Full board, meals as indicated, guides, entrance fees, airport to hotel transfer.
Not included
International airfare, travel insurance, gratuities.
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Tour Operator
Palace Travel Inc
Duration
8 Days
Escorted
Escorted - Yes
Itinerary
Day
Destination
Description
Day 1
ZIGUINCHOR
Arrival in Ziguinchor, Senegal. Transfer and settle into your guesthouse.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 2
ZIGUINCHOR
Tour of Ziguinchor. Visit the Escale Market, the fishermen's port, the peanut mountains, the city center and its colonial houses, the famous Boucotte neighborhood, the St. Maur Market and the French Alliance.
After lunch, depart to the antique village of Niaguis-Fandang. Stop in this typical fishing village and walk along the river shores. On the way back we will pass through the multiple cultivation fields.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 3
ZIGUINCHOR
Enjoy an excursion to the immense Casamance River. Visit Djilapao and Affiniam villages to see impluvium houses and meet the locals. Return by boat at sunset.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 4
ZIGUINCHOR
Explore Teak Forest, then head to Djibelor Farm, where countless species of exotic flowers, healing plants and fruit trees are cultivated. Lunch in the Farm restaurant, with the possibility of trying crocodile meat.
Return to Ziguinchor, where a dance and percussion show will be performed by a group of young artists from the Boucotte neighborhood.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 5
ZIGUINCHOR
En-route to Abene we will visit the small town of Bignona and the villages of Baila and Diouloulou.
We will arrive for lunch at Kafountine (Senegal's little Jamaica). In the afternoon we head to Abene to enjoy its deserted beaches.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 6
ZIGUINCHOR
Excursion to discover the Diolas Villages deep in the Lower Casamance Reserve.
Start with Enampore and its impluvium houses, the Sacred Tree and the Telephone Tam-Tam. Have lunch at Oussouye. The next stop is Mlomp, with its huge trees, the original multilevel houses and the Diola Ancient Relics Exhibit.
Return to Ziguinchor through forest paths, among rice cultivations and palm trees.
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 7
ZIGUINCHOR
Depart to Cap Skirring and its wonderful sandy beaches. Visit Kabrousse and Djembering villages and have lunch in a restaurant facing the ocean.
Spend an afternoon dedicated to the ocean waves and fresh waters, sunbathing and relaxing under the cool shadows of coconut trees.
Return to Ziguinchor in the early evening. Complete your evening with a visit to a local night club (weekends only).
Meal(s) Included: No
Day 8
Depart
Spend the morning doing last minute souvenir shopping or relaxing. Prepare for your onward flight.
