SALOUM DELTA
Read moreAn exceptional maritime environment, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011, stretching over 5,000 km² where the arms of two rivers, the Sine and the Saloum, meet. There are 28 burial sites in the form of tumulus-shaped burial mounds. Between mangroves and islets, we meander by pirogue along these saltwater canals, discovering piles of seashells, some of them hundreds of metres long. These shell mounds are the result of human activity in the region over the past millennia.
BAKADADJI
Read moreThis village of about 130 souls, founded in the th century, deserves a detour. It is the only one in Senegal to be tolerated in a national park. The decree thus gives Bakadadji a very special status, that the teacher of the village will tell you. Supported by the Sine-Saloum association for several years, it now has a school, a ecotourism camp, a vegetable garden and a multitude of projects. Various studies, conducted by trainees of the association, are regularly held. The history of the village was recently written…