Things to see and do Fadiouth

In the middle of the small island, this baobab, with a circumference of about twelve meters, is one of the most emblematic of Senegal. You will quickly notice that each village, each forest seems to have the biggest baobab of the country. But after this first consideration, the baobab is still impressive, both by its size and by its beauty. It would have more than 800 years, and the legend tells that it has never lost its leaves! Men come here to talk in the shade of its branches while some artists wait for the tourists.

By dugout canoe or on foot across the bridge, you can easily reach this small island, planted with baobabs and made up of a pile of shells, which houses the only mixed cemetery in the country, a true symbol of peace and brotherhood between the two religions. Here, reigns a peaceful atmosphere, conducive to meditation. In the foreground, the tombs of Catholics with their crosses. In the background, the mausoleums and the graves of the Muslims. From the top of the hill, you can enjoy a breathtaking view of Fadiouth and the lagoon.

They can be discovered by dugout canoe or seen from the bridge that leads to the cemetery. From a distance, they look like the round huts of a typical African village. At the time when the village's huts were made of wood, these granaries were installed outside the island, on the edge of the mangrove, to protect the crops from possible fires, rats and pigs. Today, the buildings are made of concrete, but the granaries are still used by the population to store the crops.

The island of Fadiouth is home to a predominantly Christian church, Saint-François-Xavier, built in 1981. Its roof, now made of sheet metal, had to be rebuilt after the great storm of 1999. Christians and Muslims got together to rebuild the building. There is nothing exceptional about the building itself, but people come here especially to attend masses in Gregorian, French, Serer and Wolof, accompanied by percussion and religious songs.