2025 Senegal Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in August)

📍 **Must-Visit Attractions** 1⃣️ **Lac Rose (Pink Lake)**: Turns pink from December to January! With salinity rivaling the Dead Sea, you can float on the surface. Drone shots reveal a palette-like view, and the salt workers' labor by the lake is awe-inspiring. 2⃣️ **Gorée Island**: A UNESCO World Heritage "Slave Island"! Visit the yellow-and-blue Slave House, touch shackle relics, and witness the poignant contrast of red sand beaches against colonial architecture. 3⃣️ **Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary**: A paradise of a million flamingos! Canoe through wetlands and spot white pelicans and purple herons in flight from November to April. 4⃣️ **Niokolo-Koba National Park**: Africa's "Little Kenya"! Track lions and elephants, then stay in a forest camp listening to nocturnal roars. 🗓️🔸 **Day 1**: Dakar → Lac Rose → Sunset at Saly Beach 🔸 **Day 2**: Half-day trip to Gorée Island → African Renaissance Monument 🔸 **Day 3-4**: Birdwatching in Djoudj → Exploring shell mounds in Saloum Delta 🔸 **Day 5**: Shop for wood carvings at Medina Market before departure

Day 1–3: Dakar 💎 Highlights: - African Renaissance Monument - IFAN Museum of African Arts - Ngor Island - Local markets (Sandaga, Soumbédioune) 🛩 Transportation Airport to city: Taxi (15,000–20,000 FCFA / €23–€30) ⛺️ Hotel Ideas: Mid-range: Hotel Djoloff – ~60,000 FCFA (€90) per night Budget: Résidence de l'Almadies – ~30,000 FCFA (€45) 💰 Average Daily Cost: - Food: €15–25 - Transport: €10 - Activities/entry fees: €10–15 - Hotel: €45–90 Day 4: Gorée Island (day trip from Dakar) 💎 Highlights: - Maison des Esclaves - Art galleries & colonial architecture ⛴️ Transport: Ferry: 5,200 FCFA (~€8 round trip) from Dakar port Walking tour: Free or ~5,000 FCFA (€7.5) with a guide ⛺️ : Return to Dakar for the night 💰 Average Day Cost: Ferry + guide + lunch: €20–30 Day 5–6: Saint-Louis 💎 Highlights: - Colonial Old Town - Faidherbe Bridge - Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary (excursion) 🚎 Transport: Dakar to Saint-Louis: Minibus (~5,000 FCFA / €7.5) or private car (~€60) – 4–5h ⛺️ Hotel Ideas: Hotel de la Poste – historic hotel ~45,000 FCFA (€68) Jammalaye Lodge – ~30,000 FCFA (€45) 💰 Average Daily Cost: Food: €15–25 Hotel: €45–70 Djoudj tour (incl. boat): ~15,000 FCFA (€23) Day 7: Touba (Day trip from Saint-Louis or on the way back to Dakar) 💎 Highlights: - Grand Mosque of Touba (religious & cultural site) - Library & local markets 🚖 Transport: Shared taxi from Saint-Louis: ~3,000–5,000 FCFA (€5–€8) 🌟 Dress conservatively, especially for women 🌟 ⛺️ : Return to Dakar for the night Day 8–10: Sine-Saloum Delta (Toubacouta or Palmarin) 💎 Highlights: - Mangrove tours by canoe - Fishing villages & wildlife - Cultural immersion (Serer traditions) 🚎 Transport: From Dakar: Private car (~€60) or bus (~5,000 FCFA) ⛺️ Hotel Ideas: Keur Saloum (Toubacouta) – ~45,000 FCFA (€68), offers boat tours Ecolodge Palmarin – ~35,000 FCFA (€52) 💰 Average Daily Cost: Hotel: €50–70 Meals: €15–20 Excursions: €15–30 #localguides #familytrip #itinerary #10days #senegal #dakar

When you look at the country, you know that africa is really blessed. Senegal is a country that is full of a brighter future and a great role to play for the rise of Africa. #historicallandmarks #deliciousfood #dakar #amazing.

This country is full of amaze and exiting view all around it. The people and everything in it is bless.

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Alhamdulila The way to this island. Every walk towards and every walk on it means a lot#Dakar #Goree #Africa

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the maternity and pediatric hospital in Tambacounda, Senegal expansion aims to transform the conditions under which patients receive care. Initiated by Le Korsa, a philanthropic arm of the Albers Foundation that has been active in eastern Senegal since 2005, the project was aimed at radically transforming the conditions under which mothers and newborns receive care in the region. Herz visited the existing hospital buildings—a set of circular constructions that he estimates are from the 1970s or ’80s—endured harsh 100-degree-plus summer days, studied local construction techniques and materials, and, in meetings with local stakeholders and hospital staff, compiled a series of sketches detailing their spatial and programmatic needs. #artexhibit #themepark#zoo#nationalpark#lakes#beaches