Senegal Travel Forum

Hi!
I'd like to visit Senegal next Easter. So I'm looking for a cheap flight. Any advice?
Appart from that:
how is the weather in April?
what is the best way of transportation inside the country? (going by myself)
Is the Casamance area safe?

thanks!

Jordi.
Barcelona, Catalonia.

My husband, adult daughter and I are planning a trip to Senegal in August, 08. Does anyone know how to get from Dakar to the Sine-Saloum Delta, and hotel/guest house recommendations?

Many thanks,
sesseebee

Hi,

does anyone know how hotel Savana Jardin is?
Is it nice and safe? How far is it from the main city and market area?

thanks

What do I pack for a trip for 2 weeks?

My husband and I are going on a cruise to Dakar. We only have a short time. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Soumbedioune and a city tour is one suggestion. Or should we go to Il De Goree? I am a travel agent and I want to see as much as I can to be able to tell my clients all about it. Thanks so much.

My husband and I are going on a cruise to Dakar. We only have a short time. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Soumbedioune and a city tour is one suggestion. Or should we go to Il De Goree? I am a travel agent so I want to see as much as I can to be able to tell my clients about it. Thanks.

hi everybody!
i'm thinking about staying at hotel LE DARKASSÉ (Route de l'aéroport, Ngor, www.au-senegal.com/pages/darkasse.php), as a good area outside dakar and near the beach and some nightlife spots, if i got it ok from guidebook.
anybody has any info /recomendation/ experience for this hotel?
many thanks
Nikos

Hi, I and a friend are travelling to The Gambia within the next month. We would like to find out about accomodation as we want to move away from the coast. I heard of a site called africania which promotes sustainable tourism, but the site is now under construction. Does anybody know how to contact the people behind the site, such as an email?
We are also on a budget, would 150 pounds a week see us right? Also, we wanted to head north to Kaolack and maybe Dakar, what sort of travel times would be normal to Dakar via the cheapest or fastest possible mode of transport?
One other question, we've been looking for information on how to decide what to pay if asked for road tax. As it may happen that we might be left waiting until we pay, would travelling with a guide avoid this?

Its a bunch of questions and more might follow, but if your guys could answer even some of them, it would help alot.

Many thanks in advance.

:D.

hi guys!
can you say if it is really advisable to use malaria pills in March?
i plan to travel around dakar and sine saloum delta and then to Mali.
many thanks
Nikos

hi there!
i'm trying to condact le grand bleu hostel in yoff, but the tel nbr seems not to be correct.
i have +221 835 92 49 do you know if this is it?
or, even better , somebody knows web site or e mail?
thanks a lot
nikos

what type of wood or name are the statues made of. could you kindly explain or differetiate each type of wood. thank you.

Planning to visit Dakar in early February on business. Just a few questions:

1. Any good hotel near the 'Sandaga' market area? An international chain hotel would be better.

2. Is Dakar a safe place? I'd travelled to East Africa (Kenya & Tanzania) last year and found that they were not very safe and we were adviced to be back in the hotel before dark.

3. What's the weather gonna be like in Feb?

Any help will be greatly apprecaited.

Thanks.

the rally was sudenly cancelled due to terrorist threats they had received-as they say.
http://www.dakar.com/indexus.html
i guess that the anounced threats would aim more specifically to the rally event, but do you think this has to do with similar problems in senegal right now?
i'm planning to visit senegal and mali next month solo, and i worry a little about safety issues, especially because i'll travel indepentent and in budget.
any recent info would be very helpfull (i read the older similar postings here, too)
thanks
nikos

hi everybody!!

although the main non-african language seems to be french, do you think that somebody who speaks english can travel around ok intepentently?
i mean, without tourist companies, so have to communicate with locals for hotel, food, bus etc...
must be a little hard?

many thanks

Hello folks,

I will be getting into Dakar come this Sunday morning. A couple of questions please:

1.Transport from airport into city center. Any advice on the cheapest way to do this?

2. Getting from Dakar to Saint Loius, how does one do this quickest? bus? how long and much? schedule?

3. Dakar to Bamako ... what's the best and not expensive way to do this?

Thanks much for the info.

Hi, My partner and i are arriving to Dakar airport in the am and need somewhere cheap to sleep for 2 nights until we get ourselves together to move on. Anyone have any ideas? The hotels all seem pretty expensive to me!
Thanks
regan

I am planning to explore Africa and thinking of going to Senegal. I speak French and English and I would like to learn the history of the slave trade and visit Goree Island and explore the area.

I am looking for company for travel sometime in early spring (March)

Recommendations for safety to travel in Senegal? Activites? enough things to do for 1 week?
Thanks

I'd like to book a trustworthy driver to take me from Dakar to St-Louis on Sept. 10, 2007. Does anyone know of a good one, how I can hire him, and about how much it costs. Thanks.

Hello,
Just wanna find out if clubfreedom.biz/giraffee1
a travel and vacation online programme is an affiliate of RCI

Thanks
Ashonye

My wife wants to know in which hotel she can bath topless. Is this allowed in Dakar? What are the bathing codes? We havo two options: Novotel or Sofitel taranga. What are the dressing codes for her at night?

We both are from Venezuela and there micor bikinis or topless are common practices. Pleasa advice

Many thanks

I'll go to Senegal for one month vacationin July. My itinerary would be Dakar-Tambacounda-Bassari Country-Casamance-Cap Skiring-Dakar. I have some questions related.
-Anyone lived in Hotel Oceanic or Hotel Ganale in Dakar? Experiences? Or some other recommendations to stay in Dakar.
-Safety situation in Casamance at present?
-The best way to travel from Ziguinchor to Dakar? By road or by boat? How long
it takes? Anyone has experience?
-I'm an eager sportfisherman. Do you know any good charter operator in Dakar or
anywhere in Senegal?
I appreciate all tips and advices related to travelling in Senegal. Thank's in advance!

-Antti

We're four students travelling to Dakar from New York City on a project for 1 week in March, 2007. I would be grateful if anyone can provide some estimate of how much airfare would be (orbits and other sites gave too great a range--$1400-$4000!) and how much we should expect to pay for taxis from airport to center city. Would it make better sense to rent a car during the trip since we'll need to get around each day?

Any tip would be appreciated!

We're four students travelling to Dakar from New York City on a project for 1 week in March, 2007. I would be grateful if anyone can provide some estimate of how much airfare would be (orbits and other sites gave too great a range--$1400-$4000!) and how much we should expect to pay for taxis from airport to center city. Would it make better sense to rent a car during the trip since we'll need to get around each day?

Any tip would be appreciated!

We're four students travelling to Dakar from New York City on a project for 1 week in March, 2007. I would be grateful if anyone can provide some estimate of how much airfare would be (orbits and other sites gave too great a range--$1400-$4000!) and how much we should expect to pay for taxis from airport to center city. Would it make better sense to rent a car during the trip since we'll need to get around each day?

Any tip would be appreciated!

Hi - It's been my dream for the last few years to go to this festival. I'm packing in my job and going off travelling alone (inexperienced lone woman traveller!!) in west africa for 4 months - arriving in dakar on 27th Dec and leaving Accra on 17th April with Mali and who knows what in between. I'm meeting up with at least one guy from 3rd Jan who wants to do the festival, and another is just making his mind up. Previous plans were to go overland but they fell through. I've read about train and bus/taxi. Can anyone tell me how long it would take me to get to timbuktu from dakar? Festival starts 11th jan. Don't know yet how I'm getting to that. Wanted to do it independently rather than tour - but not sure how to do this. Would be glad of advice/tips and any extra company.
Jane

I am interested in going from Dakkar to Morocco ( passing through Mauritania) by bus, and then returning back to Dakkar eventually. Is this possible? is this safe? Could I get a Mauritanian visa at the border? Did any brave souls ever try this route? I welcome ANY advice!

I am trying to find a tourism department of Senegal, anywhere in the world. I found one in the US but it seems as if they've closed shop as their website has dead links and their email has been shut down. Any suggestions where I could get information brochures?

I'm traveling to Dakar in a couple of months and need some advise about the best things to do at night. The best clubs, what kinda music, etc. I am also looking for professional dance schools in Dakar. Can anyone help.
Cheers,

I will be in Dakar from July 11 to August 7. I am looking for a room and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions. Preferably, it would be a furnished room in a family's house. but it could be an apartment as well.

Does any one have any info on availability of Cirrus ATM's in Dakar.
I am being told there are NONE in the country.