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 Start Dakar end Dakar
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8 DAYS IN EASTERN SENEGAL |
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EUR € 821 |
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8 days and 7 nights |
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Dakar – Kédougou - Fouta Djalon hills - Fouta Djalon Fulani villages - Tambacounda - Dakar. |
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Minimum 4 pax, with less participants supplement will be applied (on request) |
KNOW THAT : Our tours departure dates are customized and scheduled according to the needs of each person or group who reserves a tour, so they have no pre-set departure dates.
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Discovery of Senegal and its people
Let you charm and get carried away by the mystery
and authencity of these African tribes worshipping their ancestral
traditions. Fulani people and other ethnic groups are inviting you
to discover their culture. This itinerary is focused on Senegal
ethnic group meeting through the original natural sites that you
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I T I N E R A R Y :
| Day 1: Arrival Dakar
Arrive at Léopold Sédar Senghor international
airport in Dakar, you are met, assisted and then transferred
to your hotel. Have dinner according to your arrival time;
overnight at your hotel.
Day 2: Dakar – Kédougou by road in eastern
Senegal (700km)
After an early breakfast, full day drive to eastern Senegal
stop in Kaolack or in Kaffrine for lunch.
Arrive at Kédougou village late in the evening, establish
in a campement to relax on the Gambia river shores. Dinner
and overnight at the campement.
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Day 3: Fouta Djalon hills (20 Km)
Breakfast and visit Kédougou market exchange croossroads
where Senegalese, guinean and malian merchants are meeting.
Transfer by vehicle (local transportation or 4WD) on the unpaved
road going to the Fulani country middle, arrive at a nestled
village located on the Gambia river banks, on the first hills
shaping Fouta Djalon. Have lunch on the river banks then visit
villages and meet the inhabitants. Dinner and overnight in
the traditional huts or in the double tents.
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Day 4, 5, 6 and 7: Discover walk
of Fouta Djalon Fulani villages
The walking tour of different villages located between the
hills will enable you to grasp some main ideas on Fulani people
life and custom being one of the most mysterious of West Africa.
Take for a walk in the rich and varied vegetation and in typical
villages.
This is an opportunity for you to discover quietly the activities,
history and traditional rites of this area population of Senegal
(musik and tales, craft center, plantation, organisation and
village way of life).
You will enjoy the area quiet, the waterfall freshness and
the countryside beauty. This place is appreciated for its
authencity, the meeting richness and the rythm of villagers’
night parties.
Hot picnic meals and overnight in bivouac or in traditional
huts.
Drive to Tambacounda and overnight in a campement.
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Day 8: Tambacounda - Dakar
Have an early breakfast then drive to Dakar, have lunch en
route
Arrive Dakar late in the afternoon, transfer to the airport
for home departure. End of our tour portion.
N.B: For more comfort, one day can be added
to this tour of 8 days by staying again overnight in your
hotel in Dakar; visit Dakar on the ninth day and be transferred
to the airport late in the afternoon or in the evening for
your home departure. You can extend your trip to Mali. |
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OVERVIEW OF THE TOUR :
- 8 days and 7 nights
- Authentic tour to accessible paths, but it is required
to be able to trek during 2 or 5 hours per day. You need
to be physically fine so that to be adpted to the heat.
- 5 hours of walking or trekking in the foothills of Fouta
Djalon (altitude around 500 km maxi)
- Accommodation: 1 night in hotel, 2 nights in campement,
4 nights in traditional huts.
- The selected campements can be changed into their similars
- Your accommodations places are always equipped with
mosquitoes’ nets.
- Your contribution for bivouac establishment is necessary;
So, the travellers will have to supply camping matrasses
and covers.
- Meals: traditional and modern meals (good hygiene condition).
- Dinners and picnic lunch are prepared with local and
exported products.
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FURTHER INFORMATION :
1) The eastern region of Senegal has neither current
fresh, tap water nor electricity. The lighting means are
oil lamps and the dishes are traditional ( women are providing
water from the well in order to have a bath. Such a fact
constitutes an authencity and bring frehness after a sunny
day activities.
2) The road are sometimes unpaved and rough.
3) The itinerary can be flexible because of some major
natural factors (weather, season activities….).
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TOUR FARE INCLUDES :
- - Transfer upon arrival and departure in the airport,
- - Luggage handling in the airport and in the different accommodation areas (except in Bivouac)
- - Local correspondent assistance
- - Accommodation, double occupancy, throughout the trip in hotel or auberge, traditional huts, campement, and bivouac
- - Full board pension during all the trip, arrival and departure dinners are depending on arrival and departure time.
- - Attend all listed sites
- - Transfer transportation fees
- - National Park visit, local guide services and entry fees
- - French speaking guide services
- - Cooks services in the villages
- - Mineral water the trekking days
- - Insurance throughout the trip.
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TOUR FARE DOESN'T INCLUDES :
- - International flight tickets fees
- - Mineral water (except the trekking days), and other drinks
- - Personal sellings and tips, the insurance: repatriation, cancellation, luggage loosing.
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The climate of Mali:
» subtropical to arid;
» hot and dry February to June;
» rainy, humid, and mild June to November;
» cool and dry November to February
It is also possible to compose your circuit as you wish,
or
modify an existant one. To do this
build your own trip.
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