral. Follow by a drive to the seafront toward soumbedioune market and the “mosque de la revelation.”The tour to Dakar will show you the contrasts between upscale residential areas and other popular neighborhoods. You will not leave Dakar without a visit to the popular hotspots like Kermel, Tilene Market, Renaissance Monument, not forgetting Africa’s most modern Museum, the Museum of African Civilization a massive four-story complex which fulfilled the dreams of Senegal’s first president Leopold Sedar Senghor. At midday board a ferry to Goree Island. Spend your time exploring the quiet streets lined with colonial-era buildings. Your guide will show you one of the most famous buildings which mark the history of Goree. See the “Door of No Return,” where millions passed on their way to slavery.

Place of accommodation: Hotel Farid or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 3 Pink Lake And Lompoul Desert
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Pink Lake And Lompoul Desert

After breakfast, leave Dakar for a drive to the pink lake, an important center for salt collection. On arrival, observe how salt diggers harvest the salt from the Lake and women pile it up. Lunch at own expenses which after that you will drive to Lompoul desert. At your details upon, board a 4WD to the middle of the desert. Enjoy a great experience of the Lompoul desert as you will have dinner watching traditional ballet performing Jembe drums involving singing and dancing around the campfire enjoying the constellations. There will be the possibility of a camel ride. This will be a lifetime experience.

Place of accommodation: Lodge de Lompoul or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 4 Lompoul – Saint Louis
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Lompoul – Saint Louis

Wake up for a 2-hour drive to the old city of Saint Louis, the former capital of Senegal. Explore the town on a horse-drawn carriage. The city reminds you of New Orleans with a wooden balcony align at the narrow streets.

Place of accommodation: Hotel Cap Saint Louis or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 5 Saint Louis – Touba – Kaolack
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saint Louis – Touba – Kaolack

Depart to the holy city of Touba. Visit one of the largest and most Magnificent Mosque in all of West Africa, the Grand Mosque. Your guide will help you understand Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba the founder of Mouridism and the history of Touba. Later on, the move to Kaolack with stops at Fulani and Wolof villages. Upon arrival at Kaolack, visit the local market before checking to your hotel.

Place of accommodation: Relais de Kaolack or similar

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 6 Kaolack – Wassadou (Gate Of Niokolo Koba Park)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Kaolack – Wassadou (Gate Of Niokolo Koba Park)

Early morning, the route through the dense savannah with mounds of mounds to Tambacounda, a bush crossing town and a major railway stop before Mali. There will be lunch (at own expense) in a typical restaurant at Tambacounda. Continue to Niokolo Koba National Park. Check at the hotel, Wassadou Hotel on a bank of the Gambia River. There will be a boat trip to observe the hippopotamus colonies (if the water level allows) or a guided walk along the river to find the Local flora and Fauna such as Monkeys, birds, varans among others.

Place of accommodation: hotel Wassadou

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 7 Niokolo Koba Park – Kedougou
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Niokolo Koba Park – Kedougou

Rise for a guided game drive at Niokolo Koba Park. Great opportunity to encounter the warthogs, monkeys, antelopes, many species of birds and unusually panthers and lions. After the game drive and picnic lunch, you will drive to Mako for a walk along the bank of Gambia River in search of hippos before continuing to Kedougou.

Place of accommodation: Bedik Hotel Kedougou or similar.

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 8 Kedougou – Dindefello – Kedougou
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Kedougou – Dindefello – Kedougou

Spend the day in the discovery of the Bedik ethnic group. Visit the traditional village of Bediks Lwol perched on the heights. Trek to Peulh village of Dindefelo. At your details upon, walk through the path that will surprise you with its abundance and small streams to reach the waterfall. Its’ cascades from a height of 80m in a basin that gives a chance for swimming. Picnic at the foot of the waterfall. At late noon leave with regrets the freshness of the place to join Kédougou.

Place of accommodation: Bedik Hotel Kedougou or similar.

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 9 Kedougou – Toubacouta
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Kedougou – Toubacouta

Leave for Toubacouta en route Saloum delta area well recognized by its stretches of salt marshes. There will be lunch in a local restaurant or picnic lunch (at your expenses).

Place of accommodation: Keur Saloum Hotel or Les Paletuviers

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 10 Toubacouta – Fathala
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Toubacouta – Fathala

After breakfast, transfer to Fathala Reserve and get a lifetime experience of the African bush with your guide. Great chance to see the herds of the rare West African Giant derby eland, only found in this part of the world, and other antelope species such as roan, waterbuck, and bushbuck. You will also see the Giraffes, Rhino, buffalo, warthog as well as red Colombus, green velvet and red patas monkeys and exquisitely colored bird species amongst the giant African trees. Be ready with your camera to have photos with the lions as you will get an opportunity to accompany them on foot.

Place of accommodation: Keur Saloum Hotel or Les Paletuviers

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 11 Toubacouta – Joal Fadiouth – Saly
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Toubacouta – Joal Fadiouth – Saly

Depart to the twin village of Joal and Fadiouth. Joal is on the main island, the birthplace of the first president- Leopold Senghor. Fadiouth is on a small island reached by a long wooden bridge composed entirely of Oyster and a calm shell that has been deposited over the centuries. Continue to sally.

Place of accommodation: Royam Hotel or Royal Hotel

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 12 Saly – Bandia Safari Game Reserve
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saly – Bandia Safari Game Reserve

After your breakfast, drive to Bandia safari reserve, one of the major attractions for tourists staying in Dakar or nearby areas. After the game drive visit at the sanctuary, there will be an Accrobaobab adventure consisting of the park for tree climbing, outdoor recreation, and courtesy house. It is an unmemorable adventure you would not like to miss.
Day 13 Saly
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saly

Today’s day will be spent with optional excursions such as jet skis, kayaking, and surfing golf, among others.

Place of accommodation: Royam Hotel or Royal Hotel.

Meal plan: Breakfast and Dinner
Day 14 Saly – Airport
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Saly – Airport

Departure date depending on your flight details.

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14 days tour

14 Days 13 Nights Senegal Safari Tour

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Itinerary of your trip 14 Days 13 Nights Senegal Safari Tour

Arrival In Dakar, Senegal

City Tour Dakar - Goree Island

Pink Lake And Lompoul Desert

Lompoul – Saint Louis

Saint Louis – Touba – Kaolack

Kaolack – Wassadou (Gate Of Niokolo Koba Park)

Niokolo Koba Park – Kedougou

Kedougou – Dindefello – Kedougou

Kedougou – Toubacouta

Toubacouta – Fathala

Toubacouta – Joal Fadiouth – Saly

Saly – Bandia Safari Game Reserve

Saly

Saly – Airport

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