Dakar & Gorée Island — 4 days
History, culture and Senegalese energy. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & the Plateau; Gorée Island; Monument & Corniche; Kermel Market & departure.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & the Plateau
- 15:00 — Arrival at Dakar AIBD
- 17:00 — Taxi → city centre — AIBD → Plateau
- 18:00 — Hotel check-in — Plateau, Dakar
- Walk to the market — Plateau, Dakar → Plateau
- 19:00 — Sandaga Market — Plateau
- 20:30 — Thieboudienne dinner — Plateau
Day 2 — Gorée Island
- 09:00 — Ferry to Gorée Island — Embarcadère de Dakar
- Ferry to Gorée — Embarcadère de Dakar → Île de Gorée
- 09:30 — House of Slaves — Île de Gorée
- 11:30 — Stroll through the colonial lanes — Île de Gorée
- 13:00 — Grilled fish lunch facing the ocean — Île de Gorée
- 15:00 — Fort d'Estrées & museum — Île de Gorée
- 17:30 — Back to Dakar
- 20:00 — Mafé dinner — Plateau
Day 3 — Monument & Corniche
- 09:00 — African Renaissance Monument — Ouakam
- 11:00 — Mosque of the Divinity — Ouakam
- Taxi to the Corniche — Ouakam → Corniche Ouest
- 13:00 — Lunch on the Corniche — Corniche Ouest
- Walk to Soumbédioune — Corniche Ouest → Soumbédioune
- 15:00 — Soumbédioune craft market — Soumbédioune
- Walk back to the Corniche — Soumbédioune → Corniche Ouest
- 17:30 — Sunset on the Corniche — Corniche Ouest
- Taxi to Les Almadies — Corniche Ouest → Almadies
- 20:00 — Dinner with live mbalax music — Almadies
Day 4 — Kermel Market & departure
- 09:00 — Kermel Market — Plateau
- 11:00 — Café Touba and doughnuts — Plateau
- Taxi to the Village des Arts — Plateau → Route de l'Aéroport
- 13:00 — Village des Arts — Route de l'Aéroport
- 15:30 — Transfer to AIBD airport
- 18:30 — Return flight