The Lompoul desert
Halfway between Dakar and Saint-Louis, the Lompoul desert lines up orange sand dunes up to 50 m high over 18 km². It gives a foretaste of the great deserts of Mauritania.
Key facts
Before you go.
- Starting point
- Saint-Louis, where most excursions startDésert de Lompoul (Wikipédia)
- GPS coordinates
- 15.45000, -16.68330Lompoul desert (Wikipedia)
Good to know
Three things to remember.
You can stay in khaimas, the Moorish tents of the camps.
Désert de Lompoul (Wikipédia)Mineral sands mining has already altered some of the dunes: check the state of the site before you go.
Lompoul desert (Wikipedia)The Festival du Sahel, a music festival, has been held there since 2009.
Lompoul desert (Wikipedia)
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Sources · 2 pages consulted, with the exact sentence used
- Lompoul desert (Wikipedia)
The Lompoul desert […] is a small desert of about 18 km2. […] It features orange sand dunes akin to those in the Sahara and Mauritania […] The desert consists of many sand dunes, which can reach heights of up to 50 meters. The Festival du Sahel, a local music festival, has taken place in the Lompoul desert since 2009. […] parts of the Lompoul desert and the surrounding coastal strip have been affected by heavy mineral sands mining […] The use of large dredging equipment has altered dune landscapes […] (coordinates 15.45, -16.6833)
- Désert de Lompoul (Wikipédia)
Le désert de Lompoul est une petite zone désertique située dans le nord-ouest du Sénégal, à mi-chemin entre Dakar et Saint-Louis. […] le désert de Lompoul donne souvent un avant-goût des grands déserts de Mauritanie […] Les excursions proposées le sont généralement au départ de Saint-Louis. L’hébergement peut se faire dans un campement de khaïmas (tentes maures).
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