Markets to visit Senegal

Kaolack being a strategic communication node between Dakar, the Gambia and western Senegal, its market is one of the most important in the country. It has kept all its authenticity, its stalls in bulk, its colors and its effervescence. You can find a little bit of everything: fabrics imported from Guinea-Conakry, herbal medicinal decoctions, musical instruments, easier to negotiate than in Dakar. However, the market is to be avoided during the winter period when the flooded and unhealthy alleys do not inspire confidence.

With the fishing port, the artisanal market is the second Névralgique nerve centre. You will not have any difficulty in moving from one to the other. If you have the patience of slalomer between the various canteens, visit the Mbour market, a good opportunity to discover the atmosphere of a typical Senegalese market. At 7 a. m., this is the agitation. Women pick up the stalls that are overflowing with fruits and vegetables (aubergines, tomatoes, beans, oranges…). In the day, the activity intensifies and the market looks like a souk: fabrics, spices, meat, fish, we find everything. Your local guide will take you after the fishing port, with its merchant friends, and will be very insistent that you buy souvenirs, fabrics… to become painful. Keep patience, don't give up or divide prices by three: Mbour market benefits from the proximity of Saly to abuse prices.