Senegal
Senegal is West Africa’s welcoming front door, famous for 'Teranga' (Wolof for hospitality), vibrant music, and deep historical heritage. Bordered by the Atlantic, it blends bustling urban energy in Dakar with the sobering history of Gorée Island.
Cities & regions
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Dakar is the capital of Senegal and the westernmost city on mainland Africa, spread across the Cap-Vert peninsula where the Atlantic wraps around it on three…
Open guideKaolack sits on the north bank of the Saloum River about 190 km southeast of Dakar, a city of some 172,000 people that functions as Senegal's peanut capital…
Open guideSaint-Louis, known locally as Ndar, sits at the mouth of the Senegal River in the far north of Senegal, about 265-320 km from Dakar. The historic core occupi…
Open guideThiès is Senegal's third-largest city, sitting on the plateau about 60-70 km east of Dakar - an hour to ninety minutes by road, and close enough to Blaise Di…
Open guideTouba is Senegal's holy city and, with a population of around 529,000, its second largest, sitting in the dusty peanut basin roughly 194 km east of Dakar. It…
Open guideZiguinchor is the capital of Senegal's Casamance region, spread along the south bank of the Casamance River about 60 km from the Guinea-Bissau border and rou…
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