Tours Program: Group Travel
Day 1 :
Our specially chosen team will welcome and assist you upon arrival at Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport. All guests will immediately be organized and transferred to our luxury air conditioned buses for a 1 ½ hour ride to the deluxe 5 star hotel in Saly, Senegal, the Lamantin Beach Hotel.
Day 2nd :
We organize our groups for 8 am departure on our air conditioned buses or 4X4 wheel drives to visit the Sinesaloum region of Senegal. You will see impressive and massive baobab trees and visit African villages with local culture. You will meet the Serere people who are indigenous to this area. At 10:am we arrive at the fishing village of Ndangane where we take African motorized boats called pirogues for a 1hour 30mn,ride in the Sinesalooum river watching beautiful birds and admiring the wonderful landscape before reaching the exotic Island lodges of Marlodj. Take lunch, relax and go for a swim in the nearby river. Return to the hotel before 6: pm.
Day 3rd :
Relaxation. Time will be allowed to enjoy any extra personal leisure and sporting activities available. Chose from water sports, golf, tennis, horse back riding, dune buggy, motor quad, carting and legal gambling. Enjoy dinner.
Day 4th :
Depart at 8:30 on air conditioned buses for a tour of Pink lake. Lac Rose was the arrival point of the famous Paris-Dakar Rally. Our 10:00 arrival results in a tour around the lake visiting salt diggers and the villages before driving through sand dunes to the Atlantic ocean. 11:00 stop for an open bar then take motor quads (2 persons per quad) for an 1 hour drive along the beach ending at the Pink lake resort for lunch at 12:30 pm. Relax and swim, then at 4:30 return to our buses and be back at your hotel by 6: 30 pm.
Day 5th :
Assemble at 9 am. Bus departs for 1 hr drive to Joal Fadiouth to discover the rich culture of this shellfish island. We travel by foot with our personal tour guides. 12:00 we go for local refreshments at a nearby bar and return to our hotel at 1:30 pm. Again, at 5:30 we go (20 mins) to visit Mbour harbor and the local craft market. To see the arrival of so many boats is so extraordinary .7:00 returns to the hotel for dinner.
Day 6th :
At 8:30 am on 4×4 or pick-up truck for a safari in Bandia Animal Park. An enclosed area of 800ha allows you to see animals such as antelopes, rhinos, buffaloes, giraffes, monkey, birds, and many others. After a 2 hour park safari , stop at the park refreshment bar then return to the hotel at 12:30 pm. Relax until 6:30 pm and go by 4×4 wheel drive to a real African village to share in music , dance , African folklore show and wrestling. After a (20min drive) return to the hotel by 10:00 pm for a night rest and prepare for early morning check out.
Day 7th :
7:30 am depart on air conditioned buses from Saly to Dakar. Our city tour will give you an opportunity to see some Dakar highlights: Monument of African Renaissance, Art, craft,carving,sand painting galleries, colorful markets, African art museum , the Presidential palace , Kermel flower and fruits market ,the Catholic cathedral Jean d’Arc,and the mosque. At 12:30 take the ferry to see Goree Island (20 min ride), the former slave trade market. Lunch at 1: pm in one of the best restaurants on the island. Later visit the slave museums, women’s museum and historical museums.6:00 pm ferry back to Dakar and later enjoy dinner at Pointe des Almadies restaurant or similar. Overnight at King Fahd Hotel 5 star Dakar.
Day 8th :
Organize all visitors to Dakar Airport in accordance with flight departure. This is the end of Diallo Tours Services Incentive Program.
Accommodations
Hotel Neptune
Situated at the very heart of the famous Saly sea resort, NEPTUNE HOTEL welcomes you in a luxurious tropical garden.
Hotel Lamantin
Completely renovated in 2011, this resort situated in Saly and is 80 km to the South of Dakar, on the Small Coast, at the edge of a long and big beach of fair sand.
Hotel LES bougainvillees
116 air conditioned rooms set on tropical garden. Entertainment staff providing lively animation. A range of sporting activities Direct beach access Outside bars and restaurants, minimarkets, bank within easy distance Delicious cuisine.
Royam Saly
The hotel offers 120 bedrooms distributed in approximately 60 bungalows built in the African traditional style and ideally set in a lush tropical garden.