Tour Teranga: seven days in Senegal

Tour Teranga Day 1 Arrival and transfer to hotel Day 2 Departure after breakfast to visit the Pink Lake, whose name is due to the pinkish colouring of the waters, caused by the presence of particular microorganisms; stop for lunch. In the afternoon, continue to the city of Saint Louis. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel Palmeraie or similar Day 3 After breakfast, departure for the Dioudj bird park, classified as the third reserve in the world; visit of the park by pirogue (open from November to April). You will be able to admire, among other species: flamingos, fish eagles, bitterns, herons, storks, ibises, ducks, stilts and various species of birds of prey, pelicans. Lunch in the park and return to Saint Louis. Dinner and overnight stay. Day 4 After breakfast, a carriage tour of the city of Saint Louis, once the capital of Senegal and of all the French colonies of West Africa.

Lunch in a typical restaurant and continue to the Lompoul desert. A michoui dinner accompanied by drum rhythms by the young people of the village and overnight stay in a Bedouin tent. Day 5 After breakfast, departure for the holy city of Touba, sacred place of the Murid brotherhood; visit to its mosque, considered the most beautiful religious monument in West Africa. Lunch in Kaolack. Continue to Toubacouta. Arrival and settle into the hotel and a boat trip on the Saloum delta among the mangrove channels. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel Keur Saloum or similar. Day 6 After breakfast, departure for Joal, the birthplace of the first president Senghor. Joal was the transit centre of the Portuguese. After lunch, visit to Fadiouth, an island where Catholics and Muslims share the same cemetery and a place with a percentage of 90% Christians. The two communities live in perfect harmony.

Continue to Saly, dinner and overnight stay. Day 7 Free morning and lunch. In the early afternoon, transfer to the port of Dakar for the ferry to the island of Goree. Visit of the island, cultural heritage of humanity and transit place of the slaves, small in size but of great historical importance. Free dinner in Goree, compatibly with flight times. Cost of the trip: 800 euros each Departure guaranteed even for 2 people For 4 people: 750 euros Included: the Italian-speaking guide, the hotels, full board, the excursions, Excluded: drinks, the tip for the guide