Itinerary
- Day 1
Arrival in Dakar
You'll land at Blaise Diagne International Airport and handle customs and immigration. From there, a private car takes you to your hotel in Dakar where you'll spend your first night settling in.
Landmarks Blaise Diagne International Airport - Day 2
Gorée Island - Pink Lake
After breakfast, you'll take a city tour through Dakar to get your bearings. Then it's off to Goree Island by ferry to visit the historic slave house and walk around the island. Later you head to Pink Lake, where you can check out the salt works and ride across the sand dunes on a four-wheel vehicle. If you're interested, the lake's salt content lets you float without effort. You'll return to Dakar for the evening.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at Pink Lake after saline visit)
Included Activities
- City tour of Dakar
- Ferry to Gorée Island
- Visit to slaves' house on Gorée Island
- Island exploration on Gorée
- Visit of the saline at Pink Lake
- Ride aboard four-wheeled vehicle on sand dunes at Pink Lake
- Optional bathing in Pink Lake
Landmarks Gorée Island Pink Lake (Lake Retba) Dakar Harbor 
- Day 3
Toubacouta
You start with breakfast and travel toward Saloum, stopping in Kaolack along the way. This city in west central Senegal has an old market showing Sudanese architecture where traders from surrounding regions sell everything from textiles to spices. The city was historically crucial for the groundnut trade. Grab lunch at a local spot, then continue on to Toubacouta and check into your lodge within Fathala Reserve.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at a restaurant in Kaolack), Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit to Kaolack city
- Market exploration in Kaolack
Landmarks Kaolack Market Fathala Wildlife Reserve - Day 4
Fathala Wildlife Reserve
The morning begins before dawn with a guided game drive through open terrain as the sun rises. You'll spot Derby Eland herds, various antelope, giraffes, rhinos, and buffalo moving through the reserve. Stop at a waterhole for coffee and snacks while watching the landscape light up. In the afternoon, trade the vehicle for canoes and paddle through the Saloum mangrove channels, seeing pelicans, cormorants, and other water birds in their natural habitat.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Guided sunrise game drive in Fathala Wildlife Reserve
- Game viewing in open vehicle
- Morning coffee and snacks at waterhole
- Canoe cruise in Saloum mangroves
- Bird watching in Saloum
Landmarks Fathala Wildlife Reserve Saloum Delta 
- Day 5
Joal - Fadiouth - Saly
After breakfast, you travel to Saly with stops to meet local residents along the way. You'll visit Joal, birthplace of Senegal's first president and poet Leopold Senghor, including his childhood home. Then it's on to Fadiouth, an island built entirely from shells and connected by a wooden bridge. This animistic community has unique grain storage houses on stilts and a cemetery where Catholics and Muslims are buried together. Lunch happens in Joal before you arrive at your beachfront hotel in Saly for check-in.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch (Lunch at a restaurant in Joal), Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit to Joal village
- Visit to Leopold Senghor childhood house
- Visit to Fadiouth Shell Island
- Exploration of Fadiouth village
Landmarks Joal Village Fadiouth Shell Island - Day 6
Somone Lagoon Reserve
You head to Somone village and spend the day exploring Somone Lagoon Natural Reserve by dugout canoe. This protected area covers over 7,000 hectares and hosts year-round bird populations including herons, pelicans, pink flamingos, egrets, and spatulas nesting between mangrove stands and sandbars. You'll paddle through the reserve and walk along the shoreline. Back at your hotel, you'll have dinner and settle in for the night.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Included Activities
- Visit to Somone Lagoon Natural Reserve by canoe
- Bird watching in Somone Lagoon
- Exploration on foot in the reserve
Landmarks Somone Lagoon Somone Village - Day 7
Saly
Breakfast is at your hotel, and the day is yours to relax on the beach. There's an optional jet-ski excursion if you want to speed along the coast for some adrenaline. Return to your hotel for dinner and overnight.
- Meals
- Breakfast, Dinner
Optional Activities
- Jet-ski excursion along the coast
- Day 8
Departure from Dakar
After breakfast, the day is free until your transfer to Blaise Diagne Airport for your departure. Tour services finish when you head to the airport.
- Meals
- Breakfast
Landmarks Blaise Diagne International Airport
