The best campsites Senegal

On the east bank of the Gambia River, this camp spread over 8 hectares offers well-maintained huts with individual bathrooms. The restaurant, with a view of the Gambia, offers good Senegalese and European cuisine while enjoying a unique show: the daily life of a hippopotamus family living nearby. Lazy during the day, it invites itself from time to time, in the morning or in the evening, on the outskirts of the camp. Warm welcome. We recommend it!

Supported by the Océanium de Dakar, an association for environmental protection, this ecotourism camp, located on the banks of the River Bamboung, has a few areas with shower toilets. Several excursions from here, including a visit to the protected marine area of Du. The benefits of the camp are also used for this community shrine, 6 800 ha and for development activities in the village. Beauty of the site, complicity with nature and inhabitants of the village are its strengths, and in addition you do a good action. You are recommended.

The camp has its feet in the sand, and the setting is magnificent. It's the best value for money address in the region. There are two types of huts to suit all tastes and budgets: hard-built bungalows, a little faded and without air-conditioning, and straw huts, lit by kerosene lamps, with outdoor sanitary facilities and a gourd shower for half the price, the ideal solution for young backpackers, as the whole place is clean and well-kept. The menu is fixed and very well served, with a large Senegalese plate, based on daily products.

This camp cut off from the world is worth a good stop for the Robinsons! It is held by Mamadou who will bend over backwards to make you discover the region. We sleep in huts made of woven mangrove or in huts in the trees. Showers and toilets in the African way, in the open air. This camp is rustic, but runs on solar electricity, and remains charming by its vegetation and by its straw hut which faces Elinkine. A nice round bar, friendly tables where you can eat grilled oysters and other local specialties. A real favorite!

On the banks of the river on the island of Mar Lodge, this magnificent camp is a real haven of peace, with many trees, spread over 10 hectares. The accommodation consists of 17 ventilated huts, with mosquito nets and carefully decorated, including 5 family huts. Canoes, paddles, windsurfing are available to enjoy the wide beach. Ideal place for fishing from the pontoon or by pirogue. Delicious restaurant with fresh and local products. Welcoming and caring staff. Animal and Kids friendly establishment, with playground, bikes, table tennis and table football.

This camp is a great surprise to lovers of animals: a small domestic gazelle lives in his garden, in the center of a large round box inspired by traditional implovium boxes. Opened in 2007 by François Joliot, a ferried bicycle and nature architect, this camp has harmonious lines and a well-designed area. A total of 4 apartments and 8 oily color rooms, decorated with drawings, simple but comfortable with mosquito nets and public health. A "thousand star" room in the trees has been designed for the lovers of the beautiful star. The greenery, the flowers, the conviviality of meals around the large table, the hammock to bend, the kindness of the team will seduce you. A lot of cyclists make appointments.

This camp is a traditional impluvium hut with ten double rooms with large beds, equipped with mosquito nets, and other individual huts set apart. The friendly setting encourages guests to gather around the bar-restaurant table in the evening, as Senegalese families do for the evening wake. During the day, we prefer to have lunch at the restaurant on the beach. Essamaye offers original tours in Senegal, excursions, cultural or sports activities in the surrounding area. Authentic and warm welcome.

We are immediately seduced by this camp located in the middle of nowhere. Its beautifully decorated impluvium hut has ten rooms, with shower, indoor bathroom and mosquito net. They are made of natural materials and are decorated with a few contemporary ecotourism touches. The atmosphere is friendly, the meals are hearty and the staff is pleasant. Tours to Eloubaline, Bandial and other surrounding villages are organized. Do not hesitate a second!

This camp, managed collectively by the villagers, is pleasant. We bask under the coconut trees on its fine sandy beach facing the river and enjoy the clean, ventilated or air-conditioned huts, with bathrooms, but some of them would deserve a little renovation. The restaurant is installed in a central hut where generous local dishes are served. Excursions and djembe evenings are also organized. Friendly and warm staff.

A two-storey hut on the edge of a rice field, with a very flowery entrance, and well kept by Elisabeth, Maxime and their team. A total of 12 rooms with mosquito net, shower and toilets included. One feels at once at ease in this camp with a family atmosphere. Numerous activities on the program including angling and pirogue rides. The camp also offers hearty meals based on local and European specialties. Also delicious local products (home-made jams, seasonal fruits, local juices) for breakfast.

In a peaceful and relaxing environment, this camp offers you several traditional huts with a capacity of about thirty people. The huts are basic but clean with private sanitary facilities, solar electricity and running water. The restaurant is located in a superb impluvium hut, facing the bolong, and servesa generous cuisine based on local products. Excursions on foot or by pirogue and fishing parties are organised.

Pretty traditional impluvium hut with about fifteen rooms decorated by the village craftsmen. You will be welcomed by Lucie, who will show you around the village and meet everyone. Solar lighting and mosquito nets in all rooms. Shared sanitary facilities. The camp has a pirogue and offers excursions in the bolongs, passing by the artistic hut of Djilapao and the Bird Island. Animations in the evening. Very good grilled fish.

The camp, located in front of the Bédik district of Bandafassi, is rustic but enchanting, since it is set almost at the foot of the mountain. There is no running water, but a well that offers you its precious liquid for bucket showers in private sanitary facilities. Here you can spend pleasant moments with a book in your hands, letting yourself be lulled by the chirping of the birds. It is also an ideal starting point for exploring the region and discovering the Bédik country.

A pleasant village-hotel on the west side of the lake, with almost 50 air-conditioned bungalows with toilet, shower and hot water, as well as two restaurants (Senegalese and European cuisine), overlooking a verdant, well-kept park. The two swimming pools, with a children's pool, are particularly inviting, facing the dunes from where you can see placid dromedaries ready to take visitors for a ride. 4x4s and quads available for hire, as well as pétanque and beach volleyball. A very warm welcome.

We are very quiet in this camp near the beautiful beach of Kafountine! The rooms are simple and clean, with private bathroom. Take the time to chat with the manager Mamadou, and his team to know the customs of the region. Several activities are offered such as excursions on the islands around Kafountine, pirogue rides and fishing days. Perfect to immerse yourself in the heart of the local culture and rest.

Several huts planted in a garden with chickens and a rooster. Fan and mosquito net. You will have to walk 15 minutes to get to the beach. The huts are clean and well maintained with indoor sanitary facilities. Jean, who welcomes you, is a charismatic character of the village. He will take you to meet the fetishist, to visit the forest of cheese trees, by pirogue to Nikine or the island of Egueye to observe the crocodiles and the harvest of mangrove oysters. You will learn a lot with him, especially about the Diola traditions.

In 2006, the young people of Dialacoto opened this camp with the help of the NGO ICD Afrique, to stem the exodus to the city. The GIE structure also works to protect the environment and combat logging. The huts are simple, the outdoor showers decent, but the camp is unfortunately falling into disuse. Renovations were underway at the time of our report. You can, however, stop off for lunch - the food is delicious!

This camp is run by a very warm Franco-Senegalese couple, Valérie and Hyacinthe, who will guide you to the Kalissaye reserve in bivouac or to the surrounding islands to observe birds and crocodiles. Ten banco huts nicely decorated with drawings and wooden objects, with basins in the bathrooms, are part of this eco-friendly camp equipped with dry toilets and solar energy. The cuisine concocted with local products and served around a convivial table is excellent and the small rest areas of the camp are delicious.

Here is an address for backpackers with little money, with a domain between the sea and the village well maintained by the friendly Victorine Ndiaye and her team. Ten rustic but clean huts are placed on the sand, in front of the beach among the trees. The restaurant is a real good idea: on order, you can give in to your fish cravings: fresh monkfish, lobster, thiof, captain, all the catch of the day can be grilled according to your desires. If you are not from the camp, you can have lunch there and enjoy the private beach or the swimming pool, nice no?