What’s included
- Air-conditioned transport from Dakar
- French-speaking guide throughout the tour
- Accommodation and breakfasts on multi-day tours
- Entrance fees to the sites visited
- Bottled water on board
All tours
Lake Retba
A day at the pink lake: salt water, salt harvesting, dunes and a fishing village.
- Duration
- 1 day
- 35 000 FCFA / person
Highlights
- Float in water ten times saltier than the sea
- Harvest salt alongside the lake workers
- Cross the dunes by 4x4 down to the ocean
- Grilled fish lunch in a fishing village
Day-by-day programme
Day 1
Leaving Dakar
Pick-up at your hotel or at the agency in the early morning. An hour’s drive to Lake Retba, with a photo stop along the Niayes road.
Day 2
The lake and the dunes
Swim, meet the salt harvesters, then cross the dunes to the beach. Grilled fish lunch facing the ocean, back in Dakar in the late afternoon.
What’s not
- Lunches and dinners not listed in the programme
- Drinks and personal spending
- Tips
- Travel insurance