Things to see and do Mbour

The Mbour port is the second largest fishing port in Senegal. Here you can attend (around 17 h) the return of the fishermen, sometimes returning for several days at sea. In the middle of colourful canoes, women peeling and décortiquent fish, before reselling them locally. The smell and excitement that reigns there are indescribable. Further, carriers are waiting for shipments to be sent to the regions or directed directly to Dakar before joining European markets. Local guides will come to you spontaneously. The tourist office has structured tourism, you will be asked for free participation for the visit (5 000 FCFA for a group with a complete tour with tour of the port and the artisanal market are sufficient).

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.