Reserve of Bandia

We did the Bandia Safari with my son and we had a great time together. It’s a great experience to live with your family. The reserve is well organized and allows to observe many animals in a pleasant natural setting: giraffes, rhinoceros, zebras, antelope... It is impressive to see them evolve in semi-freedom. The guides are professional, interesting and take the time to explain everything along the way. My son loved the experience, especially getting so close to the animals. It is both fun and educational, a real beautiful memory to share. Practical advice: plan cash if you want to buy souvenirs at the shop or visit the reptile area. This avoids any unpleasant surprises and allows you to fully enjoy the visit. We definitely recommend this excursion if you are staying in Senegal, especially with your family.

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We went on an organised trip with TUI from the RIU Baobab hotel. The trip was generally well organised and the guide from the reserve spoke good English and was very informative of all the animals we saw. We were quite surprised at how many we did see, considering how large the Reserve is.

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We stayed at Bandia Ranch and visited the reserve in October with family, nice tour with guide. The restaurant is very good, nice staff. A huge thank you to Birame for allowing us this visit.

Family holidays in Senegal (10 people including 4 children) We visited the reserve thanks to Mamadou who organized a tailor-made tour according to what we wanted to do: Bandia reserve and lions in a cage car; visit a typical village and a school with the children; visit the island of gorée and canoe ride. Mamadou explained to us with all the passion he has for his country ☺️, very involved and do everything to ensure that we are well in our visits! You can contact him on Whatsapp at +221 776149063 The visit to the reserve was really great, we had a guide who explained all the animals and we saw almost all of them! A happiness for adults and children 😃

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This an excellent day excursion from Dakar. It's well organized, the guides really know their animals and they keep you informed. The ride lasts for a couple of hours, there's some shade from the roof cover but arms and legs might need some sunblock. You'll need water. The ride is bumpy but not rough and the seats are comfortable enough. The animal encounters are really excellent, especially for a first time. We saw giraffe, Zebra, hippos, ostriches, antelope and more. Great photo opportunities. There's a decent snack bar at the end near the croc pool but you'll need to keep the monkeys off your snacks! There's a bathroom stop before after.

we were able to admire the animals in freedom with a friendly guide who can take photos for us when he has a better view than us.

The reserve at Bandia was quite good more animals than I expected pleased about that because read the reviews and some people were saying they had not seen a lot.The only thing that I will do not do the lions they are over fed and just lay there not feeding ore climbing onto the vichiles as we were told have seen better in a zoo .

Superb walk, we take full eyes, incredible moment against the majestic giraffes and impressive rhinoceros. Not to be missed (despite the budget to be planned: quite onerous) but memorable!!! Nice site.

Driving there was no picnic. I think the best time to go is from January to June. After June hard to see the animals and it’s rains a lot more. They were suppose to take credit cards, I would take cash just in case. Their card machine didn’t work. Weird cause it worked in the bar-restaurant, but not the ticket counter. That sucked as it cleaned me out. For 5 of us I paid about 115k CFA with car and tip. I paid for their land cruiser to take us around. The roads are sandy and lots of mud. Don’t be stingy. For the small cost of the taking their car, it’s the best choice. Also you must take a guide. I tipped them afterwards. Saw many animals; rhinos, ostriches, zebras, warthogs, monkeys, gazelles, many others I don’t know the name of. Lots of super old baobabs. One with skulls in it. I like the cruise through the park. The weather was cool in June. Rained a bit. Trees didn’t have a lot of leaves so it was easier to see the animals. Hit the gift shop and restaurant. Gift shop was nice, well stocked with cool stuff. The restaurant had a good assortment of items. A bit on the $ side. We shared 2 pizzas between 4 of us. Lots of birds to watch as you eat. It’s a private park that looks like it’s building more infrastructure. The guide spoke some English. All in all a good experience.

Incredible experience , very professional staff, we were accompanied by Pape Tata Ndiaye who is really listening to his customers, and very warm. He masters his work and you can see that he is passionate about what he does! I recommend without hesitation.