Best Of Senegal
1
Arrival- Dakar
- Arrival at Blaise Diagne International Airport of Dias.
- After formalities, private transfer to our Hotel.
- Overnight in Terrou Bi hotel in Dakar.
2
Dakar – Gorée – Pink Lake – Dakar
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Beginning of a city tour of Dakar, the Senegalese capital.
- Transfer to the harbor ,where we will board a ferry to visit the island of Gorée (20 minutes away from Dakar).
- Gorée is an island of 300m wide and 900m long from where hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children were deported. Visit the « slaves’ house » and the island. Return to Dakar and road to the Pink Lake where we’ll have Lunch after the visit of the saline. The Pink Lake is a stretch of pink water whose salinity is 380 g/l and also it was the arrival point of the famous Rallye Paris – Dakar. The pink color of the lake changes according to the density of sun rays. Ride aboard a four-wheeled vehicle on the sand dunes surrounding the lake and those who want can bath in the lake floating.
- Back to Dakar and overnight in our hotel.
3
Dakar – Kaolack – Toubacouta
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Depart to the Saloum area and stop in Kaolack, a city situated in the west central of Senegal. Visit to this city with its former market often Sudanese architecture where meet sellers that come from all the bordering countries and where it is possible to find almost any product. Kaolack was and still be an important transit center in the groundnuts trade, a traditional cash crop of Senegal.
- We’ll have lunch in a restaurant of Kaolack before continuing to Toubacouta.
- Arrival and installation in our hotel lodge in the Reserve of
- Dinner and overnight.
4
Toubacouta – Fathala Reserve – Saloum – Toubacouta
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Today we enjoy a typical African bush experience in an open game viewing vehicle on a guided sunrise game drive through the reserve. See family herds of Derby Eland and other antelope species roan, waterbuck, and bushbuck can also be viewed, as well as giraffes, rhino, buffalo, etc.
- Enjoy morning coffee sundowners and snacks next to the waterhole as you experience a magnificent African sunrise.
- In the afternoon, we’ll embark in canoes to enjoy a lovely cruise into the mangrove of Saloum, a labyrinth of islands where we can see many birds like pelicans, cormorants, etc.
- Dinner and overnight in our Hotel.
5
Toubacouta – Joal – Saly
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Depart to the seaside resort of Saly. We’ll make some stops on the way to visit local populations.
- We will visit Joal, childhood village of the first President of Senegal, the poet-president Leopold Sédar Senghor. Moreover, a visit to his house of childhood is proposed to you before continuing to Fadiouth, the Shell Island. Connected by Joal by a wooden bridge, the island of Fadiouth is built on a mountain of shells. Its millet granaries on piles implanted in the river and its Catholic and Muslim mixed cemetery make the charm of the animistic village of Catholic adoption. Visit of Fadiouth and lunch in a restaurant in Joal before continuing to Saly.
- We arrive at Saly, installation in our hotel 5 stars in front of the beach.
- Dinner and overnight.
6
Saly – Somone – Saly
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Drive to the village of Somone situated in the heart of a magnificent coast at the end of which is the lagoon which name also is Somone.
- On board of canoes, we’ll visit this natural reserve frequented every time of the year by magnificent birds (herons, pelicans, pink flamingos, egrets, spatulas, etc.), which come to nest between the forest of mangrove swamps and sandbanks. This reserve extends over more than 7 000 ha, to visit in the dugout and on foot.
- Back to the hotel.
7
Saly – day free – Saly
- Breakfast and, from the hotel, optional excursion in jet-ski with which we shall make a route along the magnificent coast.
- Entertainment and guaranteed strong sensation.
- Return in the hotel.
- Dinner and overnight.
8
Fly Back Home
- Breakfast at Hotel.
- Free day and at the indicated time, transfer to Diass airport for the departure flight.
- End of our services.
Inclusions
-
As per mentioned in itinerary
-
SIC (Seat in Coach)
-
As per mentioned in itinerary
-
English speaking tour guide
-
Return airport transfers
-
As per mentioned in itinerary
Terms
- Please note that these packages are customizable, which means that you will be able to make changes to the itinerary/activity if you so desire. The final payment will be calculated as per the itinerary and inclusions reflected on the confirmatory e-mail sent to you.
- Please expect to receive your vouchers 72 hours before your departure date (subject to full payment of your package cost).
- Personal expenses such as laundry, telephone calls, room service, alcoholic beverages, mini bars etc., are not included.
- In case your package needs to be canceled due to any natural calamity, weather conditions etc. Dook Travels shall strive to give you the maximum possible refund subject to the agreement made with our trade partners/vendors.
- The passenger names in the booking form should be exactly as per passports. Dook Travels will not bear any liability for the name change fee, if incorrect names and ages have been added at the time of booking.
- Please note that your package includes baggage as per airlines policy. Any addition in baggage will be charged separately.
- Standard check-in time at the hotel is normally 2:00 pm and check-out is 11:00 am. An early check-in, or a late check-out is solely based on the discretion of the Hotel.
- In case the selected hotel is unavailable for booking, an alternate arrangement will be offered to the customer in another hotel of a similar category.
- Certain hotels may ask for a security deposit during check-in, which is refundable at check-out subject to the hotel policy. This amount has to be deposited by the traveler.
- Please note that Day at Leisure essentially implies that no sightseeing activities have been included for that day.
- Kindly be on time for your activities, tours and transfers. Dook Travels will not be liable for missing any activity thus for any refund against it in such cases.
- No refund either in part or in full will be made for any unused part of the services provided in the package.
- The package price doesn’t include special dinner or mandatory charges at times levied by the hotels especially during New Year and Christmas or any special occasions. Dook Travels shall try to communicate the same while booking the package. However Dook Travels may not have this information readily available all the time.
- Our package price does not include GST and TCS. Applicable GST and TCS will be charged over and above the package price.
- For queries regarding cancellations and refunds, please refer to our Cancellation Policy.
- For any paid activity which is non-operational due to any unforeseen reason, we will process the refund & should reach the guest within 30 days refund requisition. Also, for any activity which is complementary and not charged to Dook Travels & guests, no refund will be processed.
- Our package prices are on twin sharing accommodation basis thus published prices are applicable for minimum two persons and multiple of two thereon.
- As per RBI guideline every foreign traveler has to provide us his PAN details. The Dollar component of package price will be taken out of your BTQ (Basic Travel Quota).
- The tour cost does not include any Overseas Insurance Premium, but we strongly recommend buying Overseas Insurance Policy. The same after issuance is non refundable.
- These terms are general terms for our tour packages. Any term mentioned in proposal shall be considered part of it and in case of discrepancy term mentioned in proposal shall prevail.
- Disputes, if any, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts in New Delhi.
Payment Policy
- Payment schedule depends on destination, time of booking, inclusions, airline and hotel payment policy etc thus it is specific to your package bookining.
- Payment schedule will be part of our proposal to you for the package.
- If payment is not made as per the schedule provided in the first booking confirmation e-mail, Dook Travels reserves the right to cancel the booking after attempting to get in touch with you. Refunds would be as per the package cancellation policy.
Cancellation Policy
- Once Booking received : INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation + Hotel cancellation as per hotel policy+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 60 – 45 Days prior to departure : 25 % of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 45 – 30 days prior to departure: 50% of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- 30 – 10 days prior to departure: 75% of land cost + INR 5000 (Per PAX) + actual Ticket cancellation+Visa fee if visa is applied.
- Within 10 days: Full.
Latest Blogs
Send us a query
Ready to venture out into the world? Fill the form below and start your brand new journey with us
Data collected by Dook International is used for internal purposes to process and respond to your request.