Departure at 8am for the pier, then a 20-minute rowboat crossing to Gorée Island, a major symbol of the slave trade.
Discover its picturesque lanes, colonial architecture, Maison des Esclaves, Saint-Charles church and Fort d'Estrées, home to the Musée Historique du Sénégal.
Lunch at Tonton's, then off to Ndangane, in the heart of the Sine-Saloum delta.
Check-in at Le Cordon Bleu hotel, dinner and overnight stay.
After breakfast, embark on a pirogue excursion to the island of Mar Lodj, passing by bird island and mangroves.
Discover the three sacred trees - a fromager, a rônier and a caïlcédrat - symbolizing the harmony between the three religions practiced here: Islam, Christianity and animism.
Under their shadow, rites and traditions are perpetuated in a peaceful atmosphere where nature and spirituality unite.
Picnic lunch during the excursion, then return to Ndangane in the afternoon.
Dinner and overnight at the hotel.
After breakfast, departure for Joal, birthplace of president-poet Léopold Sédar Senghor. Stop off at Fadial to admire Senegal's largest baobab tree, then on to Fadiouth, the shell island. Explore on foot or by pirogue its shell-covered lanes, millet granaries on stilts and mixed cemetery, a symbol of tolerance.
Continue on to La Somone, a seaside resort nestling on the edge of a lagoon classified as a nature reserve.
Lunch at Rasta's, followed by a boat trip to observe birds and mangroves.
Check-in at the Africa Queen hotel (or similar), dinner and overnight stay.
After breakfast, departure for a safari to the Bandia Reserve.
Accompanied by an animal guide, observe giraffes, zebras, antelopes, buffaloes, monkeys, rhinoceroses and other emblematic species.
It's the perfect way to round off a holiday of nature, adventure and wonder.
Return late morning - end of tour.
