Day 1: Arrival Dakar
P.M.: Arrive at Léopold Sédar Senghor international
airport in Dakar, you are met, assisted and then transferred
to your hotel or auberge. Have dinner according to your arrival
time; overnight at your hotel.
Day 2: Dakar – Kédougou (700km)
A.M.: Early breafast at the hotel, head for the area of eastern
Senegal; have lunch in Kaolack or in Kaffrine.
P.M.: Arrive and relax in Kédougou. Dinner and overnight
at a campement.
Day 3: Fouta Djalon hills
(20 km)
A.M.: Breakfast and visit Kédougou market exchange
croossroads where Senegalese, guinean and malian merchants
are meeting.
Transfer by vehicle (local transportation or 4WD) on the unpaved
road going to the Fulani country middle, arrive at a nestled
village located on the Gambia river banks, on the first hills
shaping Fouta Djalon. Have lunch on the river banks then visit
villages and meet the inhabitants. Dinner and overnight in
the traditional huts or in the double tents.
Day 4, 5, 6,7 and 8: Trekking in Fulani villages
The walking tour of different villages located between the
hills will enable you to grasp some main ideas on Fulani people
life and custom being one of the most mysterious people of
West Africa.
Every day take for a walk of about 2 or 5 hours in the rich
and varied vegetation to reach a new village.
This is an opportunity for you to discover quietly the activities,
history and traditional rites of this area population of Senegal
(musik and tales, craft center, plantation, organisation and
village way of life).
You will enjoy the area quiet, the waterfall freshness and
the countryside beauty. This place is appreciated for its
authencity, the meeting richness and the rythm of villagers’
night parties.
Hot picnic meals and overnight of Day 4, 5, 6 and 7 in bivouac
or in traditional huts. Day 8 overnight will be spent in a
campement not very far from Tambacounda.
Day 9 : Tambacounda surroundings
A.M.: Early breakfast at the campement then drive to visit
the surrounding villages along the Gambia river: discover
Fulani ethnie group of the Gambia as well as Sarakholé
one.
Sightseeing en route, observe birds and other animals.
Dinner and overnightat a campement.
Day 10 : Tambacounda
– Dakar (450 Km)
A.M.: Early breakfast at the campement. Today drive leads
us to Dakar and have lunch en route.
P.M.: Arrive Dakar late in the afternoon. Dinner and overnight
at a hotel or an auberge. End of your trip.
