Dakar City Tour and Goree Island
Description
Today you will enjoy a Dakar city tour to explore this bustling West Africa city with its colorful local markets. You will also view the impressive African Monument Renaissance,Soumbedioune Market,art galleries before getting onboard for the Goree island excursion.There you will taste a delicious lunch before starting your visit with the slave house museum,some colonial sites and have have a stroll in this nice island.At 4:30pm you will take the ferry boat back to Dakar.The boat ride takes just 25mn Back in Dakar where a courtesy vehicle will drive you back to your location..
Tour Options
Itinerary
Our accredited guide will take you to the huge Monument of the African Renaissance and explain the cultural input of this monument for the African people.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pick you up from any locations in Dakar and in Saly.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infant meals not included
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Child rate applies only when sharing with 2 paying adults
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Minimum drinking age is 18 years
- At time of booking, Cruise ship passengers must provide the following information at time of booking: ship name, docking time, disembarkation time and re-boarding time
- Refunds will not be issued if tour/activity is missed due to late or non-arrival of cruise ship
- Dress code is formal
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Reviews(53)
The experience was wonderful. Our driver and tour guide was absolutely amazing. I highly recommend the tour. You will be gone all day so plan accordingly and wear comfortable shoes!
Goree was worth it, then went to Dakar. From Ponto Rui booked with privetaxi Paco, DST Travels +221 776068391.(stated outside hotel) Paco has stayed with us and arranged everything, in Dakar we could stop where we wanted, highly recommended. Along the way he also talked about life in Senegal. Not booking with travel agency, way too expensive and everything goes in larger groups, personal contact was very nice.
We really enjoyed the tour of Dakar and Gorée Island, especially because there were only two of us in the group. This allowed us to ask a lot of questions about Senegal to the guide Papé, who had the right answers to all of them and was very informed also about the situation in Europe. The pickup at the hotel took place even before the scheduled departure time, and we were informed the day before the excursion that we needed to have our passports with us for the ferry crossing from Dakar to Gorée. We toured Gorée Island and learned about its history, and we had a very good lunch at a restaurant on the island. In Dakar, we stopped at various places and we particularly enjoyed the stop at the African Renaissance Monument, the largest statue in Africa. By 5 PM, we were already back at the hotel in Saly. This tour is highly recommended.
The guide was great! He was very informative and friendly. Unfortunately, after the trip to Goree island, the driver did not return to pick us up. The guide called many times but the driver did not return. The guide was able to secure a taxi to take me around for the rest of the tour but I believe it was shortened and rushed due to being in a taxi instead of the tour vehicle. I’m glad the guide stuck around because I was the only person on the tour and it could have turned in to a really bad situation being stranded as a solo female in Dakar.
Thank you for your feedback.Sorry for the driver who did not return on time to continue the city tour. We appreciate our tour guide who found a solution to complete the tour.We will take some steps to avoid such a misconvenience with the driver. We are glad you liked your guide service.
So glad I did this tour, I learned so much about the history of Senegal and my history. My guide was attentive, responsive, and supportive. My favorite part was Goree Island where I was humbled by the atrocities that occurred and got to celebrate local artists and eat good food!
Very nice outing, mix of the visit of Dakar (a bit fast and all by bus) and the island of Gorée which tells very well the history of Senegal
The tour was very nice, Goree Island is impressive, as is the African Renaissance monument (truly massive). Abdoulaye was a very good guide, informative, spoke good English and was pleasant to be around. I would have liked to see a bit more of Dakar - there are only 2 stops at the Catholic Cathedral and the Renaissance monument. Would have liked to walk around the city a bit more. But for what the tour did show, it was certainly worth it!
Thank you for your feedback.It was a pleasure to show you Dakar city and Goree island. Starting from Somone time is short for more walking tour in Dakar as the transfer back to your hotel is a long way and the traffic jump in Dakar is usually difficult. So we didn't want you to arrive very late at your hotel.That is why we didn't make many stops.
Excellent tour. Interesting, informative and enjoyable. Right amount of time and well planned. Assane was a terrific guide. Highly recommended tour and guide.
Mr.Alpha Dia was our guide, he was excellent in everything! He was knowledgeable about the city and hit all the highlights and gave historical narration! He was kind and patient. His partner at Goree Island was a local and gave a great tour! The driver with Mr. Dia was a good driver and we felt safe. I give this tour a 10/10! I will recommend to my family and friends.
Goree Island. The Door of No Return. Fascinating, captivating, intriguing and interesting Historical events the enslaved people encountered. Very important part of History not taught in USA. (African perspective). City tour also interesting. Renasonce monument, Islamic center, catholic church, president house, etc.. Trip was scheduled for 7 hours. Tour Guide Alfa gave more time. I cannot thank Alfa enough. Merci, Danke, Gracia.
